Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2007, 2:12 PM PDT for 8 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 12, 2007, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2007, 2:12 PM PDT (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2007, 2:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2007, 11:16 AM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 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 112112 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 212 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-120515- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.070312T0900Z-070312T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE 212 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE BEARING DOWN ON THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. DUE TO INCREASING INSTABILITY...STRONG WINDS FROM ALOFT WILL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWNWARD TOWARD THE SURFACE. AS A RESULT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING AND JUST SUBSEQUENT TO THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 120105 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 605 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-121100- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.070312T0900Z-070312T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE 605 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 MPH AND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...PULLMAN...AND RITZVILLE AREAS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON. PREPARE FOR THE GUSTY WINDS BY SECURING OUTDOOR ITEMS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. WIND GUSTS MONDAY MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO LAUNCH THESE ITEMS CAUSING INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 121051 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 351 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2007 WAZ034-041-044-122000- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070312T2000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 351 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL BECOME WEST 20 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE...BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-122000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070312T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE 351 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 MPH AND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...PULLMAN...AND RITZVILLE AREAS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE SOUTH HILL AND WEST PLAINS OF SPOKANE...AND ON THE OPEN TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE REGION THIS MORNING...BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 121816 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1116 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2007 IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-121930- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070312T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR... GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1116 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TODAY IN MANY LOCATIONS...HOWEVER PEAK WIND GUSTS ARE UNLIKELY TO REACH THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE JUSTIFYING A WIND ADVISORY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.