Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2012, 10:50 AM PDT for Union County, Oregon. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2012, 10:50 AM PDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
County Union County, OR
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 2346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WWUS76 KPDT 031750 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1050 AM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ORZ049-032200- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.120403T1750Z-120403T2200Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 1050 AM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL CAUSE WINDS TO DECREASE AND CHANGE TO A WESTERLY DIRECTION BY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
1 follow-up statement
072 WWUS76 KPDT 032158 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 258 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...DECREASING WINDS ACROSS THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... ORZ049-032300- /O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120403T2200Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 258 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL DECREASE AFTER A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH THE AREA BY EVENING AND WILL SHIFT THE WIND TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN SPEEDS WILL DECREASE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:59 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PDT | Deschutes | 4 days |
Nearby
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.