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Wind Advisory 7, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2012, 8:59 AM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2012, 8:59 AM MST (15:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 4:13 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 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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
2 follow-up statements
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
421 WWUS73 KLBF 202313 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 513 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 NEZ056>058-069-070-210015- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120221T0000Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 513 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 /413 PM MST MON FEB 20 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH SUNSET. $$ KAR
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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.