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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Missoula, MT

March 8, 2006Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2006, 9:23 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2006, 9:23 PM PST (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 3:34 AM PST
In force
6 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 05:25 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, 5.4 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 2006-03-09Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2006-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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 090523
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1023 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006


IDZ007-091200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.060309T0523Z-060309T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
923 PM PST WED MAR 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 

STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED DUE TO AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. WINDS
SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER TONIGHT.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 091134
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
434 AM MST THU MAR 9 2006

IDZ007-091245-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060309T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
334 AM PST THU MAR 9 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH OUT
THE DAY.

$$

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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.