Alert archive / Montana / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at May 14, 2011, 10:44 PM MDT for Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 10:44 PM MDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2011, 4:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
623 WWUS75 KMSO 150444 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1044 PM MDT SAT MAY 14 2011 MTZ005-151000- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0014.110515T0444Z-110515T1000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1044 PM MDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT SUNDAY FOR MISSOULA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MISSOULA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS FUNNELING OUT OF HELLGATE CANYON IN EAST MISSOULA WILL BE IMPACTING THE MISSOULA VALLEY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY STRENGTH JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
667 WWUS75 KMSO 150912 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 312 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 IDZ010-152100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.110515T2000Z-110516T0400Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 312 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: AS A SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHES AND WINDS ALOFT INCREASE...SOUTH WINDS ACROSS EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING ONCE AGAIN. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ005-151015- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110515T1000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 312 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MISSOULA... A WIND ADVISORY FOR MISSOULA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS FUNNELING OUT OF HELLGATE CANYON IN EAST MISSOULA WILL BE IMPACTING THE MISSOULA VALLEY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY STRENGTH JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH UNTIL EARLY THIS MORNING. 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. && $$
267 WWUS75 KMSO 151002 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 402 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 MTZ005-151115- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110515T1000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 402 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MISSOULA... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MISSOULA WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...EASTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. $$ IDZ010-151815- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.110515T2000Z-110516T0400Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 402 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: AS A SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHES AND WINDS ALOFT INCREASE...SOUTH WINDS ACROSS EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING ONCE AGAIN. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:50 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | MSO | Sanders | 59 hr |
Nearby
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.