Alert archive / Idaho / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind warning at Nov 16, 2006, 12:37 AM PST for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 3 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
- Nov 16, 2006, 12:37 AM PST (08:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2006, 4:01 AM PST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
County Idaho County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 520 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 160837 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 137 AM MST THU NOV 16 2006 IDZ008-161300- /O.UPG.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-061116T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.HW.W.0008.061116T0837Z-061116T1300Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1237 AM PST THU NOV 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG US HIGHWAY 95... ...WIND ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IS PROBABLE WITH WIND SPEEDS THIS HIGH. $$ IDZ007-161300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-061116T1300Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 1237 AM PST THU NOV 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HENRY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KMSO 161201 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 501 AM MST THU NOV 16 2006 IDZ008-161315- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-061116T1300Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 401 AM PST THU NOV 16 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. PRESSURE GRADIENTS OVER THE AREA HAVE WEAKENED AND HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE WINDS TO DIMINISH. $$ IDZ007-161315- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-061116T1300Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 401 AM PST THU NOV 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE HAVE WEAKENED AND HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE WINDS TO DIMINISH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 11:18 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 5 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.