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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2012, 2:10 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho; 6 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 14, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2012, 2:10 AM PST (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2012, 7:49 PM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126 WWUS75 KMSO 141010 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 310 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 IDZ010-MTZ006-007-142200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.120115T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 310 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WINDS WILL BE INCREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT. WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG OVERNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS... BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ IDZ007-142200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.120114T1800Z-120115T0500Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 210 AM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... PEAKING THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ005-142200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.120115T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 310 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WINDS WILL BE INCREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT. WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG OVERNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
831 WWUS75 KMSO 142131 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 231 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 IDZ010-MTZ006-007-150545- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.120115T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 231 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT. WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG OVERNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS... BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ007-150500- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120115T0500Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 131 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL PEAK THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY 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. && $$ MTZ005-150545- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.120115T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 231 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BITTERROOT VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT. WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG OVERNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
256 WWUS75 KMSO 150349 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 849 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 IDZ010-MTZ005>007-150500- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120115T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 849 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ IDZ007-150500- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120115T0500Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 749 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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.