Alert archive / Idaho / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 6, 2007, 1:20 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 7, 2007, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2007, 1:20 PM PST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2007, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 6:45 PM PST
- In force
- 12 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 21:22 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, 9.3 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
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 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 062120 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 220 PM MST SAT JAN 6 2007 IDZ007-008-070600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.070107T1500Z-070108T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 120 PM PST SAT JAN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM...APPROACHING THE REGION TONIGHT...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. THE NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS OF NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO CAN EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WINDS ALOFT AND A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 070529 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1029 PM MST SAT JAN 6 2007 IDZ007-008-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.070107T1500Z-070108T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 929 PM PST SAT JAN 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM...APPROACHING THE REGION TONIGHT...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. THE NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS OF NORTH- CENTRAL IDAHO CAN EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED... WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WINDS ALOFT AND A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 071103 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 403 AM MST SUN JAN 7 2007 IDZ007-008-072200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.070107T1500Z-070108T0300Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 303 AM PST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER HELLS CANYON AND SALMON RIVER REGION WILL AGAIN SEE SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. THIS IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHING OVER THE AREA. SNOW WILL BE LIMITED WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW...BUT LIGHT AMOUNTS COULD STILL CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AND BRIEF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 072050 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 150 PM MST SUN JAN 7 2007 IDZ007-008-080300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070108T0300Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1250 PM PST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER HELLS CANYON AND SALMON RIVER REGIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL RELAX LATER TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AND WIND DIRECTION BECOMES MORE WESTERLY. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 080245 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 745 PM MST SUN JAN 7 2007 IDZ007-008-080345- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070108T0300Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 645 PM PST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HELLS CANYON REGION TONIGHT...BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 1:31 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 32 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.