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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Spokane, WA

November 23, 20065 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2006, 9:21 AM PST for 5 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2006, 9:21 AM PST (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2006, 2:11 PM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2006-11-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 
WWUS76 KOTX 231721
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
921 AM PST THU NOV 23 2006


IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-232300-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.061123T1721Z-061123T2300Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...SPOKANE
921 AM PST THU NOV 23 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREA AS WELL AS MUCH OF
THE PALOUSE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS SPEEDS OF 30 TO
35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER PERIOD OF VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL POSSIBLY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KOTX 232211
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
211 PM PST THU NOV 23 2006

IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-232315-
/O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061123T2300Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...SPOKANE
211 PM PST THU NOV 23 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ENDED THE WIND
ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE PALOUSE AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREA. ALTHOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE
TO BE BREEZY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...SPEEDS WILL
REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 4:25 AM PSTSnow AdvisoryOTXLincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens22 hr
Nov 23, 2:33 PM PSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryOTXLincoln, Spokane12 hr
Nov 23, 2:33 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningOTXSpokane, Whitman19 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Washington, 2006Wind Advisories in Idaho, 2006Every wind advisory 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.