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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 3:14 PM PST for Lewis County, Nez Perce County, Idaho; Asotin County, Garfield County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:14 PM PST (23:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530 WWUS76 KOTX 192314 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 314 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-201115- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0019.121220T0000Z-121220T2100Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...POMEROY 314 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR NEZ PERCE...LEWIS...LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES BLOWN INTO 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
458 WWUS76 KOTX 200559 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 959 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-201400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121220T2100Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...POMEROY 959 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PEAK EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES BLOWN INTO POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
481 WWUS76 KOTX 201146 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 346 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-202100- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121220T2100Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...POMEROY 346 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL AND PEAK EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO TREE BRANCHES BLOWN INTO 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. && $$
323 WWUS76 KOTX 202113 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 113 PM PST THU DEC 20 2012 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-202215- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121220T2100Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...POMEROY 113 PM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THOUGH WE'LL EXPERIENCE VERY GUSTY WINDS AROUND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OF IDAHO...NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WA INTO EARLY EVENING...WIDESPREAD VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. IN FACT...WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE GUSTIEST WINDS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AS WELL AS THOSE TRAVELLING ALONG HIGHWAY 12 WEST OF LEWISTON TO POMEROY. $$
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.