Alert archive / Montana / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2007, 3:45 PM MST for Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2007, 3:45 PM MST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2007, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 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 122245 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 345 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 IDZ008-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 245 PM PST MON NOV 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 35 MPH TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ IDZ007-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 245 PM PST MON NOV 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 35 MPH TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THE CLEARWATER RIVER CANYON WILL BE SOMEWHAT SHELTERED... BUT STILL COULD SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ MTZ007-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 345 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 35 MPH TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN ANACONDA AND GARRISON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ MTZ005-130600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.071112T2245Z-071113T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 345 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS MOST IMPACTED WILL BE THE MISSOULA AREA AND SURROUNDING BENCHES THROUGH THE MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MTZ003-130600- /O.CON.KMSO.LW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 345 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KMSO 130547 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1047 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 IDZ008-130700- /O.EXP.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 947 PM PST MON NOV 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...LOCAL SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR. $$ IDZ007-130700- /O.EXP.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 947 PM PST MON NOV 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR IN THE GRANGEVILLE AREA. $$ MTZ005-130700- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1047 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...LOCAL SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. $$ MTZ003-130700- /O.EXP.KMSO.LW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-071113T0600Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1047 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...LOCAL SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. $$ MTZ007-130900- /O.EXT.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071113T0900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1047 PM MST MON NOV 12 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST TUESDAY... STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE TONIGHT BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 3:44 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli | 26 hr |
| Nov 12, 9:40 AM MST | High Wind Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 16 hr |
| Nov 12, 9:40 AM MST | Lake Wind Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 13 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:45 PM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | MSO | Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 9 hr |
Nearby
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.