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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Spokane, WA

November 6, 20057 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 6, 2005, 12:57 AM PST for 7 counties in Washington. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2005, 12:57 AM PST (08:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 6:01 AM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS76 KOTX 060857
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1257 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2005


WAZ033-035-036-061600-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.051106T0857Z-051106T1600Z/
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...
ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE
1257 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. 
STRONG WINDS MOVING IN BEHIND THE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS STORM
SYSTEM ARE CREATING ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON. THIS INCLUDES THE PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED AREAS. LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE
90 WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN
DRIVING. STAY TUNED TO THIS AND OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER PRODUCTS
FOR UPDATES. 

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KOTX 061401
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
601 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2005


WAZ033-035-036-061515-
/O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051106T1600Z/
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...
ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE
601 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE
SPOKANE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS OBSERVED ACROSS THIS AREA OVERNIGHT
HAVE SINCE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS
REMAIN BREEZY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE OVER THE COURSE OF THE MORNING.

$$

Nearby

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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.