Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2010, 3:35 AM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 8, 2010, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2010, 3:35 AM PDT (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2010, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2010, 7:32 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597 WWUS76 KOTX 071035 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 335 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...STRONG AND WINDY COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON THURSDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-071845- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1800Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 335 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 11 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
641 WWUS76 KOTX 071816 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1116 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...STRONG AND WINDY COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON THURSDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. IDZ026-WAZ032-080245- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 1116 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ027-080245- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1116 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-080245- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1116 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ EK
436 WWUS76 KOTX 072055 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 155 PM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...STRONG AND WINDY COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON THURSDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-080500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 155 PM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ IDZ027-080500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 155 PM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
050 WWUS76 KOTX 080446 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 946 PM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...STRONG AND WINDY COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON THURSDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-081300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 946 PM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ IDZ027-081300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 946 PM PDT WED APR 7 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
368 WWUS76 KOTX 081052 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 AM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...STRONG AND WINDY COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON THURSDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-081900- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 352 AM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ IDZ027-081900- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.100408T1500Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 352 AM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
093 WWUS76 KOTX 081600 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 900 AM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...STRONG AND WINDY COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON THURSDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-090000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 900 AM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. STRONGEST GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: AS OF 800 AM...GUSTS UP TO 53 MPH WERE EXPERIENCED AT THE PULLMAN MOSCOW AIRPORT. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE LIKELY DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAINLY SOUTH OF MOSES LAKE NEAR OTHELLO AND WARDEN. 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. && $$ IDZ027-090000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 900 AM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. STRONGEST GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
098 WWUS76 KOTX 082031 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 131 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...VERY WINDY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-090300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 131 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. STRONGEST GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: AS OF 100 PM...GUSTS UP TO 53 MPH AT SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WERE REPORTED. SEVERAL OTHER SITES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON HAVE GUSTED TO ABOUT 50 MPH. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DUE TO TREE LIMBS BREAKING OFF ACROSS THE REGION. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF MOSES LAKE WHERE LOCAL CAMERAS HAVE SHOWN BLOWING DUST ACROSS I90 NEAR THIS AREA. 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. && $$ IDZ027-090300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 131 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. STRONGEST GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
441 WWUS76 KOTX 082346 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 446 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...VERY WINDY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-090300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 446 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STRONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: AS OF 400 PM...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH REMAIN COMMON ACROSS THE REGION. SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 48 MPH...WITH SEVERAL OTHER SITES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON STILL GUSTING TO BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. STRONG WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN TOPPLED TREES AND BROKEN TREE LIMBS RESULTING IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF MOSES LAKE. 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. && $$ IDZ027-090300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 446 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 OR 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. STRONGEST GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER * IMPACTS: UNSECURED LIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK. LOCAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE LIMBS IN POWER LINES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
994 WWUS76 KOTX 090232 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 732 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-044-090345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100409T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...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... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 732 PM PDT THU APR 8 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT WINDS HAS ENDED. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE REGION TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$
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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 7, 2:37 AM PDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:37 AM PDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
237 AM PDT WED APR 7 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
A QUIET BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY BREAK IN THE ACTIVE SPRING WEATHER
PATTERN WILL GRACE THE REGION TODAY. ON THURSDAY A STRONG AND FAST
MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. UNSETTLED...COOLER THAN NORMAL...
AND OCCASIONALLY WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY...THE COOL AND UNSTABLE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WHICH BROUGHT
SHOWERS TO THE REGION YESTERDAY IS NOW EXITING THE
REGION...REPLACED BY A FLAT AND DIRTY SHORT WAVE RIDGE. SATELLITE
INDICATES THE MAIN POLAR STORM TRACK HAS MIGRATED NORTH INTO
BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR THE TIME BEING...WHICH WILL LEAVE THE
FORECAST AREA UNDER BENIGN BUT OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS
THROUGH TODAY.
TONIGHT CHANGES BEGIN TO OCCUR. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS
APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST COAST THIS MORNING...MANIFESTING ITSELF
AS A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH VISIBLE ON SATELLITE OVER THE
GULF OF ALASKA. THE ECMWF AND GFS MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY
CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM FOR A
COUPLE DAYS NOW. THE NAM MODEL LAGS BEHIND THESE MODELS WITH THE
TIMING OF THE INCOMING TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THUS WILL
IGNORE THE NAM OUTLIER AND RUN WITH THE GFS TIMING AND EVOLUTION.
THIS SOLUTION PLACES THE FORECAST AREA UNDER INCREASING SOUTHERLY
FLOW THIS EVENING WITH A DRAMATICALLY MOISTENING AIR MASS OVER THE
WESTERN ZONES. INCREASING CLOUDS ARE A GIVEN FOR ALL ZONES
TONIGHT...WITH THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY BEING WHETHER PRECIPITATION
WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO DAWN OVER THE WESTERN DEEP BASIN ZONES.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE RATHER MILD WITH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS
KEEPING THE BOUNDARY LAYER WELL MIXED MOST PLACES OUTSIDE OF DEEP
SHELTERED VALLEYS. IN THE DEEP SOUTHERLY PRE-FRONTAL FLOW
REGIME...SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE UP TO 4000 TO 5000 FEET AS
PRECIPITATION BEGINS IN THE CASCADES THIS EVENING. THUS
OVERALL...TONIGHT WILL FEATURE A MILD..BREEZY AND DETERIORATING
WEATHER REGIME.
