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Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind chill warning at Dec 7, 2013, 3:13 AM CST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 9 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
- Dec 7, 2013, 3:13 AM CST (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLBF 070913 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 313 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING... .ARCTIC AIR COMBINED WITH INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE OVER THE SNOW FIELD ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 IN THE VALENTINE AREA. NEZ005-006-008-025-026-071800- /O.UPG.KLBF.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WC.W.0002.131207T0913Z-131207T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-THOMAS-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... THEDFORD...DUNNING 313 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS MORNING FROM VALENTINE TO THEDFORD. * TEMPERATURES FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHICH CAN CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ NEZ004-007-009-010-022>024-027>029-035>038-059-094-071800- /O.CON.KLBF.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 313 AM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /213 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. * TEMPERATURES 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHICH CAN CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS43 KLBF 071811 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1211 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 NEZ005-006-008-025-026-071915- /O.EXP.KLBF.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131207T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-THOMAS-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... THEDFORD...DUNNING 1211 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAVE WARMED TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...SO THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. $$ NEZ004-007-009-010-022>024-027>029-035>038-059-094-071915- /O.EXP.KLBF.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131207T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1211 PM CST SAT DEC 7 2013 /1111 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE SANDHILLS...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA HAVE INCREASED TO MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 DEGREES...SO THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO. $$ CLB
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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.