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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Missoula, MT

January 11, 2011Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2011, 1:59 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 12, 2011, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2011, 1:59 PM PST (21:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2011, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 12, 2011, 10:47 PM PST
In force
16 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 21:56 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, 10.0 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 12:00Z on 2011-01-11Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 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.

177 
WWUS75 KMSO 112159
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
259 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011


IDZ007-120600-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.110112T1500Z-110113T0300Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
159 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
  MORNING IN THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE
  MORNING...THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING 20 TO
  30 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
335 
WWUS75 KMSO 120440
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
940 PM MST TUE JAN 11 2011

IDZ007-121245-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.110112T1500Z-110113T0300Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
840 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST
WEDNESDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING IN THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE 
  MORNING...THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING 20 TO 
  30 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$
618 
WWUS75 KMSO 121203
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
503 AM MST WED JAN 12 2011

IDZ007-122230-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.110112T1500Z-110113T0300Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
403 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
  MORNING IN THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND STRENGTHEN BY LATE MORNING
  AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING 20 TO 
  30 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$
149 
WWUS75 KMSO 122200
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
300 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011

IDZ007-130300-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0300Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
200 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY
  EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DURING THE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$
146 
WWUS75 KMSO 130258
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
758 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011

IDZ007-131200-
/O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
658 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
  EARLY THURSDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
829 
WWUS75 KMSO 130647
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1147 PM MST WED JAN 12 2011

IDZ007-130800-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
1047 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 2:58 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningMSOIdaho61 hr
Jan 11, 2:00 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Lemhi50 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.