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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Pendleton, OR

September 27, 201311 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Sep 27, 2013, 1:56 PM PDT for 11 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Sep 28, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2013, 1:56 PM PDT (20:56 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2013, 6:36 PM PDT
In force
53 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Deschutes County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 344 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 12:46 PM PDTFlood WatchPDT64 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.