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Wind Advisory 3, NWS North Platte, NE

January 13, 201426 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2014, 2:36 PM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 13, 2014, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2014, 2:36 PM MST (21:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2014, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 14, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt 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, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2014-01-13Temperature 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 2014-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

851 
WWUS73 KLBF 132136
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
336 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. 

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-094-141300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.140114T0600Z-140115T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
336 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 /236 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. 

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

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
  FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-141300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.140114T1500Z-140115T0000Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
336 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 /236 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST
/5 PM MST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM
CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MID MORNING TUESDAY...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

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

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
  FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

TAYLOR
4 follow-up statements
203 
WWUS73 KLBF 140916
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
316 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...STRONG NORTHWEST WIND TODAY...

.THE PLUNGE OF COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THAT WENT THROUGH
THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTHWEST WIND MOST OF THE DAY
TODAY.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-094-142315-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
316 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /216 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: THE STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON TO
  EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS
  OUTDOORS WILL BLOW AROUND UNLESS THEY ARE FASTENED DOWN. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-142315-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.140114T1500Z-140115T0000Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
316 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /216 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS
  OUTDOORS WILL BLOW AROUND UNLESS THEY ARE FASTENED DOWN.  

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.

&&

$$
485 
WWUS73 KLBF 141652
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1052 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...STRONG NORTHWEST WIND TODAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED MOST OF THE DAY.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-150000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1052 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /952 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
  EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS
  OUTDOORS WILL BLOW AROUND UNLESS THEY ARE FASTENED DOWN.
  LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

MASEK
329 
WWUS73 KLBF 142051
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
251 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF HIGH WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
THURSDAY...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE
TRACK ACROSS NEBRASKA.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-151100-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.A.0001.140116T1400Z-140117T0200Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
251 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /151 PM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.
  ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY
  MORNING...AND THEN LAST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.  

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH...WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE
  FORECASTED THURSDAY...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS 
  OUTDOORS WILL BLOW AROUND UNLESS THEY ARE FASTENED DOWN. 
  LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

TAYLOR
810 
WWUS73 KLBF 150017 AAA
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
617 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA...

.ANOTHER STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTH OF
THE LOW PRESSURE TRACK ACROSS NEBRASKA.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-151800-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.HW.A.0001.140116T1400Z-140117T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
617 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 /517 PM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH WIND WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.



* TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY
  MORNING...AND THEN LAST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY...WITH NORTHWEST
  WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS 
  OUTDOORS WILL BLOW AROUND UNLESS THEY ARE FASTENED DOWN. 
  LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

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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.