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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Missoula, MT

February 18, 2014Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2014-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2014-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 12:51 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho, Lemhi19 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Idaho, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014

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.