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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 3:22 PM CST for 30 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 12:34 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:34 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 38 counties
Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263 WWUS73 KOAX 282122 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 322 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-290530- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.120229T0900Z-120229T2200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...NELIGH... ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION... ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...COLUMBUS 322 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ034-043>045-050>053-065>068- 091-290530- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.120229T1300Z-120229T2200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY- SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-NEMAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...SCHUYLER... FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA... BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...AUBURN 322 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOUSTEAD
4 follow-up statements
003 WWUS73 KOAX 290451 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1051 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-291300- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.120229T0900Z-120229T2200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...NELIGH... ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION... ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...COLUMBUS 1051 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ034-043>045-050>053-065>068- 091-291300- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.120229T1300Z-120229T2200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY- SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-NEMAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...SCHUYLER... FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA... BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...AUBURN 1051 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
798 WWUS73 KOAX 290634 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1234 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NEZ078-088>090-092-093-291445- /O.EXB.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.120229T0634Z-120229T2200Z/ SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...STERLING...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY 1234 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-091-291445- /O.EXT.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.120229T0634Z-120229T2200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-NEMAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...WAUSA... VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...NELIGH... ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION... ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH... OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY...AUBURN 1234 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DEWALD
739 WWUS73 KOAX 291002 AAA NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 402 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-291815- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T2200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...WAUSA... VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...NELIGH... ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION... ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH... OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH... STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY 402 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS. IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
359 WWUS73 KOAX 291132 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 532 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-291945- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T2200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...WAUSA... VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...NELIGH... ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION... ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH... OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH... STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY 532 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. THE HIGHER GUSTS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OBJECTS AND WILL LIKELY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 23 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2012Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.