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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Missoula, MT

March 8, 2014Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2014, 8:27 AM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 8, 2014, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2014, 8:27 AM PST (16:27 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 9, 2014, 9:46 AM PDT
In force
17 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 16:31 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, 4.5 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 2014-03-08Temperature 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 2014-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 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.

879 
WWUS75 KMSO 081627
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
927 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014


IDZ007-008-091200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.140309T0000Z-140309T1800Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
827 AM PST SAT MAR 8 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY 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 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY...THEN
  PEAKING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
  BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
754 
WWUS75 KMSO 091133
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
533 AM MDT SUN MAR 9 2014

IDZ007-008-091800-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140309T1800Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
433 AM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND HIGHWAY
95 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING.
  WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS
  MORNING. 

* 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.

&&

$$
961 
WWUS75 KMSO 091646
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1046 AM MDT SUN MAR 9 2014


IDZ007-008-091800-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140309T1800Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
946 AM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 8:19 AM PSTFlood WatchMSOClearwater, Idaho59 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.