Alert archive / Idaho / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2008, 12:58 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 14, 2008, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2008, 12:58 PM PST (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2008, 2:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2008, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 11 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 21:01 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, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KMSO 142058 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 158 PM MST MON JAN 14 2008 IDZ007-008-150500- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.080114T2200Z-080115T0900Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1258 PM PST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER HELLS CANYON AND SALMON RIVER REGIONS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 150437 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 937 PM MST MON JAN 14 2008 IDZ007-008-150900- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080115T0900Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 837 PM PST MON JAN 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER HELLS CANYON AND SALMON RIVER REGIONS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO WESTERLY SHORTLY AFTER 1 AM AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 150836 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 136 AM MST TUE JAN 15 2008 IDZ007-008-150945- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080115T0900Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1236 AM PST TUE JAN 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LOWER HELLS CANYON REGION IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS HAS RESULTED IN WINDS BECOMING MORE WEST IN DIRECTION WITH SPEEDS DECREASING TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT...HOWEVER GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 1:00 PM PST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 27 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Idaho | 27 hr |
Nearby
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.