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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 27, 2014, 2:50 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington; 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Nov 28, 2014, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2014, 2:50 PM PST (22:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2014, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164 WWUS76 KOTX 272250 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 250 PM PST THU NOV 27 2014 ...STRONG WINDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WEST PLAINS...PALOUSE...AND NEAR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-280700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141128T2100Z-141129T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 250 PM PST THU NOV 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCAL STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
758 WWUS76 KOTX 280439 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 839 PM PST THU NOV 27 2014 ...STRONG WINDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WEST PLAINS...PALOUSE... AND NEAR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-281500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141128T2100Z-141129T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 839 PM PST THU NOV 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCAL STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
762 WWUS76 KOTX 281421 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 621 AM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WEST PLAINS...PALOUSE... AND NEAR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-282230- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141128T2100Z-141129T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 621 AM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. 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. && $$
207 WWUS76 KOTX 281939 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1139 AM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... IDZ026-290645- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141128T2100Z-141129T0800Z/ LEWISTON AREA- 1139 AM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-035-036-290645- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141128T2100Z-141129T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 1139 AM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. 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. && $$
961 WWUS76 KOTX 282237 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 237 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY... A PAIR OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL PROMOTE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN STRONG GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WAZ043-044-290845- /O.EXB.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141129T0800Z-141130T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 237 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND BECOME STRONG OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL WITH THIS COLD FRONT AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE DANGEROUSLY LOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-035-036-290800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141129T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 237 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. 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. && $$
964 WWUS76 KOTX 290333 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 733 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY... .A PAIR OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL PROMOTE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN STRONG GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IDZ002-290800- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141129T0800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 733 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ043-044-291200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.141129T0333Z-141130T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 733 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THE OKANOGAN VALLEY NOW THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL SEE WINDS BEGIN THIS EVENING AND BECOME STRONG OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL WITH THIS COLD FRONT AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE DANGEROUSLY LOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-035-036-290800- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141129T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 733 PM PST FRI NOV 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING 195 AND 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
905 WWUS76 KOTX 290809 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1209 AM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...STRONG WINDS SATURDAY... .A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. THE COLD AIR IS ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE DIMINISHED WHILE NORTHERLY WINDS DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032-033-035-036-290915- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141129T0800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 1209 AM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS PEAKED EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION AND ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BUT THE WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEFORE TURNING NORTHWESTERLY BY MORNING. $$ WAZ043-044-292000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141130T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1209 AM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THE OKANOGAN VALLEY NOW THROUGH SATURDAY...GRADUALLY INCREASING OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL WITH THIS COLD FRONT AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE DANGEROUSLY LOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
243 WWUS76 KOTX 291531 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 731 AM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... .A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST LAST NIGHT. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE DIMINISHED WHILE NORTHERLY WINDS DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WAZ043-044-292345- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141130T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 731 AM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...NOW. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL RESULT IN LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
328 WWUS76 KOTX 292225 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 225 PM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... WAZ043-044-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141130T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 225 PM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...NOW. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND MOVE UNANCHORED OBJECTS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL RESULT IN LOW WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
934 WWUS76 KOTX 300559 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 959 PM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 WAZ043-044-300700- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-141130T0600Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 959 PM PST SAT NOV 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
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.