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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Missoula, MT

January 10, 2008Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2008, 8:27 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2008, 8:27 AM PST (16:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 3:29 PM PST
In force: 7 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 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.5 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 399 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 
WWUS75 KMSO 101627
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
927 AM MST THU JAN 10 2008


IDZ007-102100-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.080110T1627Z-080110T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
827 AM PST THU JAN 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY
BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS75 KMSO 102047
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
147 PM MST THU JAN 10 2008

IDZ007-110000-
/O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080111T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
1247 PM PST THU JAN 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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 102329
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
429 PM MST THU JAN 10 2008


IDZ007-110030-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080111T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
329 PM PST THU JAN 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

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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.