Wind Advisory 10, NWS North Platte, NE

Issued

Mar 11, 2014, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 11, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT

Expired

Mar 11, 2014, 3:21 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 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.

256 
WWUS73 KLBF 110537
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1237 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...HIGHS IN THE 70S GET REPLACED BY STRONG WINDS AND WET SNOW...

.A POWERFUL SPRING STORM WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TODAY. AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS THIS
MORNING...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP.

NEZ025>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-120100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0010.140311T1500Z-140312T0100Z/
THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-
PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
1237 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /1137 PM MDT MON MAR 10 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND
  REMAIN STRONG UNTIL SUNSET.

* WINDS: NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: AN INCH OR TWO OF WET SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE
  AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS AND WET SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY
  TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

295 
WWUS73 KLBF 112021
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
321 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED SOME ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

.WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT)...HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT). 

NEZ025>029-036>038-057>059-069>071-112130-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140312T0100Z/
THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-
PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
321 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /221 PM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

THE STRONG WINDS WHICH PROMPTED THE WIND ADVISORY HAVE WEAKENED.
THROUGH 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT)...EXPECT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FURTHER LATER
THIS EVENING. 

$$

CLB

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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.