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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2011, 2:22 PM MST for 4 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 6, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2011, 2:22 PM MST (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2011, 10:51 AM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561 WWUS75 KMSO 052122 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 222 PM MST SAT FEB 5 2011 IDZ007-061200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.110207T0600Z-110207T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 122 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY 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 SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING DURING SUNDAY EVENING...PEAKING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASING IN STRENGTH LATER MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY EVENING...INCREASING TO SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
024 WWUS75 KMSO 061115 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 415 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 IDZ007-062200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.110207T0600Z-110207T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 315 AM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAKING LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
390 WWUS75 KMSO 061838 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1138 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 MTZ007-070600- /O.EXB.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.110207T0900Z-110207T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1138 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...PEAKING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM ANACONDA TO GARRISON JUNCTION WILL BE IMPACTED ...AS WELL AS MACDONALD PASS. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...INCREASING TO SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EARLY MONDAY 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. && $$ IDZ007-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.110207T0600Z-110207T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 1038 AM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING... PEAKING LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
682 WWUS75 KMSO 070539 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1039 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 MTZ007-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.110207T0900Z-110207T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1039 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...PEAKING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM ANACONDA TO GARRISON JUNCTION WILL BE IMPACTED...AS WELL AS MACDONALD PASS. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...INCREASING TO SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EARLY MONDAY 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. && $$ IDZ007-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.110207T0600Z-110207T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 939 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING... PEAKING LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
728 WWUS75 KMSO 071122 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 422 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ007-071230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 422 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED OVER THE HIGHWAY 90 CORRIDOR FROM DEER LODGE THROUGH ANACONDA LIKE PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT NOT AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED. $$ IDZ007-071800- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 322 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE IN STRENGTH BY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT REMAIN BREEZY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
844 WWUS75 KMSO 071751 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1051 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 IDZ007-071900- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 951 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE STEADILY DECREASED THIS MORNING. BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:04 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell | 13 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Montana, 2011Wind Advisories in Idaho, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.