Alert archive / Montana / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2005, 8:41 PM MST for Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2005, 8:41 PM MST (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2005, 10:41 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KMSO 020341 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 841 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 MTZ005-021000- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.051102T0341Z-051102T1000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 841 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT AND MISSOULA VALLEYS. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HENRY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 020355 CCA NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 841 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 MTZ005-021000- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.051102T0341Z-051102T1000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 841 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HENRY
000 WWUS75 KMSO 020412 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 912 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 IDZ007-008-021000- /O.EXA.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051102T1000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 812 PM PST TUE NOV 1 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND...OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MTZ005-021000- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051102T1000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 912 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND...OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HENRY
000 WWUS75 KMSO 020541 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1041 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 IDZ007-008-MTZ005-020645- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051102T1000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 941 PM PST TUE NOV 1 2005 /1041 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WINDS HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
Nearby
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.