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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

April 16, 202414 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Apr 16, 2024, 1:35 AM MDT for 14 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 16, 2024, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 11 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
Apr 16, 2024, 1:35 AM MDT (07:35 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2024, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2024, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 11:56 AM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 615 Ssw Whitman, NE
Apr 16, 12:01 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 626 Nne Madrid, NEvia personal weather station.
Apr 16, 12:01 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 628 Sse Whitman, NE
Apr 16, 1:16 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 623 E North Platte, NE
Apr 16, 1:23 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 625 E North Platte, NE
Apr 16, 1:49 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 655 Wsw Lemoyne, NEvia personal weather station.
Apr 16, 1:58 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 592 Nw Crescent Lake Nwr, NE
Apr 16, 2:37 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 594 N Wauneta, NEvia personal weather station.
Apr 16, 2:41 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 611 Nw Imperial, NEvia personal weather station.
Apr 16, 2:53 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 671 Ene Imperial, NEfrom Imperial ASOS.
Apr 16, 3:01 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 581 E Grant, NEvia personal weather station.

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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 00:00Z on 2024-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2216 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
20.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

313 
WWUS73 KLBF 160735
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
235 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

NEZ022-023-035-056>058-069-162000-
/O.UPG.KLBF.HW.A.0002.240416T1500Z-240417T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.240416T1500Z-240417T0100Z/
Garden-Grant-Arthur-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Chase-
Including the cities of Hyannis, Ogallala, Imperial, Grant,
Oshkosh, Chappell, Champion, Lewellen, Paxton, Big Springs,
Enders, Arthur, and Wauneta
135 AM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT 
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

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

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 7 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees or power lines. 
  Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

$$

NEZ024-025-036-037-059-070-071-162000-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.240416T1500Z-240417T0100Z/
Hooker-Thomas-McPherson-Logan-Lincoln-Hayes-Frontier-
Including the cities of North Platte, Halsey, Stapleton, Maywood,
Ringgold, Mullen, Thedford, Tryon, Hayes Center, Curtis, and
Eustis
235 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 /135 AM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS 
MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Thomas, Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln, Hooker, Logan, and 
  McPherson Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ this morning to 8 PM CDT /7 PM 
  MDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees or power lines. 
  Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

$$

Brown
2 follow-up statements
301 
WWUS73 KLBF 161920
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
220 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

NEZ022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-170100-
/O.CON.KLBF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240417T0100Z/
Garden-Grant-Hooker-Thomas-Arthur-McPherson-Logan-Deuel-Keith-
Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier-
Including the cities of Imperial, Curtis, Ringgold, Wauneta,
North Platte, Thedford, Maywood, Tryon, Paxton, Ogallala,
Stapleton, Halsey, Hayes Center, Lewellen, Enders, Eustis,
Champion, Chappell, Arthur, Mullen, Grant, Oshkosh, Big Springs,
and Hyannis
220 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 /120 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ 
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of north central, panhandle, southwest, and west 
  central Nebraska.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening.

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

$$

MBS
182 
WWUS73 KLBF 170057
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
757 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

NEZ022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-170200-
/O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240417T0100Z/
Garden-Grant-Hooker-Thomas-Arthur-McPherson-Logan-Deuel-Keith-
Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier-
Including the cities of Hyannis, Arthur, Maywood, Hayes Center,
Tryon, Chappell, Big Springs, Enders, Mullen, Ogallala, Curtis,
Halsey, Wauneta, Ringgold, Grant, North Platte, Oshkosh, Eustis,
Stapleton, Champion, Thedford, Paxton, Imperial, and Lewellen
757 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 /657 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024/

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS 
EVENING...

The threat for high winds has ended over southwestern Nebraska. 
Northwesterly wind gusts up to 40 MPH are possible through mid 
evening. Expect winds to continue to diminish further into the 
overnight hours.

$$

Buttler

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry42 min
Apr 15, 7:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha65 min
Apr 15, 9:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGrant26 min
Apr 16, 12:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGosper44 min
Apr 16, 1:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCuster46 min
Apr 16, 1:19 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFFrontier41 min
Apr 16, 3:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCuster, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock, Wheeler45 min
Apr 16, 3:04 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha26 min
Apr 16, 3:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Wheeler27 min
Apr 16, 3:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd18 min
Apr 16, 3:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBoyd, Holt, Rock62 min
Apr 16, 3:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt61 min
Apr 16, 4:20 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown, Keya Paha40 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.