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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2006, 1:19 AM PST for 11 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2006, 1:19 AM PST (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2006, 9:00 AM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KOTX 110919 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 119 AM PST WED JAN 11 2006 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-035>037-111700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.060111T0919Z-060111T1700Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...MOSCOW... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE... PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 119 AM PST WED JAN 11 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THROUGH MID MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL GUSTS APPROCHING 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PORTIONS OF THE PALOUSE...WEST PLAINS AND EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. STRONGER WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAINS AND RIDGES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KOTX 111714 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 914 AM PST WED JAN 11 2006 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-035>037-111815- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060111T1700Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...MOSCOW... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE... PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 914 AM PST WED JAN 11 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGHOUT THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD STRONG WIND GUSTS NO LONGER EXISTS. $$
Nearby
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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.