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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2011, 8:41 AM PST for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2011, 8:41 AM PST (16:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2011, 3:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 7:05 AM PST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WWUS76 KOTX 271641 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 841 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011 WAZ032-034-035-280045- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.110227T2300Z-110228T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...MOSES LAKE... OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...ODESSA 841 AM PST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF GRANT COUNTY AND LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. THEN WIND SPEEDS WILL STEADILY SUBSIDE LATE MORNING TO MIDDAY MONDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...ODESSA... MOSES LAKE...OTHELLO * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NEW SNOWFALL. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD ALSO BE SECURED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
769 WWUS76 KOTX 280042 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 442 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2011 WAZ032-280145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 442 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. OCCASIONAL SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING HOWEVER. $$ WAZ034-035-280845- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE... ODESSA 442 PM PST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF GRANT COUNTY AND LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. WIND SPEEDS WILL STEADILY SUBSIDE BY MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...ODESSA...MOSES LAKE...OTHELLO * IMPACTS: BLOW DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 FROM RITZVILLE TO GEORGE. WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD ALSO BE SECURED. 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. && $$
676 WWUS76 KOTX 281505 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 705 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 WAZ034-035-281615- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE... ODESSA 705 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE MOSES LAKE AREA. WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING. THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE MOSES LAKE AREA CAN EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 7:21 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 66 hr |
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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.