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Wind Advisory 45, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2012, 3:52 AM PST for Union County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 21, 2012, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 3:52 AM PST (11:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 31 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 11:56 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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 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
- 2235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 615 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
373 WWUS76 KPDT 211152 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 352 AM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY TODAY INTO SATURDAY... ORZ049-212000- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0045.121221T1400Z-121222T2100Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 352 AM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND REMAIN STRONG TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 84. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
581 WWUS76 KPDT 212053 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1253 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY TODAY INTO SATURDAY... ORZ049-220500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T2100Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 1253 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN STRONG TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE IN THE LATTER PART OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 237. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
264 WWUS76 KPDT 220419 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 819 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY... ORZ049-221400- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T2100Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 819 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY AT THE SOUTH END OF THE VALLEY. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... THOUGH THEY MAY SUBSIDE AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 237. 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. && $$
255 WWUS76 KPDT 221334 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 534 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY... ORZ049-222100- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T2100Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 534 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS DIMINISHED SOME OVERNIGHT HOWEVER ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 237. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
909 WWUS76 KPDT 222051 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1251 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ORZ049-222200- /O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T2100Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 1251 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW LOCALIZED SPOTS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 4:51 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Deschutes, Jefferson, Wasco | 29 hr |
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.