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Wind Advisory 38, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Dec 8, 2012, 9:58 PM CST for 13 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 9, 2012, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2012, 9:58 PM CST (03:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2012, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
3 follow-up statements
917 WWUS73 KLBF 091434 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 834 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSED ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO NEAR 50 MPH IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALREADY THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST BEHIND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...WITH MUCH COLDER AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-092245- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121209T2300Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 834 AM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BROOKS
598 WWUS73 KLBF 091851 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1251 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THESE WINDS MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA. BITTER WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH READINGS BETWEEN 0 AND 15 BELOW. ADDITIONALLY...LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...CONTINUING THE NEED FOR CAUTIOUS TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-092300- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121209T2300Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 1251 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. ADDITIONAL IMPACTS WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK ROADWAYS FROM LIGHT SNOW...AS WELL AS BITTER WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BROOKS
430 WWUS73 KLBF 092139 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 339 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE PEAKED WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OBSERVED BETWEEN 45 MPH AND 50 MPH TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-092300- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121209T2300Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 339 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH SUNSET...THEN BECOMING LIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST TO WEST ROUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BROOKS
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.