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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT for 28 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 36 counties
Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979 WWUS73 KOAX 131419 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 919 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EVENING. IAZ055-056-069-NEZ033-034-044-045-051>053-065>067-078-088-089- 132230- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0013.140413T1419Z-140414T0100Z/ HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE-JEFFERSON- GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN... DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...WEST POINT...WISNER... TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...FREMONT...BLAIR...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA... SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE...WILBER... FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 919 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEZ016-017-030>032-042-043-050-132230- /O.NEW.KOAX.WI.Y.0013.140413T1419Z-140414T0000Z/ ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE-COLFAX-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW... OSMOND...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS... SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY 919 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO WET...WIND DRIVEN SNOW WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CHERMOK
2 follow-up statements
641 WWUS73 KOAX 132025 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 325 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING... .NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY EVENING. IAZ043-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-018-068-090>093-140200- /O.EXB.KOAX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140414T0200Z/ MONONA-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-THURSTON-WAYNE-OTOE-JOHNSON- NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...GLENWOOD...RED OAK... SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH... PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WAYNE...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK... FALLS CITY 325 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND PREVAIL INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ055-056-069-NEZ016-017-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>067-078-088- 089-140200- /O.EXT.KOAX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140414T0200Z/ HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE-JEFFERSON- GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN... DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE... PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO... ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA... SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE...WILBER... FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 325 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...WIND DRIVEN WET SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SEWARD TO BLAIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CHERMOK
022 WWUS73 KOAX 140209 NPWOAX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 909 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015>018-030>034-042>045- 050>053-065>068-078-088>093-140315- /O.EXP.KOAX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140414T0200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING- BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY- SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA- PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...NELIGH... ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION... ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH... OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH... STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY 909 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTH WINDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER THERE COULD STILL BE SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Richardson | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pawnee, Richardson | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Nemaha | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 7:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saline | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 7:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Lancaster | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Otoe | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 7:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saline | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Seward | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saunders | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Saline, Seward | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 1:54 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 12, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.