Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2011, 4:38 AM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 21, 2011, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2011, 4:38 AM PST (12:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2011, 2:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2011, 7:36 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580 WWUS76 KOTX 211238 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 438 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINDY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON... .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BEHIND A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WAZ034-041-042-044-212045- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.110121T2200Z-110122T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EPHRATA...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 438 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 MPH AND 35 MPH. GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ELEVATIONS: FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...INCLUDING ENTIAT AND CHELAN...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING GUSTS OF 50 MPH. IN THE WENATCHEE AREA...WIND PRONE AREAS MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING. EVEN THE LOW ELEVATIONS AROUND QUINCY...GEORGE...EPHRATA...AND BEVERLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE WINDY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE RIDGES OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY MID AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG WINDS IN THE WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND QUINCY AREAS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...EPHRATA...QUINCY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND BRING DOWN POWER-LINES. 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. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
075 WWUS76 KOTX 212026 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1226 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINDY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON... .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BEHIND A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WAZ034-041-042-044-220430- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.110121T2200Z-110122T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EPHRATA...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1226 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 MPH AND 35 MPH. GUSTS OF50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ELEVATIONS: FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...INCLUDING ENTIAT AND CHELAN...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING GUSTS OF 50 MPH. IN THE WENATCHEE AREA...WIND PRONE AREAS MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING. EVEN THE LOW ELEVATIONS AROUND QUINCY...GEORGE... EPHRATA...AND BEVERLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE WINDY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE RIDGES OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY MID AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG WINDS IN THE WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND QUINCY AREAS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...EPHRATA...QUINCY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND BRING DOWN POWER-LINES. 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. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
849 WWUS76 KOTX 220336 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 736 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT... .A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANYING ITS PASSAGE. IN ITS WAKE...STRONGER WINDS SEEM TO HAVE REMAINED OFF THE SURFACE...AND VERY FEW LOCATIONS ARE EXPERIENCING CONTINUED GUSTY CONDITIONS LATE THIS EVENING. WAZ034-041-042-044-220445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110122T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EPHRATA...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 736 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE SUBSIDED WITH SURFACE WINDS OUTSIDE OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU GENERALLY RUNNING LESS THAN 15 MPH AT THIS TIME. WHILE GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WINDY CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:47 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:50 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 4 hr |
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.