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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2014, 6:27 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 18, 2014, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2014, 6:27 AM PST (14:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2014, 3:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2014, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
719 WWUS75 KMSO 181427 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 727 AM MST TUE FEB 18 2014 IDZ007-008-190900- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.140218T2300Z-140219T0900Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 627 AM PST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND PEAK THIS EVENING. THEY WILL DECREASE QUICKLY AND BECOME WESTERLY AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
352 WWUS75 KMSO 190847 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 147 AM MST WED FEB 19 2014 IDZ007-008-191000- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140219T0900Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1247 AM PST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95... A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR PASSING SHOWERS. HOWEVER OVERALL WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:51 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho, Lemhi | 19 hr |
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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.