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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT

January 12, 2006Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind warning at Jan 12, 2006, 6:49 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 13, 2006, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2006, 6:49 PM PST (02:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 13, 2006, 3:05 AM PST
In force
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 02:49 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, 2.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2006-01-13Temperature 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 2006-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 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 
WWUS75 KMSO 130249
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
749 PM MST THU JAN 12 2006

IDZ007-008-131200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.HW.W.0002.060113T1200Z-060114T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
649 PM PST THU JAN 12 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE 
LOWER HELLS CANYON AND CAMAS PRAIRIE REGIONS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY. 

STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE LOWER HELLS CANYON AND CAMAS PRAIRIE
REGIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO ON FRIDAY AS A RESULT OF A WARM
FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHERLY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE SEEN. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY
AND DECREASE LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD
FRONT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 131105
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
405 AM MST FRI JAN 13 2006

IDZ007-008-132315-
/O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0002.060113T1200Z-060114T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.060113T1800Z-060114T0300Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
305 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE LOWER HELLS CANYON AND CAMAS PRAIRIE
REGIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO TODAY AS A RESULT OF A WARM FRONT
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHERLY WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY
AND DECREASE LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 3:05 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho3 hr
Jan 13, 3:12 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchMSOIdaho, Lemhi52 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Idaho, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006

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.