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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2011, 12:43 AM PST for Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho; 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Nov 14, 2011, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2011, 12:43 AM PST (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 14, 2011, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 3:33 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378 WWUS76 KOTX 140843 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1243 AM PST MON NOV 14 2011 ...MORE STRONG WINDS OVER THE PALOUSE AND POMEROY AREAS TODAY... IDZ003-WAZ032-033-141645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.111114T0900Z-111115T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1243 AM PST MON NOV 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...POMEROY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE STRONG CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 195 BETWEEN ROSALIA AND PULLMAN. WINDS WILL BE ESPEICALLY GUSTY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN THE POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT AREAS. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
387 WWUS76 KOTX 141418 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 618 AM PST MON NOV 14 2011 ...MORE STRONG WINDS OVER THE PALOUSE AND POMEROY AREAS TODAY... IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111115T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 618 AM PST MON NOV 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...POMEROY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE STRONG CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 195 BETWEEN ROSALIA AND PULLMAN. WINDS WILL BE ESPEICALLY GUSTY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN THE POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT AREAS. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
343 WWUS76 KOTX 142333 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 333 PM PST MON NOV 14 2011 IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150045- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111115T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 333 PM PST MON NOV 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF GARFIELD COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. TRAVELERS AND TRUCKERS ALONG HIGHWAYS 12...95 AND 195 TROUGH THE PALOUSE COUNTRY SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF GUSTY CROSS WINDS. $$
Nearby
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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.