Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this high wind warning at Sep 29, 2013, 7:48 PM PDT for 9 counties in Washington. It took effect at Sep 29, 2013, 10:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2013, 7:48 PM PDT (02:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2013, 10:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2013, 3:36 AM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Asotin 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059 WWUS76 KOTX 300248 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 748 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SEND A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT BRINGING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE REGION. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS... PALOUSE...AND CAMAS PRAIRIE. WAZ032-033-036-301100- /O.NEW.KOTX.HW.W.0002.130930T0500Z-130930T1100Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.130930T0248Z-131001T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 748 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE FRONT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY WINDY OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS OF 55 MPH MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 400 AM. WINDS WILL REMAIN WINDY AFTER 400 AM...BUT WILL REDUCE TO WITHIN ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM SPRAGUE TO LIBERTY LAKE ...STATE ROUTE 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN...AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 12 OVER ALPOWA SUMMIT. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WAZ035-301100- /O.NEW.KOTX.HW.W.0002.130930T0500Z-130930T1100Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131001T0200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 748 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE FRONT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY WINDY OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS OF 55 MPH MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 1100 PM AND 100 AM. WINDS WILL REMAIN WINDY AFTER 400 AM...BUT WILL REDUCE TO WITHIN ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND STATE ROUTE 2 ACROSS THE BASIN. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-301100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.130930T0248Z-131001T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 748 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY WINDY OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 400 AM. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ WAZ034-043-044-301100- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130930T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 748 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 900 PM AND 100 AM. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING THIS PEAK PERIOD. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND MOSES LAKE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ037-038-301100- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.130930T0300Z-130930T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA 748 PM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN FERRY... STEVENS...AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
819 WWUS76 KOTX 301036 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 336 AM PDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...WINDY TODAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AREA...AND PALOUSE. WAZ032-033-035-036-301845- /O.CAN.KOTX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130930T1100Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131001T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 336 AM PDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM SPRAGUE TO LIBERTY LAKE STATE ...ROUTE 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN... AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 12 OVER ALPOWA SUMMIT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ034-037-038-043-044-301145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130930T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 336 AM PDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY BUT AT SPEEDS BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND MOSES LAKE AREA. $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-301845- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131001T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 336 AM PDT MON SEP 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS LIKE LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS MAY BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.