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Wind Chill Advisory 18, NWS North Platte, NE

December 30, 201410 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 30, 2014, 3:32 AM CST for 10 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 30, 2014, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2014, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 30, 2014, 7:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 31, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2014-12-30Temperature 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°0°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 2014-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 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.

412 
WWUS43 KLBF 300932
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
332 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...ARCTIC AIR HAS INVADED NEBRASKA...

.VERY COLD AIR COMBINED WITH BRISK WIND WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-302345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WC.W.0004.141231T0200Z-141231T1800Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-141230T1900Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
332 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /232 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON
MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO
  THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND
  CHILL WILL THEN BE FROM 30 BELOW ZERO TO 40 BELOW ZERO LATE
  TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON
  UNPROTECTED SKIN FOR WIND CHILL OF 20 BELOW TO 30 ZERO AND 15
  MINUTES OR LESS FOR WIND CHILL OF 30 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER.
  ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT
  INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO
PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-302345-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.141231T0200Z-141231T1800Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-141230T1900Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
332 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...FROM 20 BELOW ZERO TO 29 BELOW ZERO.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN. ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE 
  BODY IS NOT INSULATED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$
SPRINGER/MARTIN
6 follow-up statements
238 
WWUS43 KLBF 301857
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1257 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...DANGEROUSLY COLD AGAIN TONIGHT...

.VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH BRISK WESTERLY WINDS WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE LIKELY.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-310900-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-141230T1900Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.W.0004.141231T0200Z-141231T1800Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1257 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /1157 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM CST
/7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET THIS
  EVENING...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP AGAIN TO VALUES
  COLDER THAN 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THEN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
  WEDNESDAY...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP FURTHER...FROM 30 TO 40
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN FOR WIND CHILL OF 20 BELOW TO 30 ZERO AND 15 
  MINUTES OR LESS FOR WIND CHILL OF 30 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. 
  ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT 
  INSULATED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO
PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-310900-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-141230T1900Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.141231T0200Z-141231T1800Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
1257 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AGAIN THIS
  EVENING...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 20 BELOW ZERO TO 29
  BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN. ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE 
  BODY IS NOT INSULATED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

BROOKS
154 
WWUS43 KLBF 302150
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
350 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO DANGEROUSLY COLD LEVELS TONIGHT...

.WESTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING TO CAUSE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE LIKELY. ACROSS CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...READINGS OF 20 TO 29 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-311200-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WC.W.0004.141231T0100Z-141231T1800Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
350 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /250 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY THIS
  EVENING...DOWN TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS
  WON/T BE STRONG...WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES IT WILL BE ENOUGH
  TO DROP WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
  OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE
  BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON
  UNPROTECTED SKIN FOR WIND CHILL OF 20 BELOW TO 30 ZERO AND 15
  MINUTES OR LESS FOR WIND CHILL OF 30 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER.
  ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT
  INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO
PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-311200-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.141231T0100Z-141231T1800Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
350 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY THIS
  EVENING...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 20 BELOW ZERO TO 29
  BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY
  WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON UNPROTECTED
  SKIN. ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT
  INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

BROOKS
044 
WWUS43 KLBF 302216 CCA
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
415 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO DANGEROUSLY COLD LEVELS TONIGHT...

.WESTERLY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING TO CAUSE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE LIKELY. ACROSS CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...READINGS OF 20 TO 29 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-311230-
/O.COR.KLBF.WC.W.0004.141231T0100Z-141231T1800Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
415 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014 /315 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014/

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY THIS
  EVENING...DOWN TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WINDS
  WON/T BE STRONG...WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES IT WILL BE ENOUGH
  TO DROP WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
  OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE
  BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON UNPROTECTED
  SKIN FOR WIND CHILL OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO AND 15 MINUTES
  OR LESS FOR WIND CHILL OF 30 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER.
  ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT
  INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO
PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-311230-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.141231T0100Z-141231T1800Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
415 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY THIS
  EVENING...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 20 BELOW ZERO TO 29
  BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY
  WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON UNPROTECTED
  SKIN. ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT
  INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROSTBITE AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

BROOKS
092 
WWUS43 KLBF 311001
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
401 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014

...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

.A FIVE TO FIFTEEN MPH WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING TO CAUSE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS
ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY. ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...VALUES WILL BE 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ZERO.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE SLOWLY THIS MORNING.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-311800-
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141231T1800Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
401 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /301 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ TODAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG...
  COMBINING THE 5 TO 15 MPH WIND WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD
  TEMPERATURES WILL BRING WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
  ZERO THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE TOWARD MIDDAY AS
  TEMPERATURES INCREASE.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES OR
  LESS FOR WIND CHILL OF 30 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER.  ALSO...
  HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA
AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-311800-
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141231T1800Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
401 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF TO 20 BELOW ZERO TO 29
  BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL
  IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE.

