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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Missoula, MT

January 15, 2011Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2011, 1:10 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 15, 2011, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2011, 1:10 PM PST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2011, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 16, 2011, 1:00 PM PST
In force
15 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 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.2 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 12:00Z on 2011-01-15Temperature 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 2011-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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.

308 
WWUS75 KMSO 152110
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
210 PM MST SAT JAN 15 2011


IDZ007-008-161200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.110116T0600Z-110116T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
110 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY FOR HIGHWAY 95 FROM RIGGINS TO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST
SUNDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CAUSE
  SOUTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM
  RIGGINS IDAHO UP INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DIMINISH DURING THE
  AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND
  VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD
  GRADE

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
521 
WWUS75 KMSO 161147
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
447 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011

IDZ007-008-162100-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110116T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
347 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
  EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES TRAVELING HIGHWAY 95 FROM RIGGINS TO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE.

* WINDS: SOUTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND
  VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE

&&

$$
091 
WWUS75 KMSO 162033
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
133 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011


IDZ007-008-162145-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110116T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
1233 PM PST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR
FROM RIGGINS UP INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND
  VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD
  GRADE

$$

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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.