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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2011, 3:55 AM MDT for 7 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Apr 5, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2011, 3:55 AM MDT (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 83 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
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 1881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WWUS75 KMSO 050955 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 MTZ005-052100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 93 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ MTZ043-052100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ007-052100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 12 AND INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ006-052100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAYS 12 AND 93 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ010-052100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 93...HIGHWAY 28 AND OVER AREA PASSES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$ MTZ003-052100- /O.NEW.KMSO.LW.Y.0006.110405T1800Z-110406T0200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 355 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR...FLATHEAD LAKE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A SURFACE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 3 FOOT WAVES...UP TO 4 FEET ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES...AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 1 TO 3 FEET...LOCALLY UP TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON THE LAKE. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. NOTE...THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MID LAKE WATERS AND DOWNWIND SHORES. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ON UPWIND SHORES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
786 WWUS75 KMSO 052040 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 MTZ005-060200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 93 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA && $$ MTZ043-060200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. && $$ MTZ007-060200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 12 AND INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS && $$ MTZ006-060200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAYS 12 AND 93 WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$ IDZ010-060200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 93...HIGHWAY 28 AND OVER AREA PASSES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON && $$ MTZ003-060200- /O.CON.KMSO.LW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR...FLATHEAD LAKE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 3 FOOT WAVES...UP TO 4 FEET ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES...AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 1 TO 3 FEET...LOCALLY UP TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON THE LAKE. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. NOTE...THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MID LAKE WATERS AND DOWNWIND SHORES. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ON UPWIND SHORES. && $$
528 WWUS75 KMSO 060144 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 MTZ005-060245- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX ACROSS THE REGION BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ043-060245- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX ACROSS THE REGION BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ007-060245- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX ACROSS THE REGION BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ006-060245- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX ACROSS THE REGION BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ IDZ010-060245- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX ACROSS THE REGION BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ MTZ003-060245- /O.EXP.KMSO.LW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110406T0200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 744 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR... FLATHEAD LAKE... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX ACROSS THE LAKE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:55 AM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 16 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:13 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 2 more | 3 days |
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.