Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2012, 2:32 PM PST for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho; 9 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 10:45 PM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2012, 2:32 PM PST (22:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 10:45 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
274 WWUS76 KOTX 202232 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 232 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINDS INCREASING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EXIT THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND THE SPOKANE-COEUR D'ALENE AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-210645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.120121T1200Z-120122T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 232 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND PEAK AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY...THEN DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE A PROBLEM IN MORE EXPOSED LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
032 WWUS76 KOTX 210645 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1045 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINDS INCREASING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND BRING GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE PALOUSE...THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SPOKANE AND COUE D'ALENE AREAS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE INCREASING WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. WAZ032-211445- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.120121T0645Z-120122T0000Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 1045 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE POMEROY AREA. * WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BLOW TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST OR SOUTHWEST ON SATURDAY AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-211445- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.120121T1200Z-120122T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1045 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND. SOME SPOTS MAY EXPERIENCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...RISING TEMPERATURES AND A CRUST OF ICE ON TOP OF THE RECENT SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
270 WWUS76 KOTX 211217 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 417 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINDS INCREASING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AND BRING GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE PALOUSE...THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE INCREASING WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES FIRMING THE SNOW...AND A LAYER OF CRUST ON THE SNOW FROM FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT SHOULD MINIMIZE THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-212100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120122T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.120121T1700Z-120122T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 417 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND. SOME SPOTS MAY EXPERIENCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...RISING TEMPERATURES AND A CRUST OF ICE ON TOP OF THE RECENT SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ032-212100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 417 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
979 WWUS76 KOTX 211825 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1025 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINDS INCREASING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .AS A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM EXITS THE INLAND NORTHWEST...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE PALOUSE...THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE INCREASING WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING. THE COMBINATION OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES FIRMING THE SNOW...AND A LAYER OF CRUST ON THE SNOW FROM FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT SHOULD MINIMIZE THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WAZ032-220200- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 1025 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND...ESPECIALLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 12 AND AT ALPOWA SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-220200- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1025 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90...ALONG HIGHWAY 195 ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH OF COEUR D'ALENE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
999 WWUS76 KOTX 212159 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 159 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE SOUTHERN PALOUSE AND THE NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IDZ002-WAZ035-036-212300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 159 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA...AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE REGION WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. $$ WAZ032-220200- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 159 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND...ESPECIALLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 12 NEAR POMEROY AND AT ALPOWA SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-220200- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 159 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS DRIVING IN THE WIND...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 195 SOUTH OF PULLMAN TO UNIONTOWN AND HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH OF MOSCOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
372 WWUS76 KOTX 220152 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 552 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 WAZ032-220300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 552 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL STILL SEE OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-220300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 552 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL STILL SEE OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai | 30 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 24 hr |
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.