Alert archive / Idaho / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:11 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 50 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:31 PM PST | Snow Advisory | MSO | Lemhi | 38 hr |
Nearby
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.