THURSDAY PROMISES TO BE A VERY ACTIVE PERIOD FEATURING A STRONG
AND MOIST FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY IN THE DAY FOLLOWED BY A ROBUST
SOUTHWEST PRESSURE GRADIENT FEEDING INTO THE STRONG PARENT LOW
PRESSURE ROCKETING ACROSS SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. MOST
LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS OF SHOWERS ALONG AND
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THE MAIN ISSUE WILL BE THE POST
FRONTAL WINDS. GRADIENT STRENGTH AND PATTERN RECOGNITION...COUPLED
WITH MODEL CONSISTENCY AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER STABILITY CREATE
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE WIND ADVISORIES WITH THE MORNING ZONE
ISSUANCE FOR THE BASIN ZONES...WHICH MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED AND
REFINED BY THE DAY SHIFT...POSSIBLY EVEN UPGRADED INTO HIGH WIND
HIGHLIGHTS IF FURTHER MODEL RUNS STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM. THIS EVENT
WILL LIKELY BE THE STRONGEST WIDESPREAD WIND EVENT OF THE YEAR SO
FAR OVER THE REGION. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS HIGH END ADVISORY
CRITERIA WILL BE ACHIEVED WHETHER BY GRADIENT PACKING AND GUST
MIXING OVER THE EAST...AND POST FRONTAL COLD ADVECTION DOWNSLOPING
INTO THE DEEP BASIN ZONES. /FUGAZZI
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...COLD FRONT IS WELL INTO MONTANA
BY THURSDAY EVENING. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE THE WAINING OF
THE WINDS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS
WILL ALSO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER ON FRIDAY WE REMAIN UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLD UNSTABLE AIR MASS. 500 MB TEMPERATURES
OF -37C COMBINED COUPLED WITH RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE
FRONT AND FAVORABLE UPSLOPE SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS WILL
PROVIDE SCATTERED SHOWERS TO NORTHEAST WA AND NORTH ID. CONSIDERED
PUTTING THUNDER IN FOR NORTH IDAHO IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT THINK IT
MAY REMAIN IN CANADA WHERE THE COLDER 500MB TEMPS WILL BE. EARLY
FRIDAY EVENING THE SHOWERS WILL DECREASE AND SATURDAY THE INLAND
NORTHWEST WILL REMAIN DRY AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE SETS UP.
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS REALLY START TO DIVERGE
FROM THIS POINT ON. TRENDED FORECAST TOWARD THE EC/GEM WHICH SHOW
A BIG UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPING NEAR 135W/45N WITH A STRONG JET
ON THE BACKSIDE DIGGING IT INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE PAC NW
JUST GETS SOME WEAK ENERGY AND TROUGHING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF
SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW
AVERAGE WHILE MIN TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
AVERAGE READINGS. /NISBET
&&
.AVIATION...
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS POTENTIAL FOR STRATUS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
19Z WEDNESDAY FOR THE EAST TAF SITES...KPUW/KGEG/KSFF/KCOE. MODELS
SHOW THE LOWER LEVEL NEARING SATURATION TONIGHT ALONG WITH A LIGHT
UPSLOPE WIND OVER THE EAST BASIN RISE INTO THE EAST TAF SITES.
HOWEVER MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING IN MAY LIMIT COVERAGE OF
STRATUS DEVELOPMENT. THUS FOR NOW WENT WITH MARGINAL MVFR CIGS OF
BKN025-030...BUT LOWER CIGS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. CIGS SHOULD BE
VFR AT ALL TAF SITES AFTER 19Z WEDNESDAY AS CLOUD BASES LIFT. JW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 54 40 48 29 44 29 / 10 20 80 10 30 10
COEUR D'ALENE 51 36 47 26 44 27 / 0 10 80 20 30 20
PULLMAN 55 37 47 27 44 27 / 0 10 70 20 20 10
LEWISTON 64 42 52 31 50 31 / 0 10 60 10 10 10
COLVILLE 54 40 48 26 46 26 / 10 20 80 20 30 10
SANDPOINT 50 36 47 27 42 27 / 10 20 80 30 40 20
KELLOGG 48 34 45 26 39 27 / 10 10 80 40 40 20
MOSES LAKE 61 44 54 32 53 30 / 0 20 50 10 10 0
WENATCHEE 61 42 53 34 51 33 / 0 30 60 10 10 0
OMAK 57 40 54 28 49 27 / 10 40 80 10 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY COEUR D'ALENE
AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE.
WA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY MOSES LAKE AREA...
SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...WASHINGTON PALOUSE...
WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:15 AM PDT, 21 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 615 AM PDT TUE APR 6 2010 IDZ001-004-027-WAZ031-037-038-042-043-071315- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 615 AM PDT TUE APR 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-071315- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 615 AM PDT TUE APR 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OTHER THAN SCATTERED SHOWERS...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG AND FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN.
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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.