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Wind Advisory 18, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2014, 2:28 AM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 30, 2014, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2014, 2:28 AM MDT (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2014, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 22 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706 WWUS73 KLBF 300828 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 328 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL REMAIN ACROSS IOWA TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ004>006-008-009-022>027-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-302230- /O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.140430T1500Z-140501T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 328 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 /228 AM MDT WED APR 30 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 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 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. 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. && $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
466 WWUS73 KLBF 301903 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 203 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ004>006-008-009-022>027-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-010000- /O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140501T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 203 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 /103 PM MDT WED APR 30 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MARTIN
091 WWUS73 KLBF 010004 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 704 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 NEZ004>006-008-009-022>027-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-010115- /O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-140501T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-ROCK-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 704 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 /604 PM MDT WED APR 30 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEED OVER NEARLY ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAD DECREASED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH AND WAS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT. $$ SPRINGER
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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.