Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2006, 2:58 PM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Oct 29, 2006, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2006, 2:58 PM PDT (21:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2006, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2006, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 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 282158 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST SUNDAY...THEN INTO MONTANA SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT WINDS TO STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT NEAR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE REGION...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON DURING THE DAY. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SLOWER FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...NOT REACHING PEAK SPEEDS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. WAZ034-035-041-044-290600- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T1500Z-061030T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY... WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND ADJACENT EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BLOWING DUST MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ043-290600- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T2000Z-061030T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 258 PM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE AND BECOME VERY WINDY BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 290556 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1056 PM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST SUNDAY...THEN INTO MONTANA SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT WINDS TO STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT NEAR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES... INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE REGION...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON DURING THE DAY. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SLOWER FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...NOT REACHING PEAK SPEEDS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. WAZ034-035-041-044-291400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T1500Z-061030T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY... WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1056 PM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7AM TO 4 PM SUNDAY. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND ADJACENT EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BLOWING DUST MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ043-291400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T2000Z-061030T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 1056 PM PDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE AND BECOME VERY WINDY BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 291225 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 425 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY...THEN INTO MONTANA TONIGHT. EXPECT WINDS TO STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING NEAR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES... INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE REGION...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...NOT REACHING PEAK SPEEDS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. WAZ034-035-041-044-292030- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T1500Z-061030T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY... WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 425 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND ADJACENT EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ043-292030- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T2000Z-061030T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 425 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE AND BECOME VERY WINDY BY MIDDAY TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 291825 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1025 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY...THEN INTO MONTANA TONIGHT. EXPECT WESTERLY WINDS TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...NOT REACHING PEAK SPEEDS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WAZ033-036-300000- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULLMAN...SPOKANE 1025 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST PLAINS WEST OF SPOKANE TO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PALOUSE IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ043-300230- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.061029T1825Z-061030T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 1025 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE AND BECOME VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY... WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1025 AM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND ADJACENT EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 292246 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 246 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING... .BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT...WINDY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. WAZ036-300000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPOKANE 246 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ WAZ033>035-041-044-300300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0300Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 246 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND ADJACENT EXPOSED LOCATIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ043-300600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 246 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG NORTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 292319 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 319 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING... .BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT...WINDY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-300300- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...LEWISTON...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON 319 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ033>035-041-044-300300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0300Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 319 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND ADJACENT EXPOSED LOCATIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ043-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 319 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG NORTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 300305 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 705 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...VERY WINDY WEATHER CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING... .BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT...WINDY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032>035-041-044-300415- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...LEWISTON...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 705 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ WAZ043-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 705 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG NORTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS COMMON. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY FOR OROVILLE AND KRAMER...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 300605 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1005 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE REGION. WAZ043-300715- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061030T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 1005 PM PST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE DECREASED AND WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THERFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 3:07 PM PDT | Heavy Snow Warning | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 33 hr |
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.