Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2016, 3:02 PM PST for 10 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 15, 2016, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2016, 3:02 PM PST (23:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2016, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 10:22 AM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
924 WWUS76 KOTX 142302 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 302 PM PST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...LOCALLY WINDY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE LATE TONIGH INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE AS STRONG WINDS OVER THE CASCADE RIDGES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSLATE DOWN TO THE GROUND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WAZ041-044-150730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.160215T0900Z-160215T1600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 302 PM PST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...LOCALIZED WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND PEAK DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. IF MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS OCCUR IN THE LOWLANDS...THEY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AM AND 8 AM. * IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN WAVE WIND GUSTS CAN BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED AND ERRATIC. MANY AREAS AROUND WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS GREATER THAN 15 MPH WHILE OTHER NEARBY AREAS COULD RECEIVE BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET AROUND WENATCHEE... CHELAN...WATERVILLE...AND MANSFIELD WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS DURING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN PRODUCE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.160215T1000Z-160215T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 302 PM PST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON PST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND PEAK BETWEEN 2 AM AND NOON ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 195 ON THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AND HIGHWAY 95 ON THE IDAHO PALOUSE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ON HIGHWAY 12 AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
865 WWUS76 KOTX 150607 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1007 PM PST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...LOCALLY WINDY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE AS STRONG WINDS OVER THE CASCADE RIDGES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSLATE DOWN TO THE GROUND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WAZ041-044-151600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.160215T0900Z-160215T1600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1007 PM PST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...LOCALIZED WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND PEAK DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. IF MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS OCCUR IN THE LOWLANDS...THEY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AM AND 8 AM. * IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN WAVE WIND GUSTS CAN BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED AND ERRATIC. MANY AREAS AROUND WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS GREATER THAN 15 MPH WHILE OTHER NEARBY AREAS COULD RECEIVE BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET AROUND WENATCHEE... CHELAN...WATERVILLE...AND MANSFIELD WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS DURING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN PRODUCE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-151600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.160215T1000Z-160215T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 1007 PM PST SUN FEB 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON PST MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND PEAK BETWEEN 2 AM AND NOON ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 195 ON THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AND HIGHWAY 95 ON THE IDAHO PALOUSE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ON HIGHWAY 12 AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
002 WWUS76 KOTX 151231 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 431 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...LOCALLY WINDY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE THIS MORNING. LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE AS STRONG WINDS OVER THE CASCADE RIDGES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFER DOWN TO THE GROUND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. IDZ002-WAZ035-036-152000- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 431 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PEAK LATE MORNING...THEN DECREASE AFTER MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 395 AND INTERSTATE 90 FROM RITZVILLE SPOKANE. * LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...RITZVILLE...SPRAGUE. 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. && $$ WAZ041-044-151600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T1600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 431 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS WILL PEAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS. IF MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS OCCUR IN THE LOWLANDS...THEY WILL MOST LIKELY END BY 9 AM. * IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN WAVE WIND GUSTS CAN BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED AND ERRATIC. MANY AREAS AROUND WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS GREATER THAN 25 MPH WHILE OTHER NEARBY AREAS COULD RECEIVE BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET AROUND WENATCHEE... CHELAN...WATERVILLE...AND MANSFIELD WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN PRODUCE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-152000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 431 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND PEAK THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 195 ON THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AND HIGHWAY 95 ON THE IDAHO PALOUSE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ON HIGHWAY 12 AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...POMEROY...LACROSSE...ALPOWA SUMMIT. 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. && $$
437 WWUS76 KOTX 151611 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 811 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINDY ON THE PALOUSE THIS MORNING... IDZ002-WAZ035-036-151715- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 811 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN... SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPOKANE...CHENEY...COEUR D'ALENE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH HAS ENDED. $$ WAZ041-044-151715- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T1600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 811 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU... THE THREAT FOR 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS HAS ENDED IN THE WENATCHEE...CHELAN...WATERVILLE...AND MANSFIELD AREAS. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-152000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 811 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...SCATTERED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WERE REPORTED OVERNIGHT OVER THE PALOUSE AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AROUND ALPOWA SUMMIT. WE MAY SEE GUSTS INCREASE UP TO 40 MPH AGAIN IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 195 ON THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AND HIGHWAY 95 ON THE IDAHO PALOUSE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE ENCOUNTERED ON HIGHWAY 12 AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...POMEROY...LACROSSE...ALPOWA SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
333 WWUS76 KOTX 151822 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1022 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WINDS DECREASING A BIT OVER THE PALOUSE... IDZ003-WAZ032-033-151930- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160215T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 1022 AM PST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE PALOUSE AND POMEROY AREAS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT...WIND GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH IN THE PULLMAN...POMEROY...MOSCOW...AND LACROSSE AREAS. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. $$
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.