Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2016, 8:39 AM MST for 25 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 16 hr. 22 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2016, 8:39 AM MST (15:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2016, 2:51 AM MST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 25 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, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2:45 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 13 Wsw Ogallala, NE | UNION PACIFIC |
| Dec 25, 3:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 E Ogallala, NE | UNION PACIFIC |
| Dec 25, 3:15 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Wsw Ogallala, NE | KOGA |
| Dec 25, 5:27 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 1 S Sutherland, NE | |
| Dec 25, 6:00 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Merritt Reservoir Dam, NE | FROM THE UNL NEBRASKA MESONET OBSERVATION NETWORK. |
| Dec 25, 6:00 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | Broken Bow, NE | |
| Dec 25, 6:14 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 27 S Valentine, NE | |
| Dec 25, 6:19 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 8 Wsw Callaway, NE | SUSTAINED WINDS MEASURED AT 46 MPH. |
| Dec 25, 6:31 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 1 S Brewster, NE | |
| Dec 25, 6:53 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Broken Bow, NE | |
| Dec 25, 6:55 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 1 Ene Valentine, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:14 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | Ainsworth, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:14 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 27 S Valentine, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:23 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 12 S Ewing, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:42 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Valentine, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:44 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Ene Valentine, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:55 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 47 | Ogallala, NE | |
| Dec 25, 7:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Ainsworth, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Page, NE | POWER OUT IN THE PAGE AREA. |
| Dec 25, 8:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Oneill, NE | |
| Dec 25, 9:55 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | Oneill, NE | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Butte, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 469 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
777 WWUS73 KLBF 251539 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 939 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...HIGH WINDS ON THE WAY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE HIGH WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NEZ005>010-022>027-035>038-056>059-069-070-261200- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0004.161225T1800Z-161226T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... BUTTE...LYNCH...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON... OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...HALSEY... DUNNING...PURDUM...BREWSTER...TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON... RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...PAXTON...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...CHAMPION...ENDERS... IMPERIAL...WAUNETA...HAYES CENTER 939 AM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /839 AM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY. * HIGH WINDS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND LAST PAST MIDNIGHT IN MANY AREAS. * WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS COULD BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
534 WWUS73 KLBF 251928 AAA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 128 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...HIGH WINDS ON THE WAY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE HIGH WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NEZ071-261200- /O.EXA.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CURTIS...EUSTIS...MAYWOOD 128 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * HIGH WINDS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND LAST PAST MIDNIGHT IN MANY AREAS. * WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NEZ005>010-022>027-035>038-056>059-069-070-261200- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... BUTTE...LYNCH...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON... OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...HALSEY... DUNNING...PURDUM...BREWSTER...TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON... RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...PAXTON...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...CHAMPION...ENDERS... IMPERIAL...WAUNETA...HAYES CENTER 128 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /1228 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * HIGH WINDS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND LAST PAST MIDNIGHT IN MANY AREAS. * WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
090 WWUS73 KLBF 260024 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 624 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...HIGH WINDS TONIGHT... .GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND IS NOW LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THESE HIGH WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NEZ028-029-261200- /O.EXA.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ GARFIELD-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ERICSON 624 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * HIGH WINDS SHOULD AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING MID TO LATE EVENING. THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS WILL LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. * WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NEZ005>010-022>027-035>038-056>059-069>071-261200- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... BUTTE...LYNCH...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON... OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...HALSEY... DUNNING...PURDUM...BREWSTER...TAYLOR...ARTHUR...TRYON... RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...PAXTON...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...CHAMPION...ENDERS... IMPERIAL...WAUNETA...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...MAYWOOD 624 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /524 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * HIGH WINDS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL THEN AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND WILL LAST PAST MIDNIGHT IN MANY AREAS. * WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ET
358 WWUS73 KLBF 260424 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1024 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 NEZ022-056>059-069>071-260530- /O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...PAXTON...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... CHAMPION...ENDERS...IMPERIAL...WAUNETA...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS...MAYWOOD 1024 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /924 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE LESSENED BELOW WARNING LEVELS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEB AND HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. $$ NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-261200- /O.CON.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... BUTTE...LYNCH...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...HALSEY...DUNNING...PURDUM... BREWSTER...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ERICSON...ARTHUR... TRYON...RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 1024 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016 /924 PM MST SUN DEC 25 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ MONDAY... * HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND WILL LAST PAST MIDNIGHT IN MANY AREAS. * WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ET
571 WWUS73 KLBF 260951 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 351 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-261100- /O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... BUTTE...LYNCH...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...HALSEY...DUNNING...PURDUM... BREWSTER...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ERICSON...ARTHUR... TRYON...RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 351 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016 /251 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED DOWN TO 25 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. THESE SPEEDS WILL DECREASE FURTHER TOWARD SUNRISE. $$ CLB
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 11:47 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Valley | 43 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.