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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2016, 11:35 AM PST for 4 counties in Idaho; 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 29, 2016, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2016, 11:35 AM PST (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2016, 6:34 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
148 WWUS76 KOTX 291935 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1135 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-300345- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.160129T2100Z-160130T0400Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 1135 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RELATIVELY LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...MOSCOW....POMEROY...LAPWAI...COLFAX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
438 WWUS76 KOTX 300234 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 634 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-300345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160130T0400Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 634 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE...LEWISTON AREA...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES AND THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING FURTHER OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE SATURDAY IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.