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High Wind Warning 4, NWS North Platte, NE

October 26, 20216 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Oct 26, 2021, 1:13 PM MDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 26, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 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
Oct 26, 2021, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2021, 10:37 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2021-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
426 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

128 
WWUS73 KLBF 261913
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
213 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

NEZ022-056>058-069-270600-
/O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0003.211027T0000Z-211027T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0004.211027T0000Z-211027T0600Z/
Garden-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Chase-
Including the cities of Oshkosh, Lewellen, Chappell, Big Springs,
Ogallala, Paxton, Grant, Champion, Enders, Imperial, and Wauneta
113 PM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Garden, Deuel, Keith, Perkins and Chase Counties.

* WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to midnight MDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. 
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be 
  difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$

NEZ070-270600-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0004.211027T0000Z-211027T0600Z/
Hayes-
Including the city of Hayes Center
213 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Hayes County.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 1 AM CDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.
  Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult,
  especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around
trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of
your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if
you must drive.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
547 
WWUS73 KLBF 270437
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1137 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

NEZ022-056>058-069-070-270545-
/O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211027T0600Z/
Garden-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Chase-Hayes-
Including the cities of Oshkosh, Lewellen, Chappell, Big Springs,
Ogallala, Paxton, Grant, Champion, Enders, Imperial, Wauneta, 
and Hayes Center
1137 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 /1037 PM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Winds have decreased somewhat across far southwest Nebraska and
the threat for high winds has ended for the remainder of tonight.
Expect northwesterly winds of 25 to 35 MPH overnight.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 2:28 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchLBFChase, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Perkins11 hr

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.