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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Missoula, MT

March 9, 2011Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2011, 4:12 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 9, 2011, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2011, 4:12 PM PST (00:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2011, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 10, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
In force
18 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 00:17 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, 0.2 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 2011-03-10Temperature 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 2011-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 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
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 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.

897 
WWUS75 KMSO 100012
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
512 PM MST WED MAR 9 2011

IDZ007-101200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.110310T0600Z-110311T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
412 PM PST WED MAR 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS
  EVENING AND BECOME STRONG BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY
  IMPACTING THE GRANGEVILLE AREA.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
910 
WWUS75 KMSO 101052
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
352 AM MST THU MAR 10 2011

IDZ007-101800-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
252 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS
  MORNING AND BECOME STRONG BY MID MORNING...MAINLY IMPACTING THE
  GRANGEVILLE AREA.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 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.

&&

$$
692 
WWUS75 KMSO 101753
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1053 AM MST THU MAR 10 2011

IDZ007-110000-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
953 AM PST THU MAR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS CAN BE
  EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE GRANGEVILLE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 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.

&&

$$
764 
WWUS75 KMSO 102346
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
446 PM MST THU MAR 10 2011


IDZ007-110100-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110311T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
346 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING AND
THUS THE WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY WILL EXPIRE
AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 8:56 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOIdaho, Lemhi23 hr

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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.