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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT

January 21, 2011Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2011, 3:42 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2011, 3:42 PM PST (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2011, 10:00 PM PST
In force
6 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 23:42 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, 11.7 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 2011-01-21Temperature 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 2011-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

641 
WWUS75 KMSO 212342
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
442 PM MST FRI JAN 21 2011


IDZ008-220600-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.110121T2342Z-110122T0600Z/
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
342 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN WHITE BIRD AND RIGGINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN WHITE BIRD
AND RIGGINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...PEAKING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL
  DECREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...BECOMING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS
  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.

&&

$$

IDZ007-220600-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.110121T2342Z-110122T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
342 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

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

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...PEAKING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL
  DECREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY

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
187 
WWUS75 KMSO 220451
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
951 PM MST FRI JAN 21 2011

IDZ008-220600-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110122T0600Z/
LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
851 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG WINDS ARE NOT LONGER EXPECTED IN THE SALMON RIVER REGION
THIS EVENING. 


$$

IDZ007-220600-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110122T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
851 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH 
  THIS 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.

&&

$$
196 
WWUS75 KMSO 220551
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1051 PM MST FRI JAN 21 2011

IDZ007-220700-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110122T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
951 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY WILL EXPIRE AT
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

$$

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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.