Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2012, 2:59 PM PST for 10 counties in Washington; 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 25, 2012, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2012, 2:59 PM PST (22:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2012, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217 WWUS76 KOTX 242259 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 259 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-250800- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.120125T0900Z-120125T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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...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 259 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH MAY OCCUR ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY AND PEAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS...DECREASING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON BUT REMAINING BREEZY THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SMALL BRANCHES MAY SNAP OFF TREES AND FOUL POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS THAT ARE WEAKLY ANCHORED MAY BE DAMAGED OR MOVED APPRECIABLY. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-250800- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.120125T0900Z-120125T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...POMEROY 259 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY AND PEAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OVER ALPOWA SUMMIT AND CRESTING THE SHIRROD AND LEWISTON HILLS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY STEERING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
907 WWUS76 KOTX 250510 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-251400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.120125T0900Z-120125T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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...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 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH MAY OCCUR ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY AND PEAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS...DECREASING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON BUT REMAINING BREEZY THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS...VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SMALL BRANCHES MAY SNAP OFF TREES AND FOUL POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS THAT ARE WEAKLY ANCHORED MAY BE DAMAGED OR MOVED APPRECIABLY. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-251400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.120125T0900Z-120125T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...POMEROY 910 PM PST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY AND PEAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OVER ALPOWA SUMMIT AND CRESTING THE SHIRROD AND LEWISTON HILLS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY STEERING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
067 WWUS76 KOTX 251458 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 658 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING... IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-252000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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...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 658 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SMALL BRANCHES MAY SNAP OFF TREES AND FOUL POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS THAT ARE WEAKLY ANCHORED MAY BE DAMAGED OR MOVED APPRECIABLY. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-252000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...POMEROY 658 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OVER ALPOWA SUMMIT AND CRESTING THE SHIRROD AND LEWISTON HILLS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY STEERING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
342 WWUS76 KOTX 251746 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 946 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 IDZ002-WAZ034>036-041-044-251900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 946 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT THE THREAT OF UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS HAS ABATED. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-252000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 946 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. SMALL BRANCHES MAY SNAP OFF TREES AND FOUL POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS THAT ARE WEAKLY ANCHORED MAY BE DAMAGED OR MOVED APPRECIABLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-252000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...POMEROY 946 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OVER ALPOWA SUMMIT AND CRESTING THE SHIRROD AND LEWISTON HILLS MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY STEERING. 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. && $$
618 WWUS76 KOTX 251958 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1158 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 IDZ003-WAZ033-252100- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 1158 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-252100- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GIFFORD...POMEROY 1158 AM PST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
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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.