Locally strong wind gusts to around 60 mph accompanied a fast moving cold front across western and North Central Nebraska on January 26, 2014.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
Locally strong wind gusts to around 60 mph accompanied a fast moving cold front across western and North Central Nebraska on January 26, 2014.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 26, 11:22 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1122 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 346 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 AN ARCTIC FRONT IS CURRENTLY SITUATED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN CANADA...BUT MOVING QUICKLY SOUTH. MEANWHILE...A LEAD SURFACE LOW IS LOCATED IN NORTHERN IOWA. NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA ARE QUITE GUSTY TO NEAR 35 KTS IN SOME AREAS. TEMPERATURES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA QUITE MILD AS OF 09Z...MAINLY IN THE LOWER/MID 40S. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 346 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 THE ARCTIC FRONT TODAY WILL RACE SOUTHWARD TO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY 18Z AND THROUGH SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY 00Z MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 18Z AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS ALOFT AT H85 WILL BE QUITE STRONG AT 40-45KTS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR SLIGHTLY STRONGER...ESPECIALLY EAST OF VALENTINE THROUGH BROKEN BOW...ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. ANOTHER CORRIDOR OF STRONGER WINDS NEAR THESE LEVELS ACROSS SWRN NEBR. DUE TO RECENT PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING DUST...SEE NO REASON THIS WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN MAINLY WEST OF AN OSHKOSH THROUGH HAYES CENTER LINE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. HAVE REPLACED THE HIGH WIND WATCH WITH A WIND ADVISORY AND ADDED REMAINDER OF WESTERN NEBRASKA IN A WIND ADVISORY FROM 18Z TODAY UNTIL 06Z THIS EVENING. ALSO A CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE FOR -RW LATE THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS NCTRL NEBRASKA WITH A MIX AND CHANGE OVER TO -SW BY MID AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED AND DUE TO FAST SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF H3 JET MAX...THE CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE AMOUNTS ABOVE A TRACE ARE LOW. ACROSS THE SOUTH...INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SPRINKLES/FLURRIES AFTER 21Z UNTIL 02Z IN THE SOUTHWEST. WITH MUCH COLDER AIR PUSHING SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON...HIGHS REACHED BY AROUND 18Z IN THE LOWER 40S NORTH THEN FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 20S IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN THE LOWER 50S REACHED BY 21Z. CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT AND VERY COLD. WILL REMAIN BREEZY MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST OVERNIGHT AND WITH LOWS FALLING TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW...WIND CHILLS TO FALL BELOW 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ALSO ISSUED FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM SHERIDAN COUNTY THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 346 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 THE ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES FOR THE LONG TERM. MONDAY THE COLD AIR WILL BE WELL ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE PLAINS. UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE...MAINLY IN CO...TO PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW...HOWEVER NW FLOW ALOFT TO TRACK ANY SNOW SOUTH OF THE CWA...THUS DRY AND COLD FOR THE CWA. MONDAY HIGHS ARE WELL BELOW NORMAL /AROUND 10 NORTHEAST ZONES TO AROUND 20 SW/ WITH GUIDANCE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AS 850 MB TEMPS REMAIN IN THE -15 TO -25 C RANGE. MONDAY NIGHT GOING TO BE ANOTHER BITTER COLD NIGHT WITH LOWS FOR MOST OF THE AREA AROUND OR BELOW ZERO. WINDS LOOK TO BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE AND DO NOT EXPECT ANY WIND CHILL HEADLINE. BY TUESDAY THE BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO PUSH EASTWARD SLOWLY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHT WARMING BY TUES AFTN. HIGHS FROM THE TEENS TO THE MID 20S...ONLY 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE MONDAY. WAA KICKS IN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WED. GUIDANCE AND FORECAST FOLLOWS A SURGE UPWARD AS WARM AIR ARRIVES DUE TO WEAK RIDGING AHEAD OF A WEST COAST TROUGH. HIGHS IN SW NEB SHOULD BE NEAR 50 AND N CENTRAL CLOSER TO 40. WARM UP WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT BEGINS TO IMPACT THE AREA. TEMPS FALL INTO THE 20S AND 30S FOR THURSDAY. WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WED NIGHT INTO THURS COULD SEE SOME LIGHT PRECIP...IN THE FORM OF SNOW. MOISTURE IS LIMITED SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN ACCUMULATION AT THIS TIME. BY FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND A TROUGH WILL PUSH ACROSS THE WEST AND ONTO THE PLAINS. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE TROUGH...WHICH COMES ACROSS IN PIECES. WITH ZONAL TO SOUTHWEST FLOW...IT APPEARS THE HIGH PLAINS SHOULD SEE AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED MEASURABLE PRECIP...ALTHOUGH WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW MEASURABLE THE PRECIP WILL BE. WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE MODEL BLEND AND WATCH FOR BETTER AGREEMENT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1120 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 AVIATION CONCERNS FOR THE CURRENT TAF PERIOD ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL RACE THROUGH NEBRASKA EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD. THE FRONT WILL REACH KVTN BETWEEN 18Z AND 19Z WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 KTS...LOWER CIGS...AND PRECIP POSSIBLE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. PRECIP MAY BRIEFLY START OUT AS RAIN SHOWERS BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING OVER THE LIGHT SNOW. THE WIND AND SNOW MAY COMBINE TO CREATE IFR VISBY CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH 21Z...WHICH IS REFLECTED IN A TEMPO GROUP IN THE CURRENT TAF. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTH TOWARD KLBF...ARRIVING AROUND 22Z. GUSTY WINDS TO 42 KTS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH CIGS LOWERING TO AROUND 4K FEET. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW FLAKES BEHIND THE FRONT...HOWEVER NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF AT THIS TIME. GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE WINDS RELAX TOMORROW MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 03Z THIS EVENING. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT FOR NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ MONDAY FOR NEZ004>010-023>029-036>038-059-094. && SYNOPSIS...ROBERG SHORT TERM...ROBERG LONG TERM...MASEK AVIATION...MARTIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 502 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-271115- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 502 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 /402 AM MST SUN JAN 26 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. LATER TONIGHT...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY AND WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) KAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1112 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 NEZ005>010-026>029-038-270000- EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 1112 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014 A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A BRIEF WIND GUST TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT PASSES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. TAYLOR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Valentine ASOS recorded a gust to 63 mph at 1206 p.m. CST. A gust to 58 mph was also recorded at the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge. Winds of this magnitude occurred in eastern Cherry County. The strong wind gusts accompanied a fast moving cold front.
Nearby Valentine ASOS recorded a gust to 63 mph at 1206 p.m. CST. A gust to 58 mph also was recorded at the nearby Ainsworth AWOS at 1235 p.m. CST. Winds of this magnitude were estimated across Keya Paha County. The strong wind gusts accompanied a fast moving cold front.
Nearby Ainsworth AWOS recorded a gust to 58 mph at 1235 p.m. CST. Winds of this magnitude were estimated across Rock County. The strong wind gusts accompanied a fast moving cold front.
Ainsworth AWOS recorded a gust to 58 mph at 1235 p.m. CST. Winds of this magnitude occurred across Brown County. The strong wind gusts accompanied a fast moving cold front.
Imperial ASOS recorded a gust to 58 mph at 343 p.m. MST. Winds of this magnitude occurred across Chase County and produced areas of blowing dust and reduced visibility. The strong wind gusts accompanied a fast moving cold front.
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