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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Pendleton, OR

January 28, 2006Morrow County, Umatilla County, Oregon; 5 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2006, 3:50 AM PST for Morrow County, Umatilla County, Oregon; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 28, 2006, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 2006, 3:50 AM PST (11:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 28, 2006, 10:00 AM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:03 PM PSTSnow AdvisoryPDTCrook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow and 4 more36 hr
Jan 28, 3:03 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchPDT14 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.