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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT

November 16, 2006Idaho County, Idaho

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2006-11-16Temperature 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 2006-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 475 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 11:18 PM PSTWind AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho5 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.