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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2014, 5:56 AM PST for 4 counties in Idaho; 4 counties in Washington. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2014, 5:56 AM PST (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2014, 2:48 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
627 WWUS76 KOTX 131356 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 556 AM PST THU FEB 13 2014 IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-033-140000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.140213T1356Z-140214T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 556 AM PST THU FEB 13 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: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING AND SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. * 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 GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
763 WWUS76 KOTX 132248 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 248 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-033-140000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 248 PM PST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 12:38 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Shoshone | 48 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:48 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:48 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 21 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.