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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 9:49 AM PST for 9 counties in Washington; Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2016, 9:49 AM PST (17:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2016, 6:36 PM PST
- In force
- 6 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 17:47 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, 5.8 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
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
023 WWUS76 KOTX 281749 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 949 AM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-290200- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.160228T2100Z-160229T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 949 AM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...EAST OF A LINE FROM MOSES LAKE TO WILBUR IN LINCOLN COUNTY...TO THE IDAHO WASHINGTON BORDER. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER THE PALOUSE AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE SPOKANE REGION. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EAST OF MOSES LAKE...INCLUDING RITZVILLE. GUSTY WINDS FROM THE ADAMS COUNTY LINE TO SPOKANE WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2...AND MORE SO FOR HIGHWAY 195 FROM PULLMAN TO THE SPOKANE AREA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
403 WWUS76 KOTX 282132 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 132 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-290300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 132 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EAST OF A LINE FROM MOSES LAKE TO WILBUR IN LINCOLN COUNTY...TO THE IDAHO WASHINGTON BORDER. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER THE PALOUSE AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE SPOKANE REGION. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EAST OF MOSES LAKE... INCLUDING RITZVILLE. GUSTY WINDS FROM THE ADAMS COUNTY LINE TO SPOKANE WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2...AND MORE SO FOR HIGHWAY 195 FROM PULLMAN TO THE SPOKANE AREA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
724 WWUS76 KOTX 290236 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 636 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 IDZ002-003-WAZ032>036-290345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 636 PM PST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN LOCALLY BREEZY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 4:06 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 36 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.