Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2008, 2:19 PM PST for 5 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Nov 12, 2008, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2008, 2:19 PM PST (22:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2008, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2008, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis 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 radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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 112219 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 219 PM PST TUE NOV 11 2008 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-044-121300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.081112T1800Z-081113T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 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...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... 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 219 PM PST TUE NOV 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THEIR PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL IMPACT MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I90...INCLUDING THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREA...PALOUSE...COLUMBIA BASIN...WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND LEWISTON AREA. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WESTWARD FACING RIDGES AND PEAKS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 121245 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 445 AM PST WED NOV 12 2008 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-044-130000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.081112T1800Z-081113T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI... PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 445 AM PST WED NOV 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THEIR PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL IMPACT MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I90...INCLUDING THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREA...PALOUSE...COLUMBIA BASIN...WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND LEWISTON AREA. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WESTWARD FACING RIDGES AND PEAKS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 122355 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 355 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-044-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081113T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 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...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... 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 355 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL IMPACT MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I90...INCLUDING THE PALOUSE...COLUMBIA BASIN...WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND LEWISTON AREA. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WESTWARD FACING RIDGES AND PEAKS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 130105 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 505 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 IDZ002-027-WAZ034>036-041-044-130215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081113T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 505 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081113T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 505 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE PALOUSE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BEFORE 10 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 130554 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 954 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-130700- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081113T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 954 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH OVERNIGHT. WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 195 AND HIGHWAY 12 ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$
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.