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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2012, 7:30 PM PDT for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 29, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2012, 7:30 PM PDT (02:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 15 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 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
349 WWUS75 KMSO 300949 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 349 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 IDZ007-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 249 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED BY HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG US HIGHWAY 95 AND IDAHO HIGHWAY 13 THROUGH THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
758 WWUS75 KMSO 301429 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 829 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 MTZ003-302230- /O.NEW.KMSO.LW.Y.0001.120330T1700Z-120331T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 829 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS MORNING CREATING CHOPPY SURFACE WATER CONDITIONS ON FLATHEAD LAKE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: INCREASING SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON THE LAKE. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. NOTE...THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MID LAKE WATERS AND DOWNWIND SHORES. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ON UPWIND SHORES. && $$ IDZ007-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 729 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED BY HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG US HIGHWAY 95 AND IDAHO HIGHWAY 13 THROUGH THE GRANGEVILLE AREA AND ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
636 WWUS75 KMSO 301753 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1153 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 IDZ007-301900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 1053 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE GRANGEVILLE AREA THIS MORNING AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING... DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ003-310000- /O.CON.KMSO.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120331T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1153 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE CREATING CHOPPY SURFACE WATER CONDITIONS ON FLATHEAD LAKE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: INCREASING SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON THE LAKE. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. NOTE...THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MID LAKE WATERS AND DOWNWIND SHORES. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ON UPWIND SHORES. && $$
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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.