Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2012, 2:52 PM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 7, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2012, 2:52 PM PST (22:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2012, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858 WWUS76 KOTX 062252 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 252 PM PST THU DEC 6 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. WAZ032-033-070700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0017.121207T1500Z-121208T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 252 PM PST THU DEC 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BEFORE NOON...WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
129 WWUS76 KOTX 070616 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1016 PM PST THU DEC 6 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. WAZ032-033-071500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0017.121207T1800Z-121208T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1016 PM PST THU DEC 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS: WEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL INCREASE FURTHER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PEAK WIND SPEEDS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS: DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES ON POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
642 WWUS76 KOTX 071744 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 944 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WAZ032-033-080300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0017.121207T1800Z-121208T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 944 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S AND ARE EXPECTED TO TO INCREASE FURTHER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
125 WWUS76 KOTX 080246 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 646 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2012 WAZ032-033-080400- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-121208T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 646 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS ACROSS THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF THE LEWIS- CLARK VALLEY HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 10:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 52 hr |
| Dec 6, 9:54 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 36 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.