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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind warning at Dec 2, 2007, 8:46 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 13 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2007, 8:46 PM PST (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2007, 9:28 AM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 9:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Slate Creek, ID | SLATE CREEK RANGER STATION REPORTED STRONG WINDS CAUSING ROOF SHINGLES TO BE BLOWN OFF. |
| Dec 2, 10:29 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Grangeville, ID | GRANGEVILLE HANDAR WEATHER OBSERVATION RECORDED WIND GUSTS 61 MPH FROM 1029PM TO 1104PM PST. |
| Dec 2, 10:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 6 Se Grangeville, ID | WEATHER OBSERVER AT 4000 FEET ELEVATION, SOUTH OF GRANGEVILLE, REPORTED STRONG WINDS THAT BLEW DOWN HIS ANEMOMETER. |
| Dec 2, 10:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Grangeville, ID | AREAS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOFS FROM STRONG WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 712 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 887 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KMSO 030446 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 946 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2007 .A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL JET WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH MONDAY. THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND SOUTH TO NORTH ORIENTED VALLEYS AND CANYONS WILL BE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO STRONG WINDS. IDZ007-031300- /O.NEW.KMSO.HW.W.0004.071203T0446Z-071204T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 846 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS EVENT WILL BE THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...MOUNT IDAHO AND GRANGEVILLE AREA. AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ IDZ008-031300- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.071203T0446Z-071204T0000Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 846 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AT AREAS ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GRANGEVILLE AND RIGGINS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MTZ003-031300- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.071203T0446Z-071203T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 946 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY FOR THE MISSION VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE MISSION VALLEY. AREAS ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN POLSON AND ARLEE WILL BE AFFECTED. AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 031044 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 344 AM MST MON DEC 3 2007 MTZ003-031145- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 344 AM MST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED TODAY. $$ IDZ007-031900- /O.EXB.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.071204T0000Z-071204T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 244 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PST TUESDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AREA OF NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY TONIGHT BUT REMAIN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ IDZ008-031900- /O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071204T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 244 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AT AREAS ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GRANGEVILLE AND RIGGINS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 031728 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1028 AM MST MON DEC 3 2007 IDZ007-040130- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.071203T1728Z-071204T1000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 928 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST TUESDAY. HIGH WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ IDZ008-040130- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071204T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 928 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AT AREAS ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GRANGEVILLE AND RIGGINS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 8:46 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.