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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Missoula, MT

December 4, 2012Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Dec 4, 2012, 6:00 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2012, 6:00 AM PST (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
In force
7 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 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2012-12-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2012-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
604 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

636 
WWUS75 KMSO 041400
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
700 AM MST TUE DEC 4 2012


IDZ007-008-042100-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0029.121204T1400Z-121204T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
600 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS
  MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. WIND ARE EXPECTED TO
  SUBSIDE SOME LATER TODAY...BUT REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT
  TONIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE

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
880 
WWUS75 KMSO 042040
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
140 PM MST TUE DEC 4 2012


IDZ007-008-042145-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121204T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
1240 PM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY
95 WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE

$$

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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.