Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 1:07 PM PDT for 6 counties in Washington; Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at May 25, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 1:07 PM PDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 3:25 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Kootenai County, ID, Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705 WWUS76 KOTX 242007 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 107 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. WEEKEND TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. IDZ001-WAZ037-250415- /O.NEW.KOTX.HW.W.0002.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 107 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THOUGH WARNING THRESHOLDS GUSTS (55 TO 60 MPH) WILL BE LOCALIZED...PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE PRODUCED POCKETS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FELLED TREES. THIS OCCURRED AT THE INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND NEAR THE SHORES OF PRIEST LAKE RECENTLY. ALSO...DEER LAKE IN SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED DOCK AND BOAT DAMAGE IN SIMILAR PATTERNS FROM LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS. IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS LOCALED HEAVY DAMAGE MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIEST LAKE AND DEER LAKE. MOST OF THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER WILL NOT SEE THESE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE NORTH HALF OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY WILL LIKELY NOT EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. THOUGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THIS DEFINITION OF A WARNING...THE RECENT RAINS HAVE SOFTENED THE SOIL AND WILL PUT LARGE TREES UNDER AN ENHANCED TOPPLING THREAT. PERSONS WITH BOATS ON DOCKS MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE PROPERTY...AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-250415- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 107 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE VERY GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM THE WASHINGTON BORDER TO COEUR D'ALENE...THEN NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95 TOWARD SANDPOINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
261 WWUS76 KOTX 242017 CCA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 115 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. WEEKEND TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. IDZ001-WAZ037-250430- /O.COR.KOTX.HW.W.0002.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 115 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THOUGH WARNING THRESHOLDS GUSTS (55 TO 60 MPH) WILL BE LOCALIZED...PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE PRODUCED POCKETS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FELLED TREES. THIS OCCURRED AT THE INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND NEAR THE SHORES OF PRIEST LAKE RECENTLY. ALSO...DEER LAKE IN SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED DOCK AND BOAT DAMAGE IN SIMILAR PATTERNS FROM LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS. IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS LOCALIZED HEAVY DAMAGE MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIEST LAKE AND DEER LAKE. MOST OF THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER WILL NOT SEE THESE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE NORTH HALF OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY WILL LIKELY NOT EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. THOUGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THIS DEFINITION OF A WARNING...THE RECENT RAINS HAVE SOFTENED THE SOIL AND WILL PUT LARGE TREES UNDER AN ENHANCED TOPPLING THREAT. PERSONS WITH BOATS ON DOCKS MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE PROPERTY...AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-250430- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 115 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE VERY GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM THE WASHINGTON BORDER TO COEUR D'ALENE...THEN NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95 TOWARD SANDPOINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
502 WWUS76 KOTX 250340 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 840 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. WEEKEND TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. IDZ001-WAZ037-251545- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0002.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 840 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THOUGH WARNING THRESHOLDS GUSTS (55 TO 60 MPH) WILL BE LOCALIZED...PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE PRODUCED POCKETS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FELLED TREES. THIS OCCURRED AT THE INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND NEAR THE SHORES OF PRIEST LAKE RECENTLY. ALSO...DEER LAKE IN SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED DOCK AND BOAT DAMAGE IN SIMILAR PATTERNS FROM LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS. IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS LOCALIZED HEAVY DAMAGE MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIEST LAKE AND DEER LAKE. MOST OF THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER WILL NOT SEE THESE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE NORTH HALF OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY WILL LIKELY NOT EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. THOUGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THIS DEFINITION OF A WARNING...THE RECENT RAINS HAVE SOFTENED THE SOIL AND WILL PUT LARGE TREES UNDER AN ENHANCED TOPPLING THREAT. PERSONS WITH BOATS ON DOCKS MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE PROPERTY...AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-251545- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 840 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE VERY GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM THE WASHINGTON BORDER TO COEUR D'ALENE...THEN NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95 TOWARD SANDPOINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
