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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Missoula, MT

February 2, 2006Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2006, 8:45 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2006, 8:45 AM PST (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2006, 12:27 PM PST
In force
4 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 16:48 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 12:00Z, 4.8 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 12:00Z on 2006-02-02Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 021645
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
945 AM MST THU FEB 2 2006


IDZ007-022200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.060202T1645Z-060202T2200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
845 AM PST THU FEB 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 
CAMAS PRAIRIE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

LOCAL SOUTH WINDS OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE IN IDAHO OF 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.

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 022027
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
127 PM MST THU FEB 2 2006


IDZ007-022130-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-060202T2200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
1227 PM PST THU FEB 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE SURFACE GRADIENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS TODAY HAS
RELAXED. BREEZY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...BUT
THEY WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.  

$$

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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.