* IMPACTS...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ZERO...
  FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON UNPROTECTED SKIN.
  ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT
  INSULATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE
SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$
600 
WWUS43 KLBF 311430
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
830 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014

...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.WESTERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH ARE COMBINING WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...CAUSING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS
ARE OCCURRING ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE BEING MEASURED. ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ZERO
ARE OCCURRING. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE SLOWLY THIS MORNING.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-311800-
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141231T1800Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
830 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /730 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ TODAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...THE COMBINATION OF 5 TO 15 MPH WINDS WITH
  THE EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES HAS BROUGHT WIND CHILLS DOWN TO
  30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL
  IMPROVE TOWARD MIDDAY AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES OR 
  LESS FOR WIND CHILL OF 30 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. ALSO... 
  HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT INSULATED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA
AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-311800-
/O.CON.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141231T1800Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
830 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF TO 20 BELOW ZERO TO 
  29 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS 
  WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE. 

* IMPACTS...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW 
  ZERO... FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES ON UNPROTECTED 
  SKIN. ALSO...HYPOTHERMIA CAN SET IN QUICKLY IF THE BODY IS NOT 
  INSULATED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN
AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN
SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE
SHELTER FOR THEM.

&&

$$

BROOKS
949 
WWUS43 KLBF 311755
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1155 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014

...WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON...

.WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAVE
IMPROVED THIS MORNING AND ARE NO LONGER AT DANGEROUS
LEVELS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THIS AFTERNOON WITH
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...WITH WINDS BLOWING AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL REMAIN COLD...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THROUGH THE
DAY.

NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-311900-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-141231T1800Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1155 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014 /1055 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014/

...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY...

WIND CHILLS HAVE IMPROVED ABOVE DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS
MORNING...THEREFORE THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

$$

NEZ006>010-026>029-038-311900-
/O.EXP.KLBF.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141231T1800Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW
1155 AM CST WED DEC 31 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

WIND CHILLS HAVE IMPROVED ABOVE DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS
MORNING...THEREFORE THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

$$

BROOKS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Dec 29, 11:28 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 11:28 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1128 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 351 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014

1060 MB ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT PLAINS
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF WEST WINDS AND
CHINOOK CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL DURING THE DAY WITH SUNSHINE BUT FALL BELOW NORMAL AT NIGHT
WITH THE SNOW COVER. THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY IS FOR
STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND COLDER TEMPERATURES.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTH INTO THE REGION. WHAT
MOISTURE IS IN THE ATMOSPHERE...IS BEING LIFTED OROGRAPHICALLY THIS
AFTERNOON ON NORTHEAST UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW. THIS COMBINED WITH
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT /JET DYNAMICS ENHANCING UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION/
HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. AS WINDS
SLOWLY BACK MORE TO THE NORTH...THE UPSLOPE COMPONENT WILL DIMINISH.
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL ALSO SLOWLY WANE...SO LIGHT SNOW WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. VERY HIGH SNOW TO LIQUID
RATIOS...NEAR 25 TO 1...WILL ALLOW FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER INCH ACROSS
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...WITH MAYBE 2 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA YET TONIGHT. THE OTHER STORY WILL BE THE COLD TEMPERATURES.
EXPECTING BELOW ZERO READINGS FOR LOWS AT ALL LOCATIONS
TONIGHT...BUT THE SAVING GRACE FOR TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT WILL
BE CLOUD COVER. SOME BREAKS THROUGH ARE POSSIBLE...AND A FEW SPOTS
WILL DROP TO NEAR 10 BELOW. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE
WITH SOME WIND...AND PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO NEAR 30
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

LITTLE IMPROVEMENT TUESDAY...WITH HIGHS BARELY REACHING INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS. SOME WIND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE SEASON
BECKONS TUESDAY NIGHT AS 1050 MB ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES DIRECTLY
OVERHEAD AROUND 06Z. THE MODELS THEN TAKE THE HIGH INTO KS BY 12Z
WEDNESDAY BUT THIS IS PROBABLY TOO FAST. THE SNOW COVER ACROSS
WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL SLOW IT UP SOME. A MESO HIGH MAY EVEN FORM
ACROSS THE WRN SANDHILLS AND THE PLATTE VALLEY. THE FORECAST FOLLOWS
THE COLDER GUIDANCE PLUS SOME BIAS CORRECTION ACROSS PARTS OF NCNTL
NEBRASKA THAT DO NOT DECOUPLE LIKE THE VALLEYS. 8 BELOW TO 24 BELOW
ZERO IS THE FORECAST FOR LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING WHICH IS ABOUT 5
DEGREES COOLER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND THE REPRESENTS THE
STOPPING POINT FOR LOWERING TEMPERATURES.

