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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2014, 8:19 AM PST for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho; 5 counties in Washington. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2014, 8:19 AM PST (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2014, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 609 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WWUS76 KOTX 121619 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 819 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG NEARBY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PROMOTE VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN TODAY. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-036-130000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.140212T1619Z-140213T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 819 AM PST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS BRANCHES GET BLOWN INTO POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE UNANCHORED OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE . * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
230 WWUS76 KOTX 122233 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 233 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014 IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-122345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140213T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 233 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...BUT WINDS WILL NOT BE UNUSUALLY STRONG. $$ WAZ032-130300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140213T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 233 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ALPOWA SUMMIT TO POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS BRANCHES GET BLOWN INTO POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE UNANCHORED OBJECTS MAY SHIFT OR BECOME AIRBORNE . * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
908 WWUS76 KOTX 130246 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 646 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT... WAZ032-130400- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140213T0300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POMEROY 646 PM PST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS HOWEVER WIND GUSTS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AROUND 30 MPH OR LESS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
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.