Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2011, 9:38 AM PST for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho; 7 counties in Washington. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 9:38 AM PST (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 2:45 PM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527 WWUS76 KOTX 281738 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 938 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-010000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.110228T1738Z-110301T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 938 AM PST MON FEB 28 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: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: NOW...BUT EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOME DURING THE DAY TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND LEST GUSTY NEAR 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: WIND WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS A NUISANCE TO DRIVERS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
755 WWUS76 KOTX 281744 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 944 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 WAZ034-281845- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY 944 AM PST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. CURRENT AND EXPECTED SURFACE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE MOSES LAKE AREA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 944 AM PST MON FEB 28 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: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: NOW...BUT EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOME DURING THE DAY TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND LEST GUSTY NEAR 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: WIND WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SNOWWHICH IS A NUISANCE TO DRIVERS. 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. && $$
437 WWUS76 KOTX 282047 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1247 PM PST MON FEB 28 2011 IDZ002-WAZ035-036-282200- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1247 PM PST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT AND HAVE DECREASED TO GENERALLY SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST TO 30 AND CONTINUE TO DECREASE...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 1247 PM PST MON FEB 28 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: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: NOW...BUT EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOME DURING THE DAY TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND LEST GUSTY NEAR 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: WIND WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS A NUISANCE TO DRIVERS. 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. && $$
553 WWUS76 KOTX 282245 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 245 PM PST MON FEB 28 2011 IDZ003-WAZ033-282345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110301T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 245 PM PST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TO GENERALLY SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DO SO...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.