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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Spokane, WA

March 27, 20074 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2007, 2:22 PM PDT for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 27, 2007, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2007, 2:22 PM PDT (21:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2007, 3:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2007, 9:36 PM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2007-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2007-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS76 KOTX 272122
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
222 PM PDT TUE MAR 27 2007


WAZ034-041-044-280530-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0007.070327T2200Z-070328T0600Z/
MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
222 PM PDT TUE MAR 27 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL ALLOW WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN.
WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL EXPERIENCE
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO
OVER 40 MPH.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KOTX 280436
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
936 PM PDT TUE MAR 27 2007

WAZ034-041-044-280545-
/O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070328T0600Z/
MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
936 PM PDT TUE MAR 27 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. 

$$

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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.