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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2016, 10:46 AM MST for 11 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 1, 2016, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2016, 10:46 AM MST (17:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2016, 9:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 7:19 AM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
392 WWUS75 KMSO 011746 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1046 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT... MTZ001>007-043-021800- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.160302T0400Z-160302T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1046 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: AFTER 10 PM MST A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BRIEF, LASTING LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR, AND WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONT. WINDS MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREES, POWER OUTAGES, AND UNSECURED OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS TO BLOW AROUND. * WINDS: VALLEYS MAY SEE LITTLE WIND MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH EXPOSED LOCATIONS GUSTING 20-30 MPH. HOWEVER, WHEN THE FRONT PASSES, A BRIEF PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS 40-50 MPH IS LIKELY, WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH LIKELY IN EXPOSED AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE... FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON... EVARO HILL... HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... BITTERROOT VALLEY... MISSOULA...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS... BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
2 follow-up statements
856 WWUS75 KMSO 020953 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 253 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT... IDZ010-021800- /O.EXA.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 253 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BRIEF... LASTING LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR... AND WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONT. WINDS MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREES... POWER OUTAGES... AND UNSECURED OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS TO BLOW AROUND. * WINDS: NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THE COLD FRONT. GUSTS TO 50 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ MTZ001>007-043-021800- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 253 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BRIEF... LASTING LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR... AND WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONT. WINDS MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREES... POWER OUTAGES... AND UNSECURED OBJECTS LIKE GARBAGE CANS TO BLOW AROUND. * WINDS: VALLEYS MAY SEE LITTLE WIND MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH EXPOSED LOCATIONS GUSTING 20-30 MPH. HOWEVER... WHEN THE FRONT PASSES... A BRIEF PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS 40-50 MPH IS LIKELY... WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH LIKELY IN EXPOSED AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX... HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE... FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON... EVARO HILL... HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... BITTERROOT VALLEY... MISSOULA...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS... BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
486 WWUS75 KMSO 021419 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 719 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 IDZ010-MTZ001>007-043-021530- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 719 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ENDED WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL GUST OF 20 TO 30 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:35 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and 4 more | 24 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.