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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2013, 3:33 AM PST for 4 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 25, 2013, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2013, 3:33 AM PST (11:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2013, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2013, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314 WWUS76 KOTX 251133 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 333 AM PST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE AND SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-252045- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.130225T1500Z-130226T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 333 AM PST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 7 AM THIS MORNING AND PEAK IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT AND MAY CAUSE UN ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS TO SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
074 WWUS76 KOTX 252025 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1225 PM PST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE AND SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-260300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1225 PM PST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND PEAK IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT AND MAY CAUSE UN-ANCHORED HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS TO SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
619 WWUS76 KOTX 260239 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 639 PM PST MON FEB 25 2013 IDZ003-WAZ032-033-260345- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130226T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... POMEROY...PULLMAN...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 639 PM PST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... WIND AND WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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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.