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Wind Advisory 2, NWS North Platte, NE

January 12, 20147 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2014, 2:44 AM MST for 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 12, 2014, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2014, 2:44 AM MST (09:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2014, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 12, 2014, 4:10 PM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Hayes 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 09:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2014-01-12Temperature 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 2014-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
367 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.

309 
WWUS73 KLBF 120944
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
344 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2014

...VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WESTERN NEBRASKA...

.A FRONT PLUNGING SOUTH ACROSS WEASTERN NEBRASKA WILL PRODUCE
STRONG WIND IN THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SANDHILLS AND EASTERN
PANHANDLE. 

NEZ022-035-056>058-069-070-122345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.140112T1900Z-140113T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER
344 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 /244 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: WIND SPEED OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER IS EXPECTED BY NOON MST
  AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM MST. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WIND 30 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH STEERING
  AND CONTROL WITH CROSSWINDS. OBJECTS THAT ARE LEFT OUTSIDE AND
  NOT FASTENED DOWN COULD BLOW AROUND.

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.

&&

$$
SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
739 
WWUS73 KLBF 121526 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
926 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2014

...VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WESTERN NEBRASKA...

.A FRONT PLUNGING SOUTH ACROSS WEASTERN NEBRASKA WILL PRODUCE
STRONG WIND IN THE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SANDHILLS AND EASTERN
PANHANDLE.

NEZ022-035-056>058-069-070-130000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.140112T1900Z-140113T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER
926 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 /826 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: WIND SPEEDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED BY NOON MST
  AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 5 PM MST.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH 
  STEERING AND CONTROL WITH CROSSWINDS. OBJECTS THAT ARE LEFT 
  OUTSIDE AND NOT FASTENED DOWN COULD BLOW AROUND. 

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.

&&

$$
796 
WWUS73 KLBF 122310
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
510 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014

...WINDS DYING DOWN ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA...

NEZ022-035-056>058-069-070-130015-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140113T0000Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER
510 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 /410 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. LOOK FOR WINDS TO DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE
EVENING. 

$$

BUTTLER

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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.