Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2011, 3:17 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 30, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2011, 3:17 PM PDT (22:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WWUS76 KOTX 292217 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 317 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-301300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.110330T1800Z-110331T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 317 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND EXTREME WESTERN GRANT COUNTY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... 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: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
118 WWUS76 KOTX 300331 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 831 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 WAZ032-042-301300- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.110330T1800Z-110331T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POMEROY...LEAVENWORTH 831 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: POMEROY...DODGE...MAYVIEW...LEAVENWORTH... PLAIN * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWERLINES. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-301300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.110330T1800Z-110331T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 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...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 831 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU... AND EXTREME WESTERN GRANT COUNTY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT SHOULD PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... 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: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. 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. && $$
995 WWUS76 KOTX 301004 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 304 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 IDZ026-027-301915- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.110330T1800Z-110331T0300Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 304 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. TREE BRANCHES MAY SNAP...UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR TOPPLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-041-042-044-301915- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.110330T1800Z-110331T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 304 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU... AND EXTREME WESTERN GRANT COUNTY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... 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: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. TREE LIMBS MAY SNAP AND FOUL ELECTRICAL LINES LEADING TO LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. UNSECURED LIGHT HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR TOPPLE. 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. && $$
452 WWUS76 KOTX 301949 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1249 PM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-042-044-310300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110331T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1249 PM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN MID-AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. TREE BRANCHES MAY SNAP...UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR TOPPLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
055 WWUS76 KOTX 302243 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 343 PM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-042-044-311230- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110401T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 343 PM PDT WED MAR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN MID-AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT LATE THIS EVENING BUT WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. TREE BRANCHES MAY SNAP...UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR TOPPLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
888 WWUS76 KOTX 311059 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 359 AM PDT THU MAR 31 2011 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-042-044-311900- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110401T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 359 AM PDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH. THE ALPOWA SUMMIT AREA AND MORE EXPOSED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR WIND GUSTS TO EXCEED 55 MPH. * TIMING: EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. TREE BRANCHES MAY SNAP...UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR TOPPLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NEUMAN
493 WWUS76 KOTX 311851 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1151 AM PDT THU MAR 31 2011 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-042-044-010300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110401T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1151 AM PDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH. THE ALPOWA SUMMIT AREA AND MORE EXPOSED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR WIND GUSTS TO EXCEED 55 MPH. * TIMING: EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO... QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH ROUTES. TREE BRANCHES MAY SNAP...UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR TOPPLE. IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA...THE WINDS WILL KICK UP AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
844 WWUS76 KOTX 010241 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 741 PM PDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...WINDS SLOWLY SLACKENING OFF THIS EVENING... IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-042-044-010345- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110401T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 741 PM PDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS OF THE PAST TWO DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONGER GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF CHELAN...GRANT...WHITMAN...AND NORTHERN GARFIELD COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE STRONGER GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH HAVE NOW ENDED. GUSTS SHOULD EVEN DROP BELOW 40 MPH SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.