Alert archive / Oregon / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2013, 6:29 AM PDT for Union County, Oregon. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2013, 6:29 AM PDT (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2013, 11:37 AM PDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
County Union County, OR
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980 WWUS76 KPDT 021329 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 629 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...VERY WINDY TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL CAUSE PRESSURE GRADIENTS TO TIGHTEN AND WINDS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. ORZ049-021900- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.131102T1329Z-131102T1900Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- 629 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY FOR LADD AND PYLES CANYONS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR LADD AND PYLES CANYONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING... THEN DECREASE AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS DIFFICULT. MINOR PROPERTY AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-042-044-507-508-WAZ024-026>029-521-022200- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0020.131102T1900Z-131103T0600Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...DUFUR... MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND...BOARDMAN... HERMISTON...IONE...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON... FOSSIL...WHITE SALMON...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON... WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 629 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS DIFFICULT. MINOR PROPERTY AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
1 follow-up statement
440 WWUS76 KPDT 021837 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1137 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...VERY WINDY TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. THIS FRONT WILL CAUSE SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE CREATING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ORZ049-021945- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131102T1900Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- 1137 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY HAVE DIMINISHED. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA HAS SWITCHED THE WINDS TO SOUTHWEST. $$ ORZ041-042-044-507-508-WAZ024-026>029-521-030300- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0020.131102T1900Z-131103T0600Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...DUFUR... MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND...BOARDMAN... HERMISTON...IONE...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON... FOSSIL...WHITE SALMON...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON... WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 1137 AM PDT SAT NOV 2 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL ON AREA HIGHWAYS DIFFICULT. MINOR PROPERTY AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
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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.