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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2015, 2:57 AM PST for Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho; 9 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 7, 2015, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2015, 2:57 AM PST (10:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2015, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2015, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
225 WWUS76 KOTX 071057 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 257 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... IDZ003-WAZ032>036-072300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.150207T1800Z-150208T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- 257 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRENGTHENING BEGINNING LATE MORNING...AND PEAKING LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
412 WWUS76 KOTX 071700 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 900 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN... BLUE MOUNTAINS...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... WAZ031-080300- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.150207T1800Z-150208T0300Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 900 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * TIMING...STRENGTHENING BEGINNING LATE MORNING...AND PEAKING LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS NEAR 30 MPH COUPLED WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO LOCALIZED TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ032>036-080300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.150207T1800Z-150208T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- 900 AM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRENGTHENING BEGINNING LATE MORNING...AND PEAKING LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS: ROUTES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND MOSES LAKE...US 395 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND OREGON BORDER...US 95/HIGHWAY 195 ACROSS THE PALOUSE...AND HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN LEWISTON AND DAYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
807 WWUS76 KOTX 080253 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 653 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 IDZ003-WAZ031>036-080400- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150208T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 653 PM PST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
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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.