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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Hastings, NE

January 17, 201424 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2014, 2:33 PM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2014, 2:33 PM CST (20:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 18, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
All 30 counties

Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 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.

177 
WWUS73 KGID 172033
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
233 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

...INTENSE WINDS SATURDAY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 35
MPH AND GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG
THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING TOWARD EVENING.

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-180600-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0002.140118T0900Z-140119T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
233 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARD
  EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT
  BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO
  THE INTENSE WINDS AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 

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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ072>077-082>087-180600-
/O.NEW.KGID.WI.Y.0002.140118T1200Z-140119T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-GOSPER-PHELPS-
KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...
MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...
FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
233 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING AND
  REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARD
  EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT
  BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO
  THE INTENSE WINDS AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 

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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
150 
WWUS73 KGID 180308
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
908 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-181100-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0002.140118T0900Z-140119T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
908 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...


* TIMING...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. THE WIND WILL THEN DECREASE IN
  INTENSITY SATURDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO
  55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND
  DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES.


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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ072>077-082>087-181100-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0002.140118T1200Z-140119T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-GOSPER-PHELPS-
KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...
MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...
FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
908 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...


* TIMING...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. THE WIND WILL THEN DECREASE IN
  INTENSITY SATURDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO
  50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND
  DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES.


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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BRYANT
517 
WWUS73 KGID 180929
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
329 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-181800-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK
329 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

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


* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND PEAK
  DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL THEN SLOWLY
  SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 
  55 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND 
  DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 

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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ072>077-082>087-181800-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0002.140118T1200Z-140119T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-GOSPER-PHELPS-
KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...
MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...
FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
329 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

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

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

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THESE WINDS WILL THEN SLOWLY
  SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 
  50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND 
  DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 

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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

ROSSI
911 
WWUS73 KGID 181750
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1150 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
190000-
/O.CON.KGID.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON...
LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...
KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...
MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...
FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
1150 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

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


* TIMING...THE WIND WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON
  AND THEN WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO
  55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND 
  DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 

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. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

WESELY
578 
WWUS73 KGID 182348
NPWGID

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
548 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014


KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
190100-
/O.EXP.KGID.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON...
LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...
KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...
MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...
FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
548 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

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

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

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS
EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

FAY

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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.