Alert archive / Montana / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 20, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Oct 10, 2014, 9:43 AM MDT for 9 counties in Montana. It took effect at Oct 11, 2014, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2014, 9:43 AM MDT (15:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2014, 8:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2014, 7:32 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881 WWUS75 KMSO 101543 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 943 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2014 MTZ003-005-110600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.141011T1400Z-141012T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 943 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COLD FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE EARLY IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY IN THE MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME STRONGER GUSTS. THOSE WITH RECREATION PLANS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ROUGH WAVE CONDITIONS. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ007-043-110600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.141011T1400Z-141012T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 943 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COLD FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE EARLY IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO ANACONDA SATURDAY MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO HIGHER GUSTS. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...ANACONDA...DEER LODGE... GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
853 WWUS75 KMSO 110350 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 950 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2014 MTZ003-005-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.141011T1400Z-141012T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 950 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COLD FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE EARLY IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY IN THE MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME STRONGER GUSTS. THOSE WITH RECREATION PLANS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ROUGH WAVE CONDITIONS. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ007-043-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.141011T1400Z-141012T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 950 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COLD FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE EARLY IN THE DAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON JUNCTION TO ANACONDA SATURDAY MORNING WHICH COULD LEAD TO HIGHER GUSTS. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
574 WWUS75 KMSO 120132 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 732 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2014 MTZ003-005-007-043-120245- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141012T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 732 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS HAVE NOW ENDED. SOME PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE REMAINING SHOWERS TONIGHT...HOWEVER THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA $$
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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.