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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Spokane, WA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 12:42 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan | 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.