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High Wind Warning 13, NWS Pendleton, OR

December 20, 2006Union County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this high wind warning at Dec 20, 2006, 9:54 PM PST for Union County, Oregon. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2006, 9:54 PM PST (05:54 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 2006, 10:00 AM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

County Union County, OR

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS76 KPDT 210554
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
954 PM PST WED DEC 20 2006

ORZ049-211400-
/O.UPG.KPDT.WI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.HW.W.0013.061221T0554Z-061221T1800Z/
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA GRANDE...ELGIN...UNION
954 PM PST WED DEC 20 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY
TONIGHT WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY WILL SEE
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE AREA OF
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 84 NEAR THE
ENTRANCE TO LADD CANYON AND ALONG HIGHWAY 203 FROM LA GRANDE TO
UNION. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE 40 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN EASILY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN LARGE TREE
LIMBS AND POWERLINES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FOR ADDITIONAL
WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON.

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS76 KPDT 211117
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
317 AM PST THU DEC 21 2006

ORZ049-211800-
/O.CON.KPDT.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA GRANDE...ELGIN...UNION
317 AM PST THU DEC 21 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH SOUTH WINDS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY
TO EXPERIENCE THE STRONG WINDS WILL INCLUDE AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE
84 NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO LADD CANYON AND ALONG HIGHWAY 203 FROM LA
GRANDE TO UNION. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE 40 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN EASILY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN LARGE TREE
LIMBS AND POWERLINES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FOR ADDITIONAL
WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON.

$$

000 
WWUS76 KPDT 211749
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
949 AM PST THU DEC 21 2006


ORZ049-211900-
/O.EXP.KPDT.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA GRANDE...ELGIN...UNION
949 AM PST THU DEC 21 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

THE STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT HAVE DECREASED TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.