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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2016, 6:58 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 20, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2016, 6:58 PM PST (02:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2016, 5:00 PM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
713 WWUS76 KOTX 200258 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 658 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS OVER THE CASCADE CREST WILL MIX DOWN ONTO THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AS EARLY AS LATE TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE OVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN IN THE AFTERNOON WITH STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE WEST PLAINS OF SPOKANE AND IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND PALOUSE. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-044-201400- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.161220T1800Z-161221T0100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 658 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING WITH STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SO ALONG NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
410 WWUS76 KOTX 200654 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1054 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE LEWISTON AREA TONIGHT... ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF AREA ON TUESDAY... .STRONG WINDS WILL FUNNEL THROUGH THE CANYONS OF THE SNAKE RIVER AND SPREAD OUT INTO THE LEWISTON AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL THEN RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. IDZ026-027-201500- /O.NEW.KOTX.HW.W.0001.161220T0654Z-161220T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 1054 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL FUNNEL ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER AND SPREAD OUT INTO THE LEWISTON AREA. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKEN AND BECOME GENERALLY BREEZY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING OVER TREES AND BREAK OFF LARGE TREE BRANCHES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN THE LEWISTON AREA. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-044-201500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.161220T1800Z-161221T0100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1054 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING WITH STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SO ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN. 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. && $$
630 WWUS76 KOTX 201357 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 557 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE LEWISTON AREA THIS MORNING... ...GUSTY WEST WINDS LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF AREA... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL FUNNEL THROUGH THE SNAKE RIVER INTO THE LEWISTON AREA THIS MORNING. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE METRO AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IDZ026-027-201800- /O.CON.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161220T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 557 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE LEWISTON AREA. * TIMING...PERIODS OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST OR SOUTHWEST IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BREAKING TREE LIMBS. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LEWISTON AREA. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-044-210000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.161220T1800Z-161221T0100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 557 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST OR SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 55 MPH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND POMEROY...PULLMAN...AND MOSCOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SO ALONG NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AND HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND TRI-CITIES. 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. && $$
601 WWUS76 KOTX 201742 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 942 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA... GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN... PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE METRO AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IDZ026-027-201845- /O.CAN.KOTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161220T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 942 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. HIGH WINDS HAVE ENDED AROUND THE LEWISTON AREA. HOWEVER WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-044-210100- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.161220T1800Z-161221T0100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 942 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST OR SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 55 MPH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND POMEROY...PULLMAN...AND MOSCOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SO ALONG NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AND HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND TRI-CITIES. 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. && $$
823 WWUS76 KOTX 210055 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 455 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-044-210200- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161221T0100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 455 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. THUS THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 10:54 PM PST | High Wind Warning | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.