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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Missoula, MT

January 29, 2014Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2014, 12:49 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2014, 12:49 PM PST (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2014, 6:12 PM PST
In force
5 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 20:48 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, 8.8 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 2014-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 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.

031 
WWUS75 KMSO 292049
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
149 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014


IDZ007-300500-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.140129T2049Z-140130T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
1249 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE GRANGEVILLE AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS
  WILL BE DECREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

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

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
897 
WWUS75 KMSO 292055
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
155 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014

IDZ007-300600-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140130T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
1255 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE GRANGEVILLE AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
  THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 
  WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 
  MPH.

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

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.

&&

$$
958 
WWUS75 KMSO 300212
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
712 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014


IDZ007-300315-
/O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140130T0600Z/
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-
612 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

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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.