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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT

January 16, 2006Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2006, 2:15 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 16, 2006, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2006, 2:15 AM PST (10:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2006, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 16, 2006, 4:08 PM 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 10:15 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, 10.3 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 2006-01-16Temperature 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 2006-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 161015
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
315 AM MST MON JAN 16 2006

IDZ007-008-161800-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.060116T1800Z-060117T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
215 AM PST MON JAN 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 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 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING. 

A STRENGTHING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE IN
CENTRAL IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
APPEAR TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING 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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 161755
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1055 AM MST MON JAN 16 2006

IDZ007-008-170200-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.060116T1800Z-060117T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
955 AM PST MON JAN 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

A STRENGTHING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE
IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

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

$$
000 
WWUS75 KMSO 170008
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
508 PM MST MON JAN 16 2006


IDZ007-008-170115-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060117T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
408 PM PST MON JAN 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. LOCALIZED SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
ARE STILL EXPECTED MAINLY IN THE SALMON RIVER VALLEY. HOWEVER...THESE
EXPECTED WIND SPEEDS ARE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 2:11 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho50 hr
Jan 16, 1:31 PM PSTSnow AdvisoryMSOLemhi38 hr

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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.