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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2015, 10:02 PM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2015, 10:02 PM PDT (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2015, 1:08 PM PDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Gilliam County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
636 WWUS76 KPDT 280502 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1002 PM PDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ...WINDY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT BRINGING INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS. ORZ044-507-508-WAZ028-029-281400- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.150328T0502Z-150328T2100Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...CONNELL... PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 1002 PM PDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT REACHING PEAK SPEEDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE WIND SPEEDS CAN TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
2 follow-up statements
232 WWUS76 KPDT 281241 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 541 AM PDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...WINDY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING BRINGING STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. ORZ044-507-508-WAZ028-029-282100- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150328T2100Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...CONNELL... PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 541 AM PDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN WILL DECREASE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE WIND SPEEDS CAN TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
379 WWUS76 KPDT 282008 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 108 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ORZ044-507-508-WAZ028-029-282115- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150328T2100Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...CONNELL... PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 108 PM PDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. $$
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.