Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2009, 6:02 AM PDT for 9 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 15, 2009, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2009, 6:02 AM PDT (13:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2009, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2009, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 151302 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 602 AM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-044-152115- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.090315T2100Z-090316T0300Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 602 AM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY LATER TODAY...WITH WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH LIKELY. GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SOUTHWEST WINDS. THE MAIN THREAT AREA WILL STRETCH ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM JUST EAST OF MOSES LAKE TO THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE. IN ADDITION...THE ELEVATED TERRAIN ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE GUSTY WINDS. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A LONG-LIVED WIND EVENT...BUT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...FOLLOWED BY A QUICK DECREASE...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE MOVES UP THE WASHINGTON COAST BEFORE QUICKLY WEAKENING OVER COASTAL BC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 151827 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1127 AM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-044-160300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.090315T2100Z-090316T0300Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1127 AM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE WINDY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY AFTER 2 PM IN THE CITIES OF MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND POMEROY. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT 8 PM. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A LONG-LIVED WIND EVENT...BUT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A QUICK DECREASE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. GUSTY WINDS CAN LOFT THESE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 152236 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 336 PM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-044-160300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090316T0300Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 336 PM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM IN THE SPOKANE...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...MOSES LAKE...POMEROY...AND MANSFIELD AREAS. A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT FROM THE SOUTH TO THE WEST BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A LONG-LIVED WIND EVENT...BUT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A QUICK DECREASE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 160243 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 743 PM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-044-160345- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090316T0300Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 743 PM PDT SUN MAR 15 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND ARE ALREADY CONSIDERABLY LESS IN COMPARISON TO THOSE WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
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.