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High Wind Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Mar 31, 2014, 10:53 AM MDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 8 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2014, 10:53 AM MDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2014, 7:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 11:06 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Imperial, NE | |
| Mar 31, 11:55 AM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 3 Ssw Ogallala, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474 WWUS73 KLBF 311653 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1153 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE STRENGTHENED THIS MORNING...WITH SOME LOCATIONS ALREADY SEEING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 MPH OR STRONGER. ALL AREAS WILL SEE THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AREAS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL SEE WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ELSEWHERE GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY THE MID EVENING HOURS. NEZ056>058-069>071-010200- /O.UPG.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0003.140331T1653Z-140401T0200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1153 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /1053 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. 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. && $$ NEZ007>010-022>029-035>038-059-010200- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT... ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 1153 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /1053 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MASEK
3 follow-up statements
209 WWUS73 KLBF 312120 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 420 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LINGER THIS EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING. EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA MAY STILL SEE A FEW SUSTAINED WINDS TO 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. MOST AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY THE MID EVENING HOURS. NEZ056>058-069>071-010200- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 420 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /320 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. 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. && $$ NEZ007>010-022>029-035>038-059-010200- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT... ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 420 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /320 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MASEK
003 WWUS73 KLBF 312355 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 655 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LINGER THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING. EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA MAY STILL SEE A FEW SUSTAINED WINDS TO 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. MOST AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY THE MID EVENING HOURS. NEZ056>058-069>071-010200- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 655 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /555 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. 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. && $$ NEZ005-006-010200- /O.EXA.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW 655 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ007>010-022>029-035>038-059-010200- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT... ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 655 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /555 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KAR
739 WWUS73 KLBF 010111 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 811 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LINGER THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MOST AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY THE MID EVENING HOURS. NEZ056>058-069>071-010215- /O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 811 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /711 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY TO 15 TO 30 MPH AND WILL DIMINISH FURTHER THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NEZ022>024-035-036-059-010215- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR... TRYON...NORTH PLATTE 811 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /711 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY TO 10 TO 20 MPH AND WILL DIMINISH FURTHER THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-010215- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140401T0200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 811 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. ALSO...BLOWING DUST IN OPEN AREAS COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KAR
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.