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High Wind Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt and 6 more | 45 hr |
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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.