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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Missoula, MT

March 2, 2011Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2011, 7:46 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2011, 7:46 AM PST (15:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
In force
8 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 15:45 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, 3.8 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 2011-03-02Temperature 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 2011-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 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.

583 
WWUS75 KMSO 021546
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
846 AM MST WED MAR 2 2011


IDZ007-008-030000-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.110302T1546Z-110303T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
746 AM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN SLATE CREEK AND RIGGINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN SLATE CREEK AND
RIGGINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE HIGHWAY
  95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS AS WELL AS THE
  GRANGEVILLE AREA AND CAMAS PRAIRIE.

* WINDS: SOUTH 15-25 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE 
  CREEK TO RIGGINS

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
853 
WWUS75 KMSO 022338
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
438 PM MST WED MAR 2 2011


IDZ007-008-030045-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110303T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
338 PM PST WED MAR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN WHITE BIRD AND RIGGINS...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN
WHITE BIRD AND RIGGINS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON BUT
WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH EARLY 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.