Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2013, 12:17 PM PDT for 9 counties in Washington. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2013, 12:17 PM PDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2013, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 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 19:18 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 12:00Z, 7.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084 WWUS76 KOTX 071917 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1217 PM PDT SUN APR 7 2013 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THE REST OF TODAY... WAZ032-033-035-080200- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.130407T1917Z-130408T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...ODESSA 1217 PM PDT SUN APR 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND PERHAPS LINGER IN THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * IMPACTS: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. HIGH PROFILE OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR THIS SCENARIO WILL BE ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SPRAGUE AND MOSES LAKE...AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 195 BETWEEN PULLMAN AND SPOKANE. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
648 WWUS76 KOTX 080148 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 648 PM PDT SUN APR 7 2013 WAZ032-033-035-080300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130408T0200Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...ODESSA 648 PM PDT SUN APR 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. SOME EXPOSED LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:40 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 11 hr |
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.