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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cheyenne, WY

April 7, 20145 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2014, 3:00 AM MDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 7, 2014, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2014, 3:00 AM MDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2014, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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.

250 
WWUS75 KCYS 070900
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
300 AM MDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AS STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT TRANSPORT TO THE SURFACE. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

NEZ019>021-054-055-080000-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.140407T1500Z-140408T0000Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
300 AM MDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN
  GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRANSPORTATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS
  ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DUE TO
  GUSTY CROSSWINDS ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

JAMSKI
1 follow-up statement
050 
WWUS75 KCYS 072351
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
551 PM MDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

NEZ019>021-054-055-080100-
/O.EXP.KCYS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140408T0000Z/
SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...HARRISBURG...
BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY
551 PM MDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

$$

SML

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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.