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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 6, 2014, 3:00 AM PST for 9 counties in Washington; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Nov 6, 2014, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2014, 3:00 AM PST (11:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2014, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2014, 7:42 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
244 WWUS76 KOTX 061100 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 300 AM PST THU NOV 6 2014 ...VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAINS. IDZ001>003-WAZ033-035>037-062000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.141106T2000Z-141107T0400Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 300 AM PST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER NOON TODAY AND PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET BUT REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCAL STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON EXPOSED HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
569 WWUS76 KOTX 062212 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 212 PM PST THU NOV 6 2014 ...VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAINS. IDZ001>003-WAZ033-035>037-070400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-141107T0400Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 212 PM PST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET BUT REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCAL STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON EXPOSED HIGHWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
930 WWUS76 KOTX 070342 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 742 PM PST THU NOV 6 2014 IDZ001>003-WAZ033-035>037-070445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-141107T0400Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 742 PM PST THU NOV 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IS ENDING. WINDS WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY AND LOCALLY GUSTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT...WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. $$
Nearby
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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.