Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2009, 11:35 PM PST for Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2009, 11:35 PM PST (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2009, 5:36 AM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 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 310735 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1135 PM PST FRI JAN 30 2009 WAZ044-311500- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.090131T0735Z-090131T1500Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1135 PM PST FRI JAN 30 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING HAS ALLOWED STRONGER WIND FROM ALOFT TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 50 MPH RANGE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS COMMONLY NEAR 30 MPH. WINDS IN THE WATERVILLE AREA HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER 40 MPH BY SPOTTERS...AND OBSERVATIONS NEAR DOUGLAS INDICATE WIND GUSTS CURRENTLY OVER 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING TOWARD MORNING. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 310905 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 105 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2009 WAZ041-311500- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090131T1500Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE 105 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AROUND THE WENATCHEE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. THE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BY DAYBREAK...THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WAZ044-311500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090131T1500Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 105 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BY DAYBREAK...THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE. 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. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 311336 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 536 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2009 WAZ041-044-311445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090131T1500Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 536 AM PST SAT JAN 31 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. $$
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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.