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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Missoula, MT

December 28, 2010Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2010, 1:55 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2010, 1:55 AM PST (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2010, 10:00 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2010-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2010-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

515 
WWUS75 KMSO 280955
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
255 AM MST TUE DEC 28 2010

IDZ007-008-281800-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0021.101228T0955Z-101228T1800Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
155 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN WHITE BIRD AND RIGGINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN WHITE BIRD
AND RIGGINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE
  CREEK TO RIGGINS...AS WELL AS THE GRANGEVILLE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
745 
WWUS75 KMSO 281746
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1046 AM MST TUE DEC 28 2010


IDZ007-008-281900-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101228T1800Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
946 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2010

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN WHITE BIRD AND RIGGINS...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN
WHITE BIRD AND RIGGINS WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

SOUTH WINDS OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE 
  CREEK TO RIGGINS

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 4:17 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho, Lemhi60 hr
Dec 28, 9:43 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho, Lemhi46 hr

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.