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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

March 4, 20254 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind warning at Mar 4, 2025, 9:56 PM CST for 4 counties in Nebraska. 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
Mar 4, 2025, 9:56 PM CST (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2025, 3:19 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2025-03-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

884 
WWUS73 KLBF 050356
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
956 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

NEZ027>029-038-051200-
/O.NEW.KLBF.HW.W.0002.250305T0356Z-250305T1200Z/
Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Custer-
Including the cities of Bartlett, Burwell, Broken Bow, Taylor,
and Ericson
956 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Custer, Garfield, Loup, and Wheeler Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM CST 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blizzard conditions have ended across the 
  eastern Sandhills and portions of Central Nebraska. However, 
  strong northwesterly winds are expected overnight with gusts up to 
  60 mph expected.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service, visit 
www.weather.gov/lbf.

Buttler
1 follow-up statement
253 
WWUS73 KLBF 050919
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
319 AM CST Wed Mar 5 2025

NEZ027>029-038-051030-
/O.CAN.KLBF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250305T1200Z/
Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Custer-
Including the cities of Broken Bow, Bartlett, Burwell, Taylor,
and Ericson
319 AM CST Wed Mar 5 2025

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

While gusty winds will continue this morning, gusts exceeding 58mph 
are no longer expected so the High Wind Warning has been cancelled.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service, visit 
www.weather.gov/lbf.

MBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 3:14 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha and 4 more24 hr
Mar 5, 2:14 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningLBFBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt and 6 more45 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.