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Wind Advisory 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2014, 11:42 PM CST for 11 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 4, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2014, 11:42 PM CST (05:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2014, 2:35 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
963 WWUS73 KLBF 040542 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1142 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...ARCTIC FRONT ON THE WAY WITH STRONG WINDS... .A FAST MOVING ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT PRODUCING STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS. NEZ004>010-026>029-094-041200- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0001.140104T0600Z-140104T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE- LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1142 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 /1042 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD QUICKLY SOUTH. THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD LAST A FEW HOURS AND THEN SUBSIDE. * WINDS: NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE CARS...TRUCKS AND TRAILERS TO LOSE CONTROL. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
808 WWUS73 KLBF 040835 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 235 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... NEZ004>010-026>029-094-040945- /O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE- LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 235 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014 /135 AM MST SAT JAN 4 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA WAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 30 MPH SUSTAINED. $$ SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:11 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 14 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:11 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LBF | Chase, Deuel, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln and 1 more | 45 hr |
Nearby
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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.