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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 26, 2012, 4:02 AM CST for 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 71 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2012, 4:02 AM CST (10:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 1:11 PM CST
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 734 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
142 WWUS73 KOAX 261002 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 402 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...STRONG WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME WESTERLY AND INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. NEZ011-012-016-017-030-031-042-261815- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0004.120226T1800Z-120227T0000Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...COLUMBUS 402 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BEGINNING AT NOON AND LASTING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. ANY UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
241 WWUS73 KOAX 261746 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1146 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...STRONG WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CREATE WESTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. NEZ011-012-016-017-030-031-042-270000- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0004.120226T1800Z-120227T0000Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...COLUMBUS 1146 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. ANY UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
765 WWUS73 KOAX 261911 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 111 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 NEZ011-012-016-017-030-031-042-262015- /O.CAN.KOAX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...COLUMBUS 111 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH WEST NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 35 MPH. HOWEVER...THESE SPEEDS ARE NOW BELOW OFFICIAL CRITERIA...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:20 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline | 12 hr |
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.