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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 2, 2015, 3:28 PM PDT for Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Oct 2, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2015, 3:28 PM PDT (22:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 2089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406 WWUS76 KOTX 022228 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 328 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WINDY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL USHER IN WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...SPILLING SOUTHWARD ONTO THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND MOSES LAKE AREA. ON SATURDAY...INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE SPILLING INTO THE SPOKANE REGION AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. THESE WINDS WILL KICK UP AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS BELOW ONE MILE. WAZ034-030700- /O.NEW.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.151003T0300Z-151004T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- 328 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN A QUARTER MILE AND ONE MILE. SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WITH BLOWING DUST DO THE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES...STAY INDOORS. CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SET YOUR AIR SYSTEM TO RECIRCULATE. IF DRIVING...PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IF WORKING OUTSIDE...USE A DUST MASK N95 OR N100. COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A DAMP CLOTH. && $$ WAZ035-030700- /O.NEW.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.151003T1700Z-151004T0300Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 328 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN A QUARTER MILE AND ONE MILE. SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE ...HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL...AND HIGHWAY 2 FROM COULEE CITY TO CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WITH BLOWING DUST DO THE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES...STAY INDOORS. CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SET YOUR AIR SYSTEM TO RECIRCULATE. IF DRIVING...PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IF WORKING OUTSIDE...USE A DUST MASK N95 OR N100. COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A DAMP CLOTH. && $$ WAZ043-044-030700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.151003T0300Z-151004T0300Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 328 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WHILE IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO SATURDAY THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-030700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.151003T1700Z-151004T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 328 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
350 WWUS76 KOTX 030503 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1003 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WINDY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL USHER IN WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND WILL SPILL SOUTHWARD ONTO THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND MOSES LAKE AREA. ON SATURDAY...INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE SPILLING INTO THE SPOKANE REGION AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. THESE WINDS WILL KICK UP AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS BELOW ONE MILE. WAZ035-031315- /O.CON.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.151003T1700Z-151004T0300Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 1003 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN A QUARTER MILE AND ONE MILE. SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE ...HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL...AND HIGHWAY 2 FROM COULEE CITY TO CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WITH BLOWING DUST DO THE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES...STAY INDOORS. CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SET YOUR AIR SYSTEM TO RECIRCULATE. IF DRIVING...PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IF WORKING OUTSIDE...USE A DUST MASK N95 OR N100. COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A DAMP CLOTH. && $$ WAZ034-031315- /O.CON.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- 1003 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN A QUARTER MILE AND ONE MILE. SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WITH BLOWING DUST DO THE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES...STAY INDOORS. CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SET YOUR AIR SYSTEM TO RECIRCULATE. IF DRIVING...PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IF WORKING OUTSIDE...USE A DUST MASK N95 OR N100. COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A DAMP CLOTH. && $$ WAZ043-044-031315- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1003 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WHILE IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO SATURDAY THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-031315- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.151003T1700Z-151004T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 1003 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
115 WWUS76 KOTX 031142 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 442 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WINDY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TODAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND MOSES LAKE AREA. WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE SPILLING INTO THE SPOKANE REGION AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE REGION SHOULD REDUCE THE THREAT FOR BLOWING DUST THIS MORNING. DRYING THIS AFTERNOON WILL RENEW THE THREAT FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS BELOW ONE MILE. WAZ035-032130- /O.CON.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.151003T1700Z-151004T0300Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 442 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. LIGHT SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL DELAY THE RISK FOR BLOWING DUST UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN A QUARTER MILE AND ONE MILE. SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE ...HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL...AND HIGHWAY 2 FROM COULEE CITY TO CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WITH BLOWING DUST DO THE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES...STAY INDOORS. CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SET YOUR AIR SYSTEM TO RECIRCULATE. IF DRIVING...PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IF WORKING OUTSIDE...USE A DUST MASK N95 OR N100. COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A DAMP CLOTH. && $$ WAZ034-032130- /O.CON.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- 442 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SHOWERS WILL REDUCE THE RISK FOR BLOWING DUST THIS MORNING...HOWEVER AFTERNOON DRYING WILL BRING AN INCREASING RISK FOR BLOWING DUST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN A QUARTER MILE AND ONE MILE. SUDDEN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WITH BLOWING DUST DO THE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES...STAY INDOORS. CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND SET YOUR AIR SYSTEM TO RECIRCULATE. IF DRIVING...PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IF WORKING OUTSIDE...USE A DUST MASK N95 OR N100. COVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A DAMP CLOTH. && $$ WAZ043-044-032130- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 442 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING BUT WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-032130- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.151003T1700Z-151004T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 442 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND PEAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
317 WWUS76 KOTX 032121 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 221 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WINDY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TODAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING DOWN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AS WELL AS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THESE WINDS WILL KICK UP AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AROUND OMAK. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WINDS ARE NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER THOUGHT. HOWEVER BREEZY WINDS MAY STILL PICK UP PATCHY BLOWING DUST AROUND EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE. WAZ034-035-032230- /O.CAN.KOTX.DU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 221 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NOT AS STRONG AS EXPECTED AROUND THE MOSES LAKE AREA AND COLUMBIA BASIN. THUS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER BREEZY WINDS MAY STILL PICK UP PATCHY BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 3 TO 6 MILES. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-032230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 221 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NOT AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ WAZ043-044-040300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 221 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...MINOR TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE 2015 BURN SCAR AREAS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED REDUCING VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE MILE. 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. && $$
908 WWUS76 KOTX 040244 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 744 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 WAZ043-044-040345- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151004T0300Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 744 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:28 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 23 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.