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High Wind Watch 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind watch at Feb 18, 2016, 2:00 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2016, 2:00 AM MST (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2016, 2:58 PM MST
- In force
- 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 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
018 WWUS73 KLBF 180900 CCA NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 300 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL RACE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST AT AROUND 60 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE SUDDEN HIGH WIND GUSTS. NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-182200- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.A.0002.160219T0000Z-160219T1200Z/ 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...ANTIOCH...LAKESIDE...SPARKS... VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BUTTE...LYNCH...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON...CRESCENT LAKE NWR... OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...ASHBY...HYANNIS...WHITMAN...MULLEN... THEDFORD...HALSEY...DUNNING...PURDUM...BREWSTER...ALMERIA... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ERICSON...ARTHUR...TRYON... RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... KEYSTONE...KINGSLEY DAM...LEMOYNE...OGALLALA...ROSCOE...GRANT... NORTH PLATTE...CHAMPION...ENDERS...IMPERIAL...WAUNETA... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...MAYWOOD...CODY...ELI... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 300 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016 /200 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...APPROACH HIGHWAY 83 AROUND MIDNIGHT AND BOYD...HOLT...WHEELER AND GARFIELD COUNTIES AROUND 3 AM CST. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS IS MOST LIKELY ON HIGHWAYS TRAVELING NORTH AND SOUTH. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
793 WWUS73 KLBF 182158 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 358 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 NEZ029-038-058-059-069>071-182300- /O.CAN.KLBF.HW.A.0002.160219T0000Z-160219T1200Z/ WHEELER-CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARTLETT...ERICSON...BROKEN BOW... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...CHAMPION...ENDERS...IMPERIAL...WAUNETA... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...MAYWOOD 358 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 /258 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...THUS THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056-057-094-190600- /O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0002.160219T0000Z-160219T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.160219T0300Z-160219T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR- MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTIOCH...LAKESIDE...SPARKS... VALENTINE...CRESCENT LAKE NWR...OSHKOSH...LEWELLEN...ASHBY... HYANNIS...WHITMAN...MULLEN...THEDFORD...HALSEY...ARTHUR...TRYON... RINGGOLD...STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...KEYSTONE... KINGSLEY DAM...LEMOYNE...OGALLALA...ROSCOE...CODY...ELI... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 358 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 /258 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...APPROACH HIGHWAY 83 AROUND MIDNIGHT. HIGH WINDS MAY DIMINISH AROUND SUNRISE...HOWEVER AN INCREASE IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE MID MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AGAIN AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE CONTROL... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS IS MOST LIKELY ON HIGHWAYS TRAVELING NORTH AND SOUTH. 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. && $$ NEZ006>010-026>028-190600- /O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0002.160219T0000Z-160219T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.160219T0600Z-160219T1800Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...BUTTE...LYNCH... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ROSE...ONEILL...ATKINSON...DUNNING... PURDUM...BREWSTER...ALMERIA...TAYLOR...BURWELL 358 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE CONTROL... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS IS MOST LIKELY ON HIGHWAYS TRAVELING NORTH AND SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MASEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:58 PM MST | High Wind Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 18 more | 20 hr |
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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.