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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 1, 2012, 3:04 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 2, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2012, 3:04 PM PST (23:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2012, 6:20 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876 WWUS76 KOTX 012304 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 304 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY... .A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PARTS OF NORTH IDAHO ON SUNDAY. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-020715- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 304 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY DURING THE MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES ON POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
969 WWUS76 KOTX 020635 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1035 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY... .A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PARTS OF NORTH IDAHO ON SUNDAY. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-021500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 1035 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY DURING THE MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. * LOCATIONS: POMERY...RITZVILLE...PULLMAN...MOSCOW...COLFAX... SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...SPRAGUE...SPRAGUE LAKE...ROCK LAKE. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES ON POWER LINES. SECURE OBJECTS LIKE LAWN CHAIRS AND TRASH CANS NOW BEFORE THE WIND BEGINS. * BOATERS AND FISHERMAN BEWARE! LAKES...RIVERS...AND RESERVOIRS CAN BE DEADLY ON WINDY DAYS. THE FOLLOWING LAKES ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS ON WINDY DAYS...SPRAGUE LAKE IN LINCOLN AND ADAMS COUNTIES...AND ROCK LAKE IN WHITMAN COUNTY. CAPSIZING IN COLD WATER CAN BE DEADLY. JUST A FEW MINUTES IN THE WATER CAN CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
784 WWUS76 KOTX 021405 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 605 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PARTS OF NORTH IDAHO TODAY. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-022215- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...ODESSA...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 605 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY DURING THE MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. * LOCATIONS: POMERY...RITZVILLE...PULLMAN...MOSCOW...COLFAX... SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...SPRAGUE...SPRAGUE LAKE...ROCK LAKE. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES ON POWER LINES. SECURE OBJECTS LIKE LAWN CHAIRS AND TRASH CANS. * BOATERS AND FISHERMAN BEWARE! LAKES...RIVERS...AND RESERVOIRS CAN BE DEADLY ON WINDY DAYS. THE FOLLOWING LAKES ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS ON WINDY DAYS...SPRAGUE LAKE IN LINCOLN AND ADAMS COUNTIES...AND ROCK LAKE IN WHITMAN COUNTY. CAPSIZING IN COLD WATER CAN BE DEADLY. JUST A FEW MINUTES IN THE WATER CAN CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
755 WWUS76 KOTX 022200 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 200 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PARTS OF NORTH IDAHO THROUGH THIS EVENING. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-030300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121203T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...ODESSA...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 200 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: PEAK WIND SPEEDS WILL BE FELT THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. * LOCATIONS: POMERY...RITZVILLE...PULLMAN...MOSCOW...COLFAX... SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...SPRAGUE...SPRAGUE LAKE...ROCK LAKE. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES ON POWER LINES. SECURE OBJECTS LIKE LAWN CHAIRS AND TRASH CANS. * BOATERS AND FISHERMAN BEWARE! LAKES...RIVERS...AND RESERVOIRS CAN BE DEADLY ON WINDY DAYS. THE FOLLOWING LAKES ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS ON WINDY DAYS...SPRAGUE LAKE IN LINCOLN AND ADAMS COUNTIES...AND ROCK LAKE IN WHITMAN COUNTY. CAPSIZING IN COLD WATER CAN BE DEADLY. JUST A FEW MINUTES IN THE WATER CAN CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
328 WWUS76 KOTX 030220 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 620 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE BELOW ADVISORY SPEEDS. EXPECT BREEZY WINDS TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH COUPLED WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH... IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-030330- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121203T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...ODESSA...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 620 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 42 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 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.