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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Missoula, MT

February 3, 2006Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2006, 1:41 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 3, 2006, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2006, 1:41 PM PST (21:41 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2006, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 4, 2006, 12:11 PM PST
In force
14 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 21:41 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 12:00Z, 9.7 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 12:00Z on 2006-02-03Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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 032141
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
241 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2006

IDZ007-041100-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.060204T0300Z-060205T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.HW.W.0004.060204T0600Z-060205T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
141 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST SATURDAY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL BE THE MAIN AREA AFFECTED BY THESE WINDS.
WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS NEAR 45
MPH...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT
SATURDAY NIGHT.

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

$$

IDZ008-041100-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.060204T0300Z-060205T0300Z/
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
141 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
PST SATURDAY...

SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT
SATURDAY NIGHT.

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 041008
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
307 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2006

IDZ007-042215-
/O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
207 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CAMAS
PRAIRIE WILL BE THE MAIN AREA AFFECTED BY THESE WINDS. THE WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

IDZ008-042215-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060205T0300Z/
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
207 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
ARE EXPECTED BY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 042011
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
111 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2006


IDZ007-042115-
/O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
1211 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING.

THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DECREASED LATE THIS MORNING BEHIND A
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

IDZ008-042115-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060205T0300Z/
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
1211 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DECREASED LATE THIS MORNING BEHIND A
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 2:22 AM PSTWind AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho34 hr
Feb 3, 2:32 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchMSOClearwater, Idaho13 days
Feb 3, 1:38 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho37 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.