Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Nov 24, 2015, 7:19 PM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2015, 7:19 PM PST (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2015, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WWUS76 KOTX 250319 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 719 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2015 ...WINDY TONIGHT OKANOGAN VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND MOSES LAKE AREA... .COLD AIR SPILLING DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PLACES LIKE OMAK, MANSFIELD, EPHRATA, AND MOSES LAKE. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS LOWERING TO BETWEEN 5 TO 15 DEGREES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WAZ034-043-044-251500- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.151125T0319Z-151125T2000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 719 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN THE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE AIRBORNE. WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS...LOWERING TO 5 TO 15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
482 WWUS76 KOTX 251357 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 557 AM PST WED NOV 25 2015 ...WINDY THIS MORNING FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND MOSES LAKE AREA... .COLD AIR SPILLING DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL PRODUCE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS FOR PLACES LIKE OMAK...MANSFIELD...EPHRATA...AND MOSES LAKE THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 PM. THE BITING NORTH WIND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5 TO 15 DEGREES. WAZ034-043-044-252000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-151125T2000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 557 AM PST WED NOV 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE GUSTIEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON TODAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE NORTH WIND THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...OMAK...TONASKET...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE * WIND CHILLS...5 TO 15 DEGREE WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR ON HIGHWAY 2 OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN VANTAGE AND MOSES LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
086 WWUS76 KOTX 251957 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service SPOKANE WA 1157 AM PST WED NOV 25 2015 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAD ENDED... WAZ034-043-044-252100- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-151125T2000Z/ Moses Lake Area-Okanogan Valley-Waterville Plateau- Including the cities of...Moses Lake...Ephrata...Othello... Quincy...Omak...Okanogan...Brewster...Bridgeport...Oroville... Nespelem...Waterville...Mansfield 1157 AM PST WED NOV 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THOUGH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH INTO EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...THE WIDESPREAD VERY GUSTY WIND THREAT HAS ENDED. HOWEVER... VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE MILES DUE TO ASH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR RECENT FIRE BURN SCARS DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. THE HIGHEST THREAT WILL BE IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...SOUTH INTO THE NORTH PART OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AS WELL AS ANY ISOLATED SPOTS NEAR BURN SCARS THAT RECEIVE GUSTY WINDS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2:26 PM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 8 days |
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.