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Wind Advisory 14, NWS North Platte, NE

April 7, 20146 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2014, 2:57 AM MDT for 6 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, 2:57 AM MDT (08:57 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 North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 142 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

163 
WWUS73 KLBF 070857
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
357 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

NEZ022-035-056>058-069-072300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0014.140407T1500Z-140408T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL
257 AM MDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WIND OF 30 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 ACROSS
  THE ADVISORY AREA.

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
1 follow-up statement
494 
WWUS73 KLBF 080023
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
723 PM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...


NEZ022-035-056>058-069-080130-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140408T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL
623 PM MDT MON APR 7 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND SPEEDS HAD DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 2:38 PM MDTFire Weather WatchLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more24 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014

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.