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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jun 9, 2012, 3:40 AM PDT for Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2012, 3:40 AM PDT (10:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WWUS76 KOTX 091040 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 340 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WINDY TODAY IN THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BR POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON AND LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WAZ041-044-091900- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.120609T1900Z-120610T0300Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 340 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN CHELAN AND WENATCHEE OR HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND WENATCHEE SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
825 WWUS76 KOTX 091828 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1128 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WINDY IN THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON AND LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA. WAZ041-044-100300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.120609T1900Z-120610T0300Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1128 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN CHELAN AND WENATCHEE OR HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND WENATCHEE SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
854 WWUS76 KOTX 100254 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 754 PM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 WAZ041-044-100400- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 754 PM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AT 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING BUT WILL DIMINISH FURTHER OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:49 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 5 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.