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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2015, 2:35 PM PST for Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho; Douglas County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 27, 2015, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2015, 2:35 PM PST (22:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2015, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2015, 5:27 AM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Douglas County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413 WWUS76 KOTX 272235 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 235 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .DRY AND COLD CANADIAN AIR WILL FILTER THROUGH THE NORTH TO SOUTH VALLEYS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO COEUR D'ALENE. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY RAW ON SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ043-280745- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.150228T0000Z-150228T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- 235 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PEAK LATE TONIGHT AND SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS TREE BRANCHES BREAK INTO POWER LINES. UNACHORED HIGH SURFACE AREA OBJECTS MAY BE SHIFTED OR TOPPLED. IN ADDITION WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL APPROACH SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-280745- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.150228T0000Z-150228T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 235 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE PURCELL TRENCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE PURCELL TRENCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND PEAK LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS TREE BRANCHES BREAK INTO POWER LINES. UNACHORED HIGH SURFACE AREA OBJECTS MAY BE SHIFTED OR TOPPLED. IN ADDITION WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
399 WWUS76 KOTX 280553 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 953 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .DRY AND COLD CANADIAN AIR WILL FILTER THROUGH THE NORTH TO SOUTH VALLEYS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO COEUR D'ALENE. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY RAW ON SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ043-281400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150228T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- 953 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PEAK OVERNIGHT AND SLOWLY DECREASE MID SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS TREE BRANCHES BREAK INTO POWER LINES. UNACHORED HIGH SURFACE AREA OBJECTS MAY BE SHIFTED OR TOPPLED. IN ADDITION WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL APPROACH SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-281400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150228T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 953 PM PST FRI FEB 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE PURCELL TRENCH... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PEAK BY EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS TREE BRANCHES BREAK INTO POWER LINES. UNACHORED HIGH SURFACE AREA OBJECTS MAY BE SHIFTED OR TOPPLED. IN ADDITION WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
387 WWUS76 KOTX 281327 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 527 AM PST SAT FEB 28 2015 IDZ001-002-WAZ043-281430- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150228T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 527 AM PST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$
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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.