917 WWUS76 KOTX 251000 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 300 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. WEEKEND TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. IDZ001-WAZ037-251800- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0002.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 300 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THOUGH WARNING THRESHOLDS GUSTS (55 TO 60 MPH) WILL BE LOCALIZED...PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE PRODUCED POCKETS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FELLED TREES. THIS OCCURRED AT THE INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND NEAR THE SHORES OF PRIEST LAKE RECENTLY. ALSO...DEER LAKE IN SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED DOCK AND BOAT DAMAGE IN SIMILAR PATTERNS FROM LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS. IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS LOCALIZED HEAVY DAMAGE MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIEST LAKE AND DEER LAKE. MOST OF THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER WILL NOT SEE THESE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE NORTH HALF OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY WILL LIKELY NOT EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. THOUGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THIS DEFINITION OF A WARNING...THE RECENT RAINS HAVE SOFTENED THE SOIL AND WILL PUT LARGE TREES UNDER AN ENHANCED TOPPLING THREAT. PERSONS WITH BOATS ON DOCKS MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE PROPERTY...AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034>036-251800- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.120525T1500Z-120526T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 300 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 WEST FROM SPOKANE...THROUGH RITZVILLE AND TO MOSES LAKE...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2 FROM AIRWAYS HEIGHTS...THROUGH WILBUR TO COULEE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$ IDZ002-251800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.120525T1200Z-120526T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 300 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE VERY GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM THE WASHINGTON BORDER TO COEUR D'ALENE...THEN NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95 TOWARD SANDPOINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. && $$
230 WWUS76 KOTX 251559 AAB NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 859 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. WEEKEND TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. IDZ001-WAZ037-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT 859 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THOUGH WARNING THRESHOLDS GUSTS (55 TO 60 MPH) WILL BE LOCALIZED...PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE PRODUCED POCKETS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FELLED TREES. THIS OCCURRED AT THE INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND NEAR THE SHORES OF PRIEST LAKE RECENTLY. ALSO...DEER LAKE IN SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED DOCK AND BOAT DAMAGE IN SIMILAR PATTERNS FROM LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS. IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS LOCALIZED HEAVY DAMAGE MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIEST LAKE AND DEER LAKE. MOST OF THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER WILL NOT SEE THESE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE NORTH HALF OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY WILL LIKELY NOT EXPERIENCE THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. THOUGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THIS DEFINITION OF A WARNING...THE RECENT RAINS HAVE SOFTENED THE SOIL AND WILL PUT LARGE TREES UNDER AN ENHANCED TOPPLING THREAT. PERSONS WITH BOATS ON DOCKS MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE PROPERTY...AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120526T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 859 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE VERY GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM THE WASHINGTON BORDER TO COEUR D'ALENE...THEN NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95 TOWARD SANDPOINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. && $$ WAZ034>036-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120526T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 859 AM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS AND WEEKEND CAMPERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF SPOKANE FROM RITZVILLE AND TO MOSES LAKE...AND WEST ALONG ALONG HIGHWAY 2 FROM DAVENPORT TO WILBUR AND COULEE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WEEKEND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$
302 WWUS76 KOTX 252225 AAB NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 325 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY OVERNIGHT FOR THE PRIEST LAKE AREA OF NORTH IDAHO... .NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO A SMALL REGION AROUND PRIEST LAKE WHERE IN THE PAST A LARGE NUMBER OF TREES WERE TOPPLED NEAR CAMP GROUNDS DURING A SIMILAR WEATHER PATTERN CURRENTLY ONGOING. WEEKEND TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. WAZ037-252330- /O.CAN.KOTX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT 325 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. EXPECT WINDS TO DECREASE STEADILY OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS NO LONGER LIKELY. HOWEVER...NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF PEND OREILLE...STEVENS AND NORTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY. $$ IDZ002-252330- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120526T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 325 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT WINDS TO DECREASE STEADILY OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD VERY WINDY CONDITIONS NO LONGER LIKELY. HOWEVER...POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER INCREASE TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT. $$ WAZ034>036-252330- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120526T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 325 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT WINDS TO DECREASE STEADILY OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD VERY WINDY CONDITIONS NO LONGER LIKELY. HOWEVER...POCKETS OF NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER INCREASE TO 35 MPH SATURDAY. GUSTS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ANY COLUMBIA BASIN GRASS OR BRUSH FIRES. $$ IDZ001-260630- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120526T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PRIEST RIVER 325 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS: NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT GRADUALLY TAPER OFF. ANOTHER SURGE OF GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS: THOUGH WARNING THRESHOLDS GUSTS (55 TO 60 MPH) WILL BE LOCALIZED...PREVIOUS SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE PRODUCED POCKETS OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FELLED TREES. THIS OCCURRED AT THE INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND NEAR THE SHORES OF PRIEST LAKE RECENTLY. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS TYPICALLY OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. THOUGH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ARE NOT EXPECTED...THE RECENT RAINS HAVE SOFTENED THE SOIL AND WILL PUT LARGE TREES UNDER AN ENHANCED TOPPLING THREAT. PERSONS WITH BOATS ON DOCKS MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE PROPERTY...AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:07 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 31 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.