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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2012, 12:42 PM MDT for 9 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Jun 17, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2012, 12:42 PM MDT (18:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 2585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576 WWUS75 KMSO 161842 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1242 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET SUNDAY NIGHT... IDZ010-MTZ004-005-007-043-170245- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0019.120617T1800Z-120618T0300Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1242 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A SURFACE FRONT CREATING GUSTY WINDS FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF MISSOULA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 25-35 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SALMON...EVARO HILL...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO OVANDO...I-90 EAST FROM SUPERIOR TO DEER LODGE...HIGHWAY 28 SOUTH FROM SALMON TO LEADORE. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
773 WWUS75 KMSO 170217 AAA NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 817 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET SUNDAY NIGHT... IDZ010-MTZ004-005-007-043-171200- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0019.120617T1800Z-120618T0300Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 817 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A SURFACE FRONT CREATING GUSTY WINDS FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF MISSOULA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA...BUTTE... GEORGETOWN LAKE... HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH && $$
933 WWUS75 KMSO 171006 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 406 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT SOME AREA VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... IDZ010-MTZ004-005-007-043-172100- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0019.120617T1800Z-120618T0300Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 406 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS MORNING'S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. GUSTY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF MISSOULA BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY AND CONTINUING TILL AROUND SUNSET. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MOVE UNSECURED OBJECTS (SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS) AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. DRIVERS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN CROSS WINDS WHICH MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY LOSS OF VEHICULAR CONTROL. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA...BUTTE... GEORGETOWN LAKE... HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
089 WWUS75 KMSO 171334 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 734 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT SOME AREA VALLEYS AND LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... MTZ003-180300- /O.NEW.KMSO.LW.Y.0005.120617T1500Z-120618T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 734 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WAVE HEIGHTS ON FLATHEAD LAKE CREATING VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AROUND THE NOON HOUR. * WINDS: WEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 35 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 1 TO 3 FEET, LOCALLY 4 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON THE LAKE. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. NOTE...THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MID LAKE WATERS AND DOWNWIND SHORES. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ON UPWIND SHORES. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ004-005-007-043-180300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0019.120617T1800Z-120618T0300Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 734 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN THE WAKE OF THIS MORNING'S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. GUSTY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF MISSOULA BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY AND CONTINUING TILL AROUND SUNSET. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MOVE UNSECURED OBJECTS (SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS) AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. DRIVERS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN CROSS WINDS WHICH MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY LOSS OF VEHICULAR CONTROL. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA...BUTTE... GEORGETOWN LAKE... HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
203 WWUS75 KMSO 172123 AAA NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 323 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT SOME AREA VALLEYS AND LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... IDZ010-MTZ004-005-007-043-180300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120618T0300Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 323 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF MISSOULA UNTIL SUNSET. * WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MOVE UNSECURED OBJECTS (SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS) AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES. DRIVERS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN CROSS WINDS WHICH MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY LOSS OF VEHICULAR CONTROL. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA...BUTTE... GEORGETOWN LAKE... HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ003-180300- /O.CON.KMSO.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120618T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 323 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL INCREASE WAVE HEIGHTS ON FLATHEAD LAKE, LEADING TO VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 35 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 1 TO 3 FEET... LOCALLY 4 FEET. && $$
079 WWUS75 KMSO 180252 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 852 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 IDZ010-MTZ004-005-007-043-180400- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120618T0300Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 852 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WIND IS DECREASING THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE SO WILL ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. $$ MTZ003-180400- /O.EXP.KMSO.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120618T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 852 PM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WIND IS DECREASING THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE SO WILL ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. $$
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.