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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2012, 10:42 AM CDT for 18 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2012, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 26 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, Burt County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
377 WWUS73 KOAX 271542 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1042 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ012-015-018-033-034-044-045- 051>053-066>068-089>093-272200- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0009.120427T1542Z-120427T2200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-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...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE... PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WAYNE...WEST POINT... WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...FREMONT...BLAIR... WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION... LA VISTA...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK... FALLS CITY 1042 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ESPECIALLY MOTORCYCLES. EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
131 WWUS73 KOAX 271953 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 253 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WINDY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ012-015-018-033-034-044-045- 051>053-066>068-089>093-272300- /O.EXT.KOAX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120427T2300Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE... PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WAYNE...WEST POINT... WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...FREMONT...BLAIR... WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION... LA VISTA...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK... FALLS CITY 253 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST OR SOUTHEAST WIND FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ESPECIALLY MOTORCYCLES. EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$
874 WWUS73 KOAX 272303 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 603 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ012-015-018-033-034-044-045- 051>053-066>068-089>093-280015- /O.EXP.KOAX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120427T2300Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-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...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE... PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WAYNE...WEST POINT... WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...FREMONT...BLAIR... WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION... LA VISTA...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK... FALLS CITY 603 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM. $$ CHERMOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass, Colfax, Sarpy, Saunders | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Burt, Dodge, Douglas, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona, Shelby | 33 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.