Alert archive / Montana / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2016, 2:12 PM MST for 9 counties in Montana. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2016, 2:12 PM MST (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 554 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 571 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
498 WWUS75 KMSO 102112 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 212 PM MST THU MAR 10 2016 MTZ003-005-007-043-110200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.160310T2112Z-160311T0200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 212 PM MST THU MAR 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH, LOCALLY UP TO 50 MPH, ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM AS AS THE FRONTAL PASSAGE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 45-55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM DEERLODGE TO BUTTE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...I-90 GARRISON JUNCTION TO BUTTE...FLATHEAD LAKE...MISSION VALLEY...BITTERROOT VALLEY... MISSOULA...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 $$
1 follow-up statement
656 WWUS75 KMSO 110153 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 653 PM MST THU MAR 10 2016 MTZ003-005-007-043-110300- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160311T0200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 653 PM MST THU MAR 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY DECREASE THIS EVENING CAUSING MINIMAL IMPACTS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... BUTTE... GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 40 min |
Nearby
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.