Deep surface low pressure moved across Nebraska on April 12th, bringing strong west winds turning northwest in the afternoon. While many locations had wind gusts of 50 mph or greater, Broken Bow recorded the highest wind gust of 62 mph.
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Deep surface low pressure moved across Nebraska on April 12th, bringing strong west winds turning northwest in the afternoon. While many locations had wind gusts of 50 mph or greater, Broken Bow recorded the highest wind gust of 62 mph.
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 Apr 12, 2:21 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 321 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 317 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 The primary concern for the short term will revolve around continuing critical fire weather conditions. Specific details regarding the fire weather threat will be contained in the fire weather section below. Currently, a deep upper low continues to progress into the northern Plains. A strong surface low is positioned roughly along the SD/NE border just east of Valentine. The Pacific front has cleared a majority of the area, with dry air quickly moving into the area behind. This has lead to continuing critical fire weather conditions, as the primary cold front and colder temperatures lagging in the Panhandle. For tonight and tomorrow: A few sprinkles are possible this evening across far southwest Nebraska, though with the depth of incoming dry air this is a low-end threat. Expect the cold front to continue to dive through the area as the surface low pulls off to the northeast. This, along with gradually clearing, will lead to quickly falling temperatures overnight. Very good cold advection along with some radiational cooling will lead to lows falling into the teens to lower 20s by tomorrow morning. Add in the continuing gusty winds and wind chills overnight will dip into the single digits to a few degrees below zero. This will be quite the change from the recent warmth. The cold advection continues into tomorrow and this (along with H85 temps remaining below freezing) helps to keep temperatures on the cooler side tomorrow. Highs top out in the 40s to 50s, even with the partly to mostly sunny skies. Unfortunately, even with highs remaining cooler, the exceptionally dry air will continue to lead to a fire weather threat. In fact, forecast PWAT values (~0.15") will approach near record lows for mid-April. Elevated H7-H85 flow on the order of 35-45kts will lead to strong northwesterly winds as the higher flow is mechanically mixed to the surface. Guidance continues to suggest the potential for gusts approaching 50mph at times, and the current forecast reflects this. Believe any threat for High Wind criteria gusts will be very localized and brief and confidence remains too low for any headlines with this package. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 317 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 The impacts of today's storm system linger into Thursday, with one more afternoon of gusty winds expected across north central Nebraska. Flow aloft remains elevated as the parent upper low continues to slowly exit off to the east. This will promote gusts approaching 40-45mph Thursday afternoon. Behind the aforementioned storm system, flow briefly transitions zonal aloft before heights rise and an upper ridge begins to build across the Rockies. This leads to slowly moderating temperatures into the end of the weekend. The next system of note will approach the area by Sunday, though guidance diverges with respect to strength and speed. It primarily looks to track just northeast of the area, with only a quick window for precipitation locally. This represents the next chance for any accumulating precipitation and the potential will continue to be monitored. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 1225 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 VFR is expected throughout wrn and ncntl Nebraska this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday morning. A strong Pacific cold front will sweep through the region this afternoon. Mid and high level moisture behind the front may produce isolated sprinkles and dry thunderstorms this afternoon. Thereafter, very dry air aloft and at the sfc should maintain VFR tonight and Wednesday morning. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 317 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 The impacts of today's storm system linger into Thursday, with one more afternoon of gusty winds expected across north central Nebraska. Flow aloft remains elevated as the parent upper low continues to slowly exit off to the east. This will promote gusts approaching 40-45mph Thursday afternoon. Behind the aforementioned storm system, flow briefly transitions zonal aloft before heights rise and an upper ridge begins to build across the Rockies. This leads to slowly moderating temperatures into the end of the weekend. The next system of note will approach the area by Sunday, though guidance diverges with respect to strength and speed. It primarily looks to track just northeast of the area, with only a quick window for precipitation locally. This represents the next chance for any accumulating precipitation locally and the potential will continue to be monitored. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening for NEZ204-206-208>210-219. Red Flag Warning from noon CDT /11 AM MDT/ to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ Wednesday for NEZ209-210-219. Blowing Dust Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for NEZ071. && SHORT TERM...Brown LONG TERM...Brown AVIATION...CDC FIRE WEATHER...Brown
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 334 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-132045- 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- 334 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022 /234 PM MDT Tue Apr 12 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. Deep surface low pressure moving through western and north central Nebraska will produce wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph until sunset. Critical fire weather conditions are likely across western and north central Nebraska until sunset. The concern is winds gusting 50 mph and humidity below 20 percent. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. Critical fire weather conditions are likely Wednesday across parts of western and north central Nebraska. The concern is strong northwest winds and humidity below 20 percent. Critical fire weather conditions are possible Thursday across parts of western and north central Nebraska. The concern is strong northwest winds and humidity below 20 percent. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && Forecast details can be found on our website http://www.weather.gov/northplatte
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Broken Bow ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph at 432 pm CST. Northwest winds were also sustained at 40 mph at times between 3 pm and 6 pm CST. Winds of this magnitude were common across Custer County.
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