Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2024
High Wind Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at May 6, 2024, 12:07 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It took effect at May 6, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- May 6, 2024, 12:07 PM MDT (18:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 6:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203 WWUS73 KLBF 061807 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 107 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024 NEZ004-071200- /O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0003.240507T0000Z-240507T1200Z/ Sheridan- Including the cities of Rushville and Gordon 1207 PM MDT Mon May 6 2024 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Sheridan County. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 AM MDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. $$ Buttler
1 follow-up statement
534 WWUS73 KLBF 071209 NPWLBF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service North Platte NE 709 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024 NEZ004-071315- /O.EXP.KLBF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240507T1200Z/ Sheridan- Including the cities of Rushville and Gordon 609 AM MDT Tue May 7 2024 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... The threat of high winds has ended in this area. The High Wind Warning has been allowed to expire. $$ CDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 6, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 37 min |
| May 6, 2:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Knox | 24 min |
| May 6, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Brown | 40 min |
| May 6, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Holt | 64 min |
| May 6, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Blaine | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.