Alert archive / Montana / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2016, 3:19 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2016, 3:19 PM MDT (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2016, 8:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
656 WWUS75 KMSO 282119 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 319 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MONTANA... MTZ002-007-282230- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.A.0001.160329T1700Z-160330T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 319 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. HOWEVER WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE IMPACTS TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND THUS ARE BEING HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. $$ MTZ003-005-006-043-292130- /O.UPG.KMSO.HW.A.0001.160329T1700Z-160330T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.160329T1700Z-160330T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 319 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WHICH MAY RESULT IN BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND DISPLACED UNSECURED OBJECTS. CROSS WINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
2 follow-up statements
836 WWUS75 KMSO 292032 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 232 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 MTZ005-006-043-292145- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160330T0300Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 232 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT IMPACTS WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ MTZ003-300300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160330T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 232 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. CROSS WINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$
011 WWUS75 KMSO 300240 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 840 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 MTZ003-300345- /O.CAN.KMSO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160330T0300Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 840 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:50 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:14 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:57 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more | 5 hr |
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.