Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2011, 3:48 AM PST for 9 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Nov 11, 2011, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2011, 3:48 AM PST (11:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2011, 12:16 AM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 2085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828 WWUS76 KOTX 111148 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 348 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 WAZ032>036-044-120000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 348 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...POMEROY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
497 WWUS76 KOTX 111735 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 935 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 IDZ002-003-120145- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 935 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40- 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ032>036-044-120145- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 935 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40- 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: 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:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. 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. && $$
580 WWUS76 KOTX 112202 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 202 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-120615- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0300Z-111112T0900Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 202 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40- 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-120615- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 202 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40- 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. 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. && $$
156 WWUS76 KOTX 120042 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 442 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-120845- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0300Z-111112T0900Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 442 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-120845- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 442 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40- 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
626 WWUS76 KOTX 120135 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 535 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-120900- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.111112T0135Z-111112T0900Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 535 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-120900- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 535 PM PST FRI NOV 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40- 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING:SOUTH WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WHEN THE COLD FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND LIKELY REACH THEIR HIGHEST STRENGTH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS:PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS MAY MAKE THE STEERING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD ALSO SNAP...ESPECIALLY THOSE STILL COVERED WITH FOLIAGE. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
545 WWUS76 KOTX 120816 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1216 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2011 IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-044-120930- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111112T0900Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1216 AM PST SAT NOV 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE PALOUSE...AND THE SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREA. WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO GUST ABOVE 45 MPH IN SPOKANE... COEUR D'ALENE...PULLMAN...MOSCOW...RITZVILLE...AND MOSES LAKE TONIGHT. FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 4 AM...WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 15 MPH AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. $$
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.