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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2009, 4:16 PM PST for 7 counties in Washington; Morrow County, Umatilla County, Oregon. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2009, 4:16 PM PST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2009, 9:59 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 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 KPDT 090016 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 416 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TO OCCUR THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON... .PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN ACROSS THE AREA AND SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. ORZ042-044-501-504-WAZ026-028-029-090600- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0007.090109T0016Z-090109T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-KITTITAS VALLEY- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... ARLINGTON...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...HEPPNER...PENDLETON...CONDON... FOSSIL...SPRAY...ELLENSBURG...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 416 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 46 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. $$ VP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS76 KPDT 090559 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 959 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009 ORZ042-044-501-504-WAZ026-028-029-090700- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090109T0600Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-KITTITAS VALLEY- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... ARLINGTON...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...HEPPNER...PENDLETON...CONDON... FOSSIL...SPRAY...ELLENSBURG...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 959 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAD DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Jan 8, 2:00 PM PST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 2:00 PM PST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
200 PM PST THU JAN 8 2009
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS CONTINUE TO
LINGER ALONG THE CASCADES AS WELL AS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWAS
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT SWEPT ACROSS THE REGION EARLIER TODAY. A
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE OROGRAPHIC SHOWERS UNTIL AROUND
MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE
3500 FEET...MAINLY ALONG THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE LIGHT
BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL BE MUCH COLDER TONIGHT COMPARED TO
THE MILD TEMPERATURES WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PAST COUPLE OF
NIGHTS. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER
THE PACIFIC NW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE BREEZY WINDS TODAY WILL
PROVIDE ENOUGH MIXING OF THE AIR MASS TO LIMIT FOG DEVELOPMENT...BUT
THERE COULD BE PATCHY FOG ALONG THE COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS.
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL FLATTEN ON FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...ALLOWING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TO SPREAD ACROSS OUR
WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON ZONES. NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED. A SHORTWAVE ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BRING ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WA CASCADES AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST AREA HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. JOHNSON
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL
BUILD OFFSHORE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THEN MOVE INLAND
THURSDAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE RIDGE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. AFTER
THAT THE RIDGE WILL KEEP EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON DRY WITH
LIGHT WINDS. STRONG INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP AT NIGHT DUE TO
RADIATIONAL COOLING. BY MID WEEK THIS WILL ALLOW PATCHY FOG/FREEZING
FOG TO DEVELOP IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THE FOG WILL GRADUALLY
EXPAND IN COVERAGE. COONFIELD
&&
.AVIATION...0Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. GUSTY WINDS AT DLS PSC PDT AND ALW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS BEGIN TO RELAX. 76
&&
.HYDROLOGY...RIVER FLOODING AND AREAL FLOODING CONTINUE OVER
KITTITAS AND YAKIMA COUNTIES. THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE YAKIMA AND
NACHES RIVERS ARE SLOWLY CRESTING AND EXPECT THEM TO START
RECEDING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AREAL FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE WEST
SIDE OF ELLENSBURG AND BETWEEN ELLENSBURG AND CLE ELUM. MANY ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED. CURRENT FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS AREA
AND FOR UNION COUNTY. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND
WALLOWA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WITH THE COLDER AIR AND LITTLE
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE
HEADING DOWNWARD. ML
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 33 42 26 44 / 20 10 0 0
ALW 34 42 26 42 / 30 10 0 0
PSC 32 42 29 37 / 10 10 0 0
YKM 23 38 22 38 / 10 0 0 0
HRI 32 42 31 39 / 10 0 0 0
ELN 26 37 21 36 / 10 0 0 0
RDM 19 42 22 49 / 20 0 0 0
LGD 27 35 23 37 / 30 10 0 0
GCD 26 39 22 43 / 30 0 0 0
DLS 35 43 26 44 / 20 0 0 0
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...AREAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ORZ049.
WA...AREAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WAZ501-026
AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WAZ502.
RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR WAZ501-026-027-029 THROUGH FRIDAY.
&&
TI:GGG
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
85/76/76Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 11:15 AM PST, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1115 AM PST THU JAN 8 2009
UPDATED TO REMOVE WIND ADVISORY INFORMATION
ORZ041>044-049-050-501>506-WAZ024-026>030-501-502-091415-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
WALLOWA COUNTY-FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
1115 AM PST THU JAN 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
FLOODING
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, KITTITAS
VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY
RECENT RAIN FALL AND SNOW MELT RUNOFF HAS RESULTED IN MINOR TO
MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON
CASCADES, THE KITTITAS AND YAKIMA VALLEYS, AND THE GRANDE RONDE
VALLEY. THE YAKIMA RIVER AND THE NACHES RIVER ARE TWO OF THE
MAINSTEM RIVERS THAT ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS
FOR AREAL FLOODING AND MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING CAN BE FOUND UNDER
THE PRODUCT...PDXFLSPDT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
NEXT WEEK. A WEAK WAVE MAY MOVE THROUGH THE RIDGE SUNDAY AND CAUSE A
FEW SHOWERS OVER THE BLUE AND WALLOWA MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE THIS HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BRING FAIR CONDITIONS...THOUGH FOG MAY DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED DUE TO FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML
ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 8, 12:03 PM PST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1203 PM PST THU JAN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM FLOOD YAKIMA 46.59N 120.53W
01/08/2009 YAKIMA WA PUBLIC
FLOOD WATERS COVERING PARTS OF THE YAKIMA ELKS GOLF
COURSE ALONG THE YAKIMA RIVER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
YAKIMA.
&&
MLOHMANNNearby
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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.