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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA

March 23, 20088 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2008, 10:40 AM PDT for 8 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 23, 2008, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2008, 10:40 AM PDT (17:40 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2008, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2008, 9:00 PM PDT
In force
4 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 radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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, 5.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-23Temperature 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 2008-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 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 231740
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1040 AM PDT SUN MAR 23 2008

IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-043-044-240145-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.080324T0000Z-080324T0400Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...
ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...
RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...
ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...
OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
1040 AM PDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 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 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. 

A ROBUST COLD FRONT PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM
THE SOUTHWEST AND IN THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE. THE FRONT WILL PASS
QUICKLY ALLOWING FOR THE GUSTS TO SUBSIDE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS76 KOTX 240351
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
851 PM PDT SUN MAR 23 2008


IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-043-044-240500-
/O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080324T0400Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...
ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...
RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...
ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...
OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
851 PM PDT SUN MAR 23 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING WITH
SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

$$

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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.