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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2016, 2:35 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2016, 2:35 PM PST (22:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 12:22 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203 WWUS76 KOTX 052235 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 235 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 WAZ032-033-035-061100- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.160306T1200Z-160306T2100Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 235 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY FOR LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 AM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS I-90 FROM WARDEN TO SPRAGUE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 195 THROUGH THE PALOUSE WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS OUT AN AREA LAKES INCLUDING ROCK LAKE AND SPRAGUE LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
938 WWUS76 KOTX 060454 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 854 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 WAZ032-033-035-061400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.160306T1200Z-160306T2100Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 854 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 AM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS I-90 FROM WARDEN TO SPRAGUE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 195 THROUGH THE PALOUSE WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS OUT AN AREA LAKES INCLUDING ROCK LAKE AND SPRAGUE LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... RITZVILLE....SPRAGUE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
424 WWUS76 KOTX 061240 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 440 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 WAZ032-033-035-062100- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160306T2100Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 440 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 AM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS I-90 FROM WARDEN TO SPRAGUE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 195 THROUGH THE PALOUSE WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS OUT AN AREA LAKES INCLUDING ROCK LAKE AND SPRAGUE LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... 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. && $$
738 WWUS76 KOTX 062022 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1222 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 WAZ032-033-035-062130- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160306T2100Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 1222 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES, THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. WINDS SPEEDS PEAKED LATE THIS MORNING, AND HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY DECREASING. ANTICIPATE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH MAXIMUM SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. $$
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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.