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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jun 7, 2013, 9:30 AM PDT for Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington. It took effect at Jun 7, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2013, 9:30 AM PDT (16:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2013, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 2841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
487 WWUS76 KOTX 071630 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 930 AM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CASCADES THIS MORNING AND PUSH ACROSS THE THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A MOUNTAIN WAVE WILL SET UP ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE CASCADES AND RESULT IN LOCALIZED STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE LOWER EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...EAST WENATCHEE AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. WAZ041-044-080030- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.130607T1800Z-130608T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 930 AM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. IN ADDITION BLOWING DUST WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
885 WWUS76 KOTX 080014 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 514 PM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA AND UP ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. WAZ041-044-080400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130608T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 514 PM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO DISSIPATE LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. IN ADDITION BLOWING DUST WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
641 WWUS76 KOTX 080353 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 853 PM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013 WAZ041-044-080500- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130608T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 853 PM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE DECREASING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRED AT 9 PM. $$
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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.