Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at May 27, 2007, 10:30 AM PDT for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at May 27, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2007, 10:30 AM PDT (17:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2007, 9:00 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 17:30 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, 5.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 271730 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1030 AM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007 A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. WAZ034-041-042-044-280130- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.070527T2100Z-070528T0400Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1030 AM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 TO 45 MPH. THE AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE WINDS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...THE LAKE CHELAN AREA...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE...WATERVILLE... AND CHELAN. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. THE WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 280124 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 624 PM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007 A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. WAZ034-041-042-044-280400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070528T0400Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 624 PM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...EAST INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN. SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 TO 45 MPH. THE AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE WINDS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...THE LAKE CHELAN AREA...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...WATERVILLE...AND CHELAN. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 280353 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 853 PM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007 WAZ034-041-042-044-280500- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070528T0400Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 853 PM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY NEAR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...THEY HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. EXPECT THE WINDS TO SLOWLY DECREASE THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$
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.