Alert archive / Idaho / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2005, 5:20 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2005, 5:20 PM PST (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2005, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 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 040120 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 620 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005 IDZ007-008-040600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.051104T0120Z-051104T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 520 PM PST THU NOV 3 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND INCREASE THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST...UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 040405 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 905 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005 MTZ003-041200- /O.NEW.KMSO.LW.Y.0007.051104T0405Z-051104T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 905 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER FLATHEAD LAKE...MAKING FOR DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN MAGNITUDE OVERNIGHT...THEN LIGHTEN BY EARLY MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$ IDZ007-008-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051104T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 805 PM PST THU NOV 3 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND INCREASE THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST...UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 040538 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1038 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005 IDZ007-008-040645- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051104T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 938 PM PST THU NOV 3 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HELLS CANYON...BUT HAVE BEGUN TO LIGHTEN AND ARE NOW BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS WILL SLOWLY CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. $$ MTZ003-041200- /O.CON.KMSO.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051104T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1038 PM MST THU NOV 3 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER FLATHEAD LAKE... MAKING FOR DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN MAGNITUDE OVERNIGHT...THEN LIGHTEN BY EARLY MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 1:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 31 hr |
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.