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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2012, 3:17 AM CDT for 22 counties in Nebraska; Harrison County, Monona County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2012, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 24 counties
Harrison County, IA, Monona County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WWUS73 KOAX 260817 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 317 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST TO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH SPEEDS REACHING 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-261630- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.120326T1900Z-120327T0300Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 317 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY AROUND MIDDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ NEZ015-033-043-044-050-051-065-078-261630- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.120326T1900Z-120327T0000Z/ THURSTON-CUMING-COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO... WEST POINT...WISNER...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...SEWARD...MILFORD...CRETE...WILBER 317 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY AROUND MIDDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MAYES/BOUSTEAD
4 follow-up statements
435 WWUS73 KOAX 261506 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1006 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST TO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH SPEEDS REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 45 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. IAZ043-055-NEZ034-045-052-053-066-270000- /O.EXB.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.120326T1800Z-120327T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-BURT-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR... BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...LINCOLN 1006 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-270000- /O.EXT.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.120326T1800Z-120327T0300Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 1006 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ015-033-043-044-050-051-065-078-270000- /O.EXT.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.120326T1800Z-120327T0000Z/ THURSTON-CUMING-COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO... WEST POINT...WISNER...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...SEWARD...MILFORD...CRETE...WILBER 1006 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED... WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ DEWALD
164 WWUS73 KOAX 262056 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 356 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-270300- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120327T0300Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 356 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ043-055-NEZ015-033-034-043>045-050>053-065-066-078-270000- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120327T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL... WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS... DECATUR...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA... SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...CRETE...WILBER 356 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
180 WWUS73 KOAX 262357 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 657 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS DIMINISHING... IAZ043-055-NEZ015-033-034-043>045-050>053-065-066-078-270100- /O.EXP.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120327T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL... WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS... DECATUR...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA... SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...CRETE...WILBER 657 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-270300- /O.CON.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120327T0300Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 657 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ FOBERT
590 WWUS73 KOAX 270253 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 953 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-270400- /O.EXP.KOAX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120327T0300Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON... WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH... COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND... WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 953 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 10 PM. AS THE FRONT GETS CLOSER WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE WEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM. $$ FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:25 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 19 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cedar, Colfax and 11 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 51 min |
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.