Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2012, 3:37 AM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Apr 1, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2012, 3:37 AM PDT (10:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2012, 2:49 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 WWUS76 KOTX 011037 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 337 AM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...WINDY TODAY IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON...THE COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE PALOUSE... .SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND THE PALOUSE. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER MONTANA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER OREGON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. IDZ003-WAZ032>035-041-044-012000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0007.120401T1500Z-120402T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...ODESSA...WENATCHEE...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE 337 AM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALOUSE AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 11 AM. THE STRONGEST WINDS TODAY WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. * LOCATIONS: PULLMAN...MOSCOW...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... RITZVILLE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...WATERVILLE...AND WENATCHEE. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO DRIVE ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SPRAGUE AND ELLENSBURG SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON HIGHWAY 195 AROUND PULLMAN AND ON HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND THE TRI-CITES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
557 WWUS76 KOTX 011953 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1253 PM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 WAZ041-044-012100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120402T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE 1253 PM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032>035-020000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120402T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE... ODESSA 1253 PM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NOON AND 3 PM AND THEN DIMINISH. * LOCATIONS: PULLMAN...MOSCOW...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... RITZVILLE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...WATERVILLE...AND WENATCHEE. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO DRIVE ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SPRAGUE AND ELLENSBURG SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. GUSTY CROSS WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON HIGHWAY 195 ON THE PALOUSE AND ON HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND THE TRI-CITES. 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. && $$
716 WWUS76 KOTX 012149 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 249 PM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 IDZ003-WAZ032>035-012300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120402T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE... ODESSA 249 PM PDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THESE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY IMPACTS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS SOME POSSIBLE LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN VANTAGE AND RITZVILLE. WINDS SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$
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.