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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Missoula, MT

March 4, 2014Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2014, 9:34 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 5, 2014, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2014, 9:34 AM PST (17:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2014, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Mar 5, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
In force
12 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 17:40 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, 5.6 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 2014-03-04Temperature 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 2014-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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.

097 
WWUS75 KMSO 041734
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1034 AM MST TUE MAR 4 2014

IDZ007-008-051200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.140305T1200Z-140305T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
934 AM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM 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 4 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...
  BECOMING QUITE STRONG EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK
  AROUND MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASE ONCE AGAIN BY EARLY
  AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
695 
WWUS75 KMSO 051017
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
317 AM MST WED MAR 5 2014

IDZ007-008-052100-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.140305T1200Z-140305T2100Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
217 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY
95 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAKING
  AROUND MID DAY...AND THEN DECREASE ONCE AGAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
  HOWEVER...EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
  THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 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.

&&

$$
668 
WWUS75 KMSO 052045
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
145 PM MST WED MAR 5 2014

IDZ007-008-060000-
/O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
1245 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY
95 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...EXPECT WINDS
  TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 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.

&&

$$
580 
WWUS75 KMSO 052343
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
443 PM MST WED MAR 5 2014


IDZ007-008-060045-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T0000Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
343 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY
95 WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 


* 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
Mar 4, 9:34 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOClearwater72 hr
Mar 4, 1:08 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOIdaho, Lemhi69 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.