Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Mar 7, 2017, 9:55 AM MST for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 7, 2017, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2017, 9:55 AM MST (16:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2017, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
257 WWUS73 KLBF 071655 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 1055 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TODAY... .Strong sustained westerly winds of 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph are expected to develop late this morning and will continue through the afternoon. NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069-080000- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.170307T1700Z-170308T0000Z/ Sheridan-Garden-Grant-Arthur-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Chase- Including the cities of Gordon, Rushville, Oshkosh, Lewellen, Hyannis, Arthur, Chappell, Big Springs, Ogallala, Paxton, Grant, Champion, Enders, Imperial, and Wauneta 955 AM MST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect until 5 PM MST this afternoon. * TIMING...Strong winds developing late this morning and will continue through the afternoon. * PEAK WINDS...Sustained winds of 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * IMPACTS...Travelers in light weight and high profile vehicles may experience difficult driving conditions. Winds may also produce patchy blowing dust that could reduce visibility between one and five miles. 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. && $$ ET
1 follow-up statement
285 WWUS73 KLBF 072354 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 554 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 NEZ004-022-023-035-056>058-069-080100- /O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170308T0000Z/ Sheridan-Garden-Grant-Arthur-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Chase- Including the cities of Gordon, Rushville, Oshkosh, Lewellen, Hyannis, Arthur, Chappell, Big Springs, Ogallala, Paxton, Grant, Champion, Enders, Imperial, and Wauneta 454 PM MST Tue Mar 7 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... Northwest winds gusting to 35 mph will continue to diminish this evening. Therefore the high wind warning has been allowed to expire. $$ Roberg
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:46 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | LBF | Chase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins | 13 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.