LIGHT WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING BUT BECOME WEST
AND SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTH.
SOME AREAS WILL KEEP THE LIGHTER WINDS WHILE OTHERS WILL MIX OUT AND
WARM UP SLIGHTLY. THUS THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE LOWEST TEMPERATURES
COULD BE AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE WESTERN SANDHILLS BEFORE WINDS
INCREASE. WIND CHILL READINGS OF -30F OR COLDER APPEAR LIKELY ALONG
AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 INCLUDING CUSTER COUNTY. LATER FORECAST WILL
REFINE THE WIND CHILL FORECAST.

LOWS THURSDAY MORNING FALL BELOW ZERO IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AS A
SMALL HIGH MOVES OFF THE WRN HIGH PLAINS OF WYOMING AND THEN EAST
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE FCST AREA. THE NCNTL ZONES STAY IN A BELT OF
STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WOULD HOLD UP LOWS IN SINGLE DIGITS.

A 10 DEGREE RISE IN TEMPERATURES SHOULD DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY FOR HIGHS IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY AND THEN 20S THURSDAY. THE
MODELS INDICATE GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES BOTH DAYS AND H850
TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MODERATING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE WARMING IS VERY MODEST AS H850MB
TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS CELSIUS.

THE LATEST MODEL RUNS OF THE GEM...GFS...PARALLEL GFS...GEF AND ECM
ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT DROPPING ANOTHER STRONG ARCTIC HIGH INTO
THE GREAT PLAINS LATE SATURDAY. THE ECM IS FASTER AND WARMER WITH A
MORE EASTERLY TRACK OF THE SFC HIGH. THE PARALLEL GFS AND GEF WERE
THE SLOWEST...COLDEST AND MORE WESTERLY WITH THE TRACK OF THE SFC
HIGH. THE FORECAST FOLLOWS THE MODEL CONSENSUS FOR HIGHS IN THE
TEENS AND 20S SUNDAY BUT 20S AND 30S MONDAY WHICH IMPLIES THE ARCTIC
HIGH MOVES OFF QUICKLY EAST. THIS IS CLOSE TO THE OPERATIONAL GFS
AND ECM WHICH MOVE THE HIGH OFF QUICKLY EAST MONDAY.

THE MODELS INDICATE SOME STRATUS WITH THIS ARCTIC HIGH BUT GIVEN
THAT IS THE HIGH IS ON A FAST TRACK THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE MUCH IMPACT
ON THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014

PERSISTENT STRATUS IN MVFR CATEGORIES HANGING IN AT KVTN EARLY
THIS MORNING AND EXPECTED TO HANG IN THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS THINNING AS MID AND HIGH CLOUDS MOVE OVER THE AREA. OVER
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
AND RISING INTO VFR CATEGORIES AFTER 30TH 12Z.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ TUESDAY FOR
NEZ056>059-069>071.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CST /NOON MST/ TUESDAY FOR
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-094.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CDC
SHORT TERM...TAYLOR
LONG TERM...CDC
AVIATION...POWER
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 3:22 PM CST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
322 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-302130-
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-
322 PM CST MON DEC 29 2014 /222 PM MST MON DEC 29 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS...BUT
TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE WITH BRISK WIND TO PRODUCE BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE)

TAYLOR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 30, 1:04 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
104 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 AM     SNOW             3 ENE NORTH PLATTE      41.15N 100.72W
12/30/2014  M1.4 INCH        LINCOLN            NE   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

MARTIN
Local storm report, Dec 30, 1:05 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
105 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 AM     SNOW             23 SW VALENTINE         42.64N 100.87W
12/29/2014  E5.0 INCH        CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

0826 AM     SNOW             BASSETT                 42.58N 99.54W
12/29/2014  M2.0 INCH        ROCK               NE   PUBLIC

            TWO INCHES OF SNOW FELL SINCE LAST NIGHT.

0845 AM     SNOW             7 SW AMELIA             42.16N 99.06W
12/29/2014  M1.0 INCH        HOLT               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0126 PM     SNOW             8 WSW CALLAWAY          41.25N 100.06W
12/29/2014  M2.5 INCH        CUSTER             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0515 PM     SNOW             1 S VALENTINE           42.86N 100.55W
12/29/2014  M1.5 INCH        CHERRY             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0525 PM     SNOW             CODY                    42.94N 101.25W
12/29/2014  M5.0 INCH        CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            TOTAL 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FROM LAST NIGHT

0600 PM     SNOW             BRADY                   41.02N 100.37W
12/29/2014  M0.5 INCH        LINCOLN            NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0625 PM     SNOW             AINSWORTH               42.55N 99.86W
12/29/2014  M2.0 INCH        BROWN              NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

0104 AM     SNOW             3 ENE NORTH PLATTE      41.15N 100.72W
12/30/2014  M1.4 INCH        LINCOLN            NE   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

MARTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 3:32 AM CSTWind Chill WarningLBFArthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Frontier, Garden and 10 more32 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Nebraska, 2014Every wind chill 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.