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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2011, 3:52 AM PST for 8 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Latah County, Nez Perce County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 6, 2011, 8:00 PM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2011, 3:52 AM PST (11:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2011, 8:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2011, 2:32 PM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
630 WWUS76 KOTX 061152 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 AM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING GUSTY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS NEAR THE CASCADES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER. WAZ034-041-044-062030- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.110207T0400Z-110207T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 352 AM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
198 WWUS76 KOTX 062038 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1238 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING GUSTY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS NEAR THE CASCADES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER. WAZ034-041-044-070800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.110207T0400Z-110207T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1238 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
710 WWUS76 KOTX 070619 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1019 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING GUSTY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS NEAR THE CASCADES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER. WAZ034-041-044-071500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1019 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
409 WWUS76 KOTX 071113 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 313 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING GUSTY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL PROMOTE PROMOTE WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS NEAR THE CASCADES...AND OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE AND THE SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON THE PALOUSE...AROUND WENATCHEE...LEWISTON...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER. IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-071800- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.110207T1200Z-110207T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 313 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH ESPECIALLY NEAR ALPOWA SUMMIT. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ034-041-044-071800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 313 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
210 WWUS76 KOTX 071800 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1000 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT. THIS CREATED WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES...AND OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE AND THE SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON THE PALOUSE...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND GRANT COUNTY NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER. WAZ041-071900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE 1000 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WAZ034-044-072300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110207T2300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1000 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...DOUGLAS...VANTAGE...QUINCY * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-072300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110207T2300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 1000 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE WEST 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCAL GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH ESPECIALLY NEAR ALPOWA SUMMIT. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...MOSCOW...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...POMEROY * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS MAY DAMAGE SHINGLES ON ROOFS...SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
185 WWUS76 KOTX 072232 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 232 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 IDZ003-026-WAZ032>034-044-072345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110207T2300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 232 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE RELAXING EAST OF THE CASCADES. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST TO DECREASE THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 42 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.