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Wind Advisory 7, NWS North Platte, NE

March 18, 201310 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2013, 2:53 AM CDT for 10 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2013, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2013-03-18Temperature 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 2013-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 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
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 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.

340 
WWUS73 KLBF 180753
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
253 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

.STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF A FRONT TODAY OVER CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-181600-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0007.130318T1600Z-130318T2300Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
253 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOVE 30 MPH
  BY LATE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: WIND WILL BLOW THINGS AROUND AND MAY ALSO CREATE STRONG
  CROSSWIND ON OPEN HIGHWAYS. THAT COULD CAUSE VEHICLE CONTROL
  DIFFICULTY AND COULD PRESENT A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
SPRINGER
3 follow-up statements
897 
WWUS73 KLBF 181649 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1149 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE OBSERVED.

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-182300-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130318T2300Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
1149 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: WIND WILL BLOW THINGS AROUND AND MAY ALSO CREATE 
  STRONG CROSSWIND ON OPEN HIGHWAYS. THAT COULD CAUSE VEHICLE 
  CONTROL DIFFICULTY AND COULD PRESENT A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BROOKS
206 
WWUS73 KLBF 182114 AAB
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
414 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE OBSERVED. THE WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING.

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-182300-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130318T2300Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
414 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: WIND WILL BLOW THINGS AROUND AND MAY ALSO CREATE 
  STRONG CROSSWIND ON OPEN HIGHWAYS. THAT COULD CAUSE VEHICLE 
  CONTROL DIFFICULTY AND COULD PRESENT A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BROOKS
893 
WWUS73 KLBF 182311
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
611 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

.WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY THIS
EVENING AS THE GRADIENT WEAKENS.


NEZ006>010-026>029-038-190015-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130318T2300Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
611 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE GRADIENT OVER
WESTERN NEBRASKA WEAKENS AND WINDS DIMINISH. 

$$


POWER

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 2:46 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBFChase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins15 hr

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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.