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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Missoula, MT

October 24, 2014Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Oct 24, 2014, 1:16 PM PDT for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Oct 25, 2014, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2014, 1:16 PM PDT (20:16 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2014, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2014, 2:18 AM PDT
In force
13 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 20:19 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, 8.3 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 2014-10-24Temperature 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 2014-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
97 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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.

841 
WWUS75 KMSO 242016
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
216 PM MDT FRI OCT 24 2014

IDZ007-261200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.141025T2000Z-141026T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KOOSKIA
216 PM MDT FRI OCT 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY. THOUGH WINDS WILL DECREASE BY SUNDAY MORNING...BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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
858 
WWUS75 KMSO 251331
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
731 AM MDT SAT OCT 25 2014


IDZ007-252315-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.141025T2000Z-141026T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KOOSKIA
731 AM MDT SAT OCT 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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.

&&

$$
877 
WWUS75 KMSO 251957
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
157 PM MDT SAT OCT 25 2014



IDZ007-261200-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.141025T2000Z-141026T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KOOSKIA
157 PM MDT SAT OCT 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS
  EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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.

&&

$$
261 
WWUS75 KMSO 260918
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
318 AM MDT SUN OCT 26 2014

IDZ007-261030-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-141026T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
318 AM MDT SUN OCT 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY NEAR GRANGEVILLE FOLLOWING AN
EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS. GUSTY WINDS
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGHOUT TODAY...HOWEVER NOT NEARLY AS
STRONG AS ON SATURDAY.

$$

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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.