Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 13, 2011, 8:19 AM PST for 10 counties in Washington. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2011, 8:19 AM PST (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2011, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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, 4.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WWUS76 KOTX 131619 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 819 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 WAZ032>035-132100- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.111113T1619Z-111113T2100Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 819 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING:NOW UNTIL 1 PM PDT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
582 WWUS76 KOTX 131935 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1135 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 WAZ041-044-140300- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111114T0300Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1135 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING:NOW UNTIL 7 PM PDT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ032>035-140300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111114T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1135 AM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING:NOW UNTIL 7 PM PDT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
045 WWUS76 KOTX 132231 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 231 PM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 WAZ032>035-041-044-140300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111114T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 231 PM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING:NOW UNTIL 7 PM PDT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
860 WWUS76 KOTX 140247 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 647 PM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 WAZ032>035-041-044-140400- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111114T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 647 PM PST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AT 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.