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Wind Advisory 20, NWS North Platte, NE

June 8, 20145 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jun 8, 2014, 2:57 PM MDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 9, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Chase County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

207 
WWUS73 KLBF 082057
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
357 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TONIGHT AS AN AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND STAY STRONG
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO BLOW AT
SPEEDS UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA.

NEZ058-059-069>071-091100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0020.140609T0600Z-140609T1800Z/
PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
357 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 /257 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 1 PM
CDT /NOON MDT/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO
1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ MONDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND STAY
  STRONG THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
  MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS UP 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 WINDS ACROSS THE
  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.

&&

$$

BROOKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:36 AM MDTFlood WatchLBFBlaine, Chase, Custer, Frontier, Garfield, Hayes and 9 more32 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.