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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

March 7, 20178 counties in Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 1:46 PM MSTFire Weather WatchLBFChase, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017

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.