Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2008, 2:34 PM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Oct 7, 2008, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2008, 2:34 PM PDT (21:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2008, 9:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2008, 8:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 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 062134 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 234 PM PDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...A STRONG AUTUMN STORM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TUESDAY... .A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AFTER THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-070645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.081007T1600Z-081008T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI... PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 234 PM PDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY EVENING. MORE MODERATE BUT STILL BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 070539 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1039 PM PDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...A STRONG AUTUMN STORM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TUESDAY... .A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BY MID MORNING ON TUESDAY. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-071400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.081007T1600Z-081008T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI... PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1039 PM PDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. BY EARLY AFTERNOON... WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WENATCHEE AND MOSES LAKE TO PULLMAN AND SPOKANE. THE WINDIEST LOCATION WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN THE MANSFIELD AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD HAVE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TUESDAY EVENING. 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. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO LAKES AND RIVERS. WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 071307 AAB NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 607 AM PDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...A STRONG AUTUMN STORM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BY MID MORNING ON TUESDAY. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-072115- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.081007T1600Z-081008T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI... PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 607 AM PDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. BY MIDDAY...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY FROM WENATCHEE...TO MOSES LAKE...PULLMAN AND SPOKANE. THE WINDIEST LOCATION WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN THE MANSFIELD AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD HAVE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED RIDGES. 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. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 072057 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 157 PM PDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...A STRONG AUTUMN STORM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-080600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081008T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI... PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 157 PM PDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER SUNSET ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY FROM WENATCHEE...TO MOSES LAKE... PULLMAN AND SPOKANE. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED WEST FACING RIDGES. IN ADDITION BLOWING DUST NEAR FRESHLY TILLED FIELDS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 080345 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 845 PM PDT TUE OCT 7 2008 IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-080445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081008T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI... PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 845 PM PDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN LOCALLY BREEZY. $$
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.