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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Spokane, WA

November 13, 20157 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 13, 2015, 6:51 AM PST for 7 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2015, 6:51 AM PST (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2015, 5:00 PM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2015-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 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.

295 
WWUS76 KOTX 131451
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
651 AM PST FRI NOV 13 2015

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY...

.VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY 
OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN.

IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-140100-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.151113T1451Z-151114T0100Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-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...
RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
651 AM PST FRI NOV 13 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WILL MAKE CONTROLLING
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND
  OVERPASSES. SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BREAK AND LEAD TO SCATTERED
  POWER OUTAGES. UNANCHORED OBJECTS MAY SHIFT.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
244 
WWUS76 KOTX 140054
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
454 PM PST FRI NOV 13 2015


IDZ002-003-WAZ033-035-036-140200-
/O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151114T0100Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-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...
RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
454 PM PST FRI NOV 13 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

WINDS ACROSS THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN
HAVE DIMINISHED. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AT 20 TO 30
MPH THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME LIGHTER OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 12:42 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXChelan24 hr

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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.