Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2016, 3:21 AM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 4, 2016, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2016, 3:21 AM PDT (10:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2016, 10:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2016, 8:37 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Nez Perce 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
516 WWUS76 KOTX 041021 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 321 AM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE COLUMBIA BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032-033-035-036-042030- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.160404T1700Z-160405T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 321 AM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE WEST PLAINS...THE PALOUSE REGION AND THE POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT AREA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE FROM BROKEN TREE BRANCHES FOULING POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS...THE WEST PLAINS...PALOUSE REGION...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE ALPOWA SUMMIT AREA. 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. && $$ WAZ034-041-044-042030- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.160404T2100Z-160405T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 321 AM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND PEAK DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE FROM BROKEN TREE BRANCHES FOULING POWER LINES. * LOCATIONS...STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE AND THE VANTAGE TO WARDEN INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
407 WWUS76 KOTX 041902 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1202 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THIS MORNING. WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL LIKELY PEAK OVER THE PALOUSE...SPOKANE AREA...AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM. FOR THE WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND EPHRATA AREAS...WINDY CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032-033-035-036-050200- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160405T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 1202 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 2 PM TO 6 PM TIME FRAME. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY PRODUCE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. * LOCATIONS...THE WEST PLAINS...PALOUSE REGION...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE ALPOWA SUMMIT AREA. 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. && $$ WAZ034-041-044-050300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.160404T2100Z-160405T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1202 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PERSIST INTO THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY PRODUCE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND BETWEEN GEORGE AND MOSES LAKE. * LOCATIONS...STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE AND THE VANTAGE TO WARDEN INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
812 WWUS76 KOTX 050157 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 657 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032-033-035-036-050300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160405T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 657 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS EVENING...BUT CONTINUE TO WEAKEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ WAZ034-041-044-050600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160405T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 657 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY PRODUCE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND BETWEEN GEORGE AND MOSES LAKE. * LOCATIONS...STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE HIGHER BENCHES AROUND WENATCHEE AND THE VANTAGE TO WARDEN INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
042 WWUS76 KOTX 050337 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 837 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 WAZ034-041-044-050445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160405T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 837 PM PDT MON APR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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.