Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2009, 3:42 AM PDT for 6 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2009, 3:42 AM PDT (10:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2009, 3:36 AM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 281042 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 342 AM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...STRONG LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... WAZ034-035-041-043-044-281845- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.090329T0300Z-090329T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 342 AM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY ALL DAY SUNDAY. 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...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 281822 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1122 AM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...STRONG LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLDFRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION... WAZ034-035-041-043-044-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.090329T0300Z-090329T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1122 AM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH...WILL BE LIKELY. EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST TOWARD NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY THE REST OF THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 282139 AAB NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 239 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...STRONG LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLDFRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION... WAZ043-282245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.090329T0300Z-090329T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 239 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THOUGH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LATER THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH FOR MOST TOWNS. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECT LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR OROVILLE AND OTHER EXPOSED SITES. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-290430- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.090329T0600Z-090329T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 239 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH...WILL BE LIKELY. EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST TOWARD NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY THE REST OF THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 290318 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 818 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...STRONG LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLDFRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION... WAZ034-035-041-044-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.090329T0600Z-090329T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 818 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH...WILL BE LIKELY. EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST TOWARD NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY THE REST OF THE DAY. 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...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 291036 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 336 AM PDT SUN MAR 29 2009 WAZ034-035-041-044-291145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 336 AM PDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL LIKELY THIS MORNING IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN NEAR THE CASCADES...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 39 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:29 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more | 25 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Washington, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009
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.