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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Spokane, WA

October 15, 20125 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2012, 2:19 AM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Oct 15, 2012, 6:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2012, 2:19 AM PDT (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2012, 6:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2012-10-15Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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.

965 
WWUS76 KOTX 150919
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
219 AM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY...

.A STRONG AUTUMN COLD FRONT PASSAGE EARLY ON TUESDAY WILL USHER IN
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING AROUND 50 MPH WILL BEGIN IN THE MORNING AND
LAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING. BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. 

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-152145-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.121016T1200Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
219 AM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY.

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

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE PERIOD OF
  MAXIMUM WINDS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY ANCHORED
  HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE.

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.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
629 
WWUS76 KOTX 151935
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1235 PM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

.A STRONG WET WEATHER SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A COLD
FRONT PASSAGE WILL USHER IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
COLUMBIA BASIN OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. GUSTS TO 50
MPH MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS 6 PM THIS EVENING THAT SPREAD FROM WEST
TO EAST OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH THAT WILL LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING
TOMORROW EVENING.

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-160345-
/O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.121016T0100Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
1235 PM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

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

* TIMING: WIND GUSTS INCREASING AT 6 PM NEAR THE
  CASCADES...SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AS
  PRECIPITATION DECREASES SUSTAINED WIND WILL INCREASE AND GUSTS
  WILL CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER 
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY 
  ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. 

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.

&&

$$
644 
WWUS76 KOTX 160311
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
811 PM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

.A STRONG WET WEATHER SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A COLD
FRONT PASSAGE WILL USHER IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
COLUMBIA BASIN OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. GUSTS TO
50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SUSTAINED
WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THAT WILL
LAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-161115-
/O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
811 PM PDT MON OCT 15 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY...

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

* TIMING: WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING
  INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS PRECIPITATION
  DECREASES...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE AND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE
  BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER 
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY 
  ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. 

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.

&&

$$
756 
WWUS76 KOTX 161015
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
315 AM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL USHER IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO.
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD
FRONT THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SUSTAINED WINDS
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THAT WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING.

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-162300-
/O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
315 AM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING: WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE
  FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING. AS PRECIPITATION
  DECREASES...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND GUSTS WILL
  CONTINUE BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER 
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY 
  ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. 

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.

&&

$$
849 
WWUS76 KOTX 161543
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
843 AM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE THAT SWEPT ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON
AND NORTHERN IDAHO EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE
IDAHO PALOUSE AND CAMAS PRAIRIE OF NORTH IDAHO. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL LAST INTO THIS EVENING.

IDZ027-162345-
/O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
843 AM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED IN THIS AREA AND WILL
  CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY WINDY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER 
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY 
  ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. 

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.

&&

$$

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-162345-
/O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
843 AM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED IN THIS AREA AND WILL
  CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY WINDY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER 
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY 
  ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. 

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.

&&

$$
386 
WWUS76 KOTX 162150
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
250 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE THAT SWEPT ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON
AND NORTHERN IDAHO EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND CAMAS PRAIRIE OF NORTH IDAHO. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL LAST INTO THIS
EVENING.

IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>036-041-044-170300-
/O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...
ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...
MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
250 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED IN THIS AREA AND WILL 
  CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY WINDY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS: WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER 
  OUTAGES AS BRANCHES ARE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES. POORLY 
  ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. 

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.

&&

$$
007 
WWUS76 KOTX 170255
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
755 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING...

.WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE
THIS TREND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS WILL STILL
EXPERIENCE BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WIND GUSTS WILL ONLY
BE ON THE ORDER OF 25 TO 35 MPH.

IDZ027-170400-
/O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
755 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.



$$

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-044-170400-
/O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121017T0300Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
755 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...



$$

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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.