Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2007, 8:34 PM PST for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 20, 2007, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2007, 8:34 PM PST (04:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2007, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2007, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KOTX 200434 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 834 PM PST MON FEB 19 2007 ...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING... .A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PASSAGE TUESDAY MORNING WILL BRING LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE EASTERN REACHES OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-201245- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.070220T1200Z-070220T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...SPOKANE 834 PM PST MON FEB 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING. JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HIGHER AND EXPOSED TERRAIN SUCH AS THE PALOUSE...RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...AND THE WEST PLAINS AND SOUTH HILL OF SPOKANE WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE WIND GUSTS. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS WILL DECREASE BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH THE DAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 201211 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 411 AM PST TUE FEB 20 2007 ...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PASSAGE THIS MORNING WILL BRING LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE EASTERN REACHES OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE PALOUSE. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-201800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070220T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...SPOKANE 411 AM PST TUE FEB 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HIGHER AND EXPOSED TERRAIN SUCH AS THE PALOUSE...RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...THE WEST PLAINS AND SOUTH HILL OF SPOKANE WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE WIND GUSTS. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS WILL DECREASE BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH THE DAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 201600 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 800 AM PST TUE FEB 20 2007 ...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AREAS THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-201800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070220T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...SPOKANE 800 AM PST TUE FEB 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AREAS BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM WILL CAUSE SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. EVEN THOUGH THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE 10 AM TODAY...WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. PEAK WIND GUSTS MEASURED THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 40 MPH AT COEUR DALENE AT 715 AM...43 MPH AT SPOKANE FELTS FIELD AT 351 AM...AND 44 MPH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT AT 1250 AM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 201800 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1000 AM PST TUE FEB 20 2007 ...THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND HAS DECREASED... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AREAS LATE THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING GUSTS HAS DECREASED. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-201900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070220T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...SPOKANE 1000 AM PST TUE FEB 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE... PULLMAN...AND MOSCOW AREAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT THE THREAT OF WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH HAS DIMINISHED. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. BY 7 PM... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY SUBSIDE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:49 PM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:52 PM PST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 24 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.