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High Wind Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE

September 30, 2013Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Sep 30, 2013, 6:32 PM MDT for Cherry County, Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2013, 6:32 PM MDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2013, 9:36 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Cherry County, NE, Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2013-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2013-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

125 
WWUS73 KLBF 010032
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
732 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013

...STRONG COLD FRONT HEADING TOWARD SHERIDAN AND CHERRY COUNTIES
THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH OR GREATER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SHERIDAN AND CHERRY
COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THE FRONT AND THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN BY LATE EVENING.

NEZ004-005-094-010400-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0001.131001T0032Z-131001T0400Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
732 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 /632 PM MDT MON SEP 30 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 55 MPH
  AND WILL IMPACT NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY FIRST AND BEGIN
  AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST BECOMING NORTHWEST 40 TO 60 MPH FOR ABOUT 30
  MINUTES.

* IMPACTS:THE SUDDEN WIND SHIFT AND HIGH WIND SPEED COULD CAUSE A
  LOSS OF CONTROL FOR VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
278 
WWUS73 KLBF 010044 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
744 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013

...STRONG COLD FRONT HEADING TOWARD SHERIDAN AND CHERRY COUNTIES
THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH OR GREATER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SHERIDAN AND CHERRY
COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THE FRONT AND THE STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY LATE EVENING.

NEZ004-005-094-010500-
/O.EXT.KLBF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131001T0500Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
744 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 /644 PM MDT MON SEP 30 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/
TONIGHT...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM
MDT/ TONIGHT. 

* TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 55 
  MPH AND WILL IMPACT NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY FIRST AND BEGIN 
  AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST BECOMING NORTHWEST 40 TO 60 MPH FOR ABOUT 30 
  MINUTES. 

* IMPACTS:THE SUDDEN WIND SHIFT AND HIGH WIND SPEED COULD CAUSE 
  A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
024 
WWUS73 KLBF 010336 AAB
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1036 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013

NEZ004-005-094-010445-
/O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131001T0500Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1036 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 /936 PM MDT MON SEP 30 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED INTO THE 60S AND 70S AND THIS IS
PREVENTING STRONG WINDS ALOFT FROM MIXING DOWN. ALSO...RADAR
INDICATES THE COLD FRONT HAS WEAKENED.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 35 OR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT
MOVES THROUGH BUT HIGH WINDS ARE UNLIKELY.

$$
CDC

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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.