Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2012, 3:04 PM PST for 5 counties in Idaho; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 22, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2012, 3:04 PM PST (23:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2012, 6:31 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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 126 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
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551 WWUS76 KOTX 212304 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 304 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT IN THE WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...AND WATERVILLE AREAS WHERE GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AROUND POMEROY AND PULLMAN. WAZ042-220715- /O.EXB.KOTX.HW.W.0001.120222T0300Z-120222T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN 304 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. MOUNTAIN AND RIDGETOP WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET MAY APPROACH 100 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS IN THE VALLEYS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING...DECREASING TO BREEZY BY NOON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...LUCERNE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ034-041-044-220715- /O.EXT.KOTX.HW.W.0001.120222T0300Z-120222T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 304 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PEAK LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...CHELAN...WATERVILLE...VANTAGE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 90 IN THE VANTAGE TO GEORGE CORRIDOR. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE AND ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-220715- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0001.120222T0300Z-120223T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 304 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING: PLACES ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS LIKE POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR THE PULLMAN AND LEWISTON AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... MOSCOW...LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...POTLATCH...LA CROSSE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES... TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-220715- /O.UPG.KOTX.HW.A.0001.120222T0900Z-120223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.120222T1200Z-120223T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 304 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE PRIOR TO SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND REACH PEAK STRENGTH BETWEEN 5 AM AND NOON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...RITZVILLE... DAVENPORT... WILBUR. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES... TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ001-220715- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.120222T1200Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT 304 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. WINDS ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOORS ON RIDEGTOPS AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS MAY ACHIEVE GUSTS TO NEAR 80 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY...SETTLING DOWN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES... TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
472 WWUS76 KOTX 220632 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1032 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTH IDAHO THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT IN THE WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...AND WATERVILLE AREAS WHERE GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AROUND POMEROY AND PULLMAN. WAZ034-041-044-221445- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120222T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1032 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PEAK TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...CHELAN...WATERVILLE...VANTAGE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 90 IN THE VANTAGE TO GEORGE CORRIDOR. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE AND ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-221445- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1032 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING: PLACES ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS LIKE POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR THE PULLMAN AND LEWISTON AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... MOSCOW...LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...POTLATCH...LA CROSSE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES... TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ042-221445- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120222T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN 1032 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. MOUNTAIN AND RIDGETOP WINDS ABOVE 5000 FEET MAY APPROACH 100 MPH. * TIMING: AREAS OF STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE VALLEYS TONIGHT AND THEN DECREASE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...LUCERNE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES... TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035-036-221445- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.120222T1200Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1032 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE PRIOR TO SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...RITZVILLE... DAVENPORT... WILBUR. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES... TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. UNSECURED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY 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. && $$
777 WWUS76 KOTX 221334 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 534 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION... A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. GUSTY WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY SUNRISE AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE...THE POMEROY AREA...AND AROUND LEWISTON WHERE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. WAZ034-041-044-222300- /O.CAN.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120222T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 534 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...VANTAGE... GEORGE...WATERVILLE...AND MANSFIELD. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ042-221445- /O.CAN.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120222T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN 534 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES INCLUDING THE LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...AND STEHEKIN AREAS. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS DID NOT MATERIALIZE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT GUSTS WILL BE BELOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA OF 58 MPH. $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 534 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: WEST OR SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: WIND GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WILL POSSIBLE BETWEEN 7 AM THROUGH 4 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTS FALLING BELOW 40 MPH AFTER 7 PM. * LOCATIONS: POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... MOSCOW...LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...POTLATCH...LA CROSSE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ027-222300- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 534 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...CRAIGMONT. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035-036-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 534 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND 8 AM AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...RITZVILLE...DAVENPORT... WILBUR. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 AND ON HIGHWAY 2 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
096 WWUS76 KOTX 222229 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 229 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-230300- /O.EXT.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 229 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SPEEDS WILL THEN STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... MOSCOW...LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...POTLATCH...LA CROSSE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ESPECIALLY ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035-036-230600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 229 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN DECREASE STEADILY OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...RITZVILLE...DAVENPORT... WILBUR. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 AND ON HIGHWAY 2 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ034-041-044-230300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 229 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...AND THEN DECREASE STEADILY THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...VANTAGE... GEORGE...WATERVILLE...AND MANSFIELD. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ027-230300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 229 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN SHOULD DECREASE STEADILY OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...CRAIGMONT. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
566 WWUS76 KOTX 230231 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 631 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-230345- /O.CAN.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 631 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING ON THE PALOUSE...LEWISTON AREA...AND LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES. HOWEVER LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INCLUDING ALPOWA SUMMIT EAST OF POMEROY...AND SHIRROD HILL NORTH OF LEWISTON. $$ IDZ027-WAZ034-041-044-230345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 631 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035-036-230345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 631 PM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:40 AM PST | High Wind Warning | OTX | Benewah, Latah, Nez Perce | 38 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:00 PM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan | 22 hr |
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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.