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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Missoula, MT

December 10, 2014Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2014, 1:12 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 11, 2014, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2014, 1:12 PM PST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 11, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 11, 2014, 8:41 PM PST
In force
11 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 21:14 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, 9.2 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 2014-12-10Temperature 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 2014-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 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.

992 
WWUS75 KMSO 102112
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
212 PM MST WED DEC 10 2014

IDZ007-008-111200-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0027.141211T1800Z-141212T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
212 PM MST WED DEC 10 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT,
  PEAKING DURING MID DAY THURSDAY, AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
  THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH THE SALMON RIVER CORRIDOR AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE.
  HOWEVER, THE BENCHES ABOVE OROFINO COULD ALSO BECOME WINDY.

* WINDS: SALMON RIVER CORRIDOR THROUGH GRANGEVILLE: SOUTH-
  SOUTHEAST 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. GUSTS COULD APPROACH
  55 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF GRANGEVILLE.

  BENCHES ABOVE OROFINO: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY...GREER GRADE...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
013 
WWUS75 KMSO 111019
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
319 AM MST THU DEC 11 2014


IDZ007-008-121200-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0027.141211T1800Z-141212T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
319 AM MST THU DEC 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 AM PST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
PST FRIDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK MID DAY TODAY... AND WILL
  LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH THE SALMON RIVER CORRIDOR AND ON THE CAMAS
  PRAIRIE. HOWEVER... THE BENCHES ABOVE OROFINO COULD ALSO BECOME
  WINDY.

* WINDS: SALMON RIVER CORRIDOR THROUGH GRANGEVILLE: SOUTH- 
  SOUTHEAST 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. GUSTS COULD APPROACH 
  55 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF GRANGEVILLE. 

 BENCHES ABOVE OROFINO: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY...GREER GRADE...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.

&&

$$
313 
WWUS75 KMSO 120441
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
941 PM MST THU DEC 11 2014


IDZ007-008-120545-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-141212T1200Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
941 PM MST THU DEC 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE RIGGINS AND
GRANGEVILLE AREA.  

$$

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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.