Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 17, 2015, 8:24 PM PST for Asotin County, Garfield County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 18, 2015, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2015, 8:24 PM PST (04:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2015, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2015, 2:02 PM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235 WWUS76 KOTX 180424 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 824 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015 ...WINDY FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE LATE TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH. THEN BEHIND THE FRONT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY IMPACT NORTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY INCLUDING POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. WAZ032-181230- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.150118T0900Z-150118T2300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 824 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH FOR THE ALPOWA SUMMIT AND POMEROY AREAS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 12. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
790 WWUS76 KOTX 181323 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 523 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...WINDY TODAY AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES. SPOTS AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WAZ032-182300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T2300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 523 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
739 WWUS76 KOTX 181853 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1053 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...WINDY TODAY AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES. SPOTS AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WAZ032-182300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T2300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 1053 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 12. 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. && $$
959 WWUS76 KOTX 182202 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 202 PM PST SUN JAN 18 2015 WAZ032-182315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T2300Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 202 PM PST SUN JAN 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD WINDY CONDITIONS HAS ENDED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
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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.