Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Aug 5, 2015, 8:24 AM PDT for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Aug 5, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2015, 8:24 AM PDT (15:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 5, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2015, 10:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Kittitas County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 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
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
079 WWUS76 KPDT 051524 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 824 AM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WINDY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING... .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY REACHING THERE PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. WAZ026-060600- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.150805T2100Z-150806T0600Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 824 AM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82 IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND MANASTASH RIDGE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG CROSS WINDS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO SUDDENLY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
785 WWUS76 KPDT 051527 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 827 AM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WINDY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING... .WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY REACHING THEIR PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. WAZ026-060600- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.150805T2100Z-150806T0600Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 827 AM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82 IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND MANASTASH RIDGE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG CROSS WINDS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO SUDDENLY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
305 WWUS76 KPDT 052142 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 242 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WINDY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. WAZ026-060600- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-150806T0600Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 242 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TO AROUND 8 PM AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82 IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND MANASTASH RIDGE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG CROSS WINDS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO SUDDENLY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
647 WWUS76 KPDT 060505 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1005 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 WAZ026-060615- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-150806T0600Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- 1005 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY ARE DECREASING. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:16 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 13 hr |
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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.