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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2012, 9:02 AM PDT for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 29, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2012, 9:02 AM PDT (16:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WWUS75 KMSO 291602 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1002 AM MDT THU MAR 29 2012 IDZ007-300400- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.120330T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 902 AM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATER TODAY...BECOMING GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED BY HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG US HIGHWAY 95 AND IDAHO HIGHWAY 13 THROUGH THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
349 WWUS75 KMSO 300230 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 830 PM MDT THU MAR 29 2012 IDZ007-301200- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.120330T0300Z-120330T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 730 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATER TODAY...BECOMING GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED BY HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG US HIGHWAY 95 AND IDAHO HIGHWAY 13 THROUGH THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:11 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 47 hr |
Nearby
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.