Wind Advisory 6, NWS Spokane, WA

Issued

Aug 2, 2016, 10:07 AM PDT (17:07 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 2, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT

Expired

Aug 2, 2016, 9:00 PM PDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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321 
WWUS76 KOTX 021707
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1007 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL USHER IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

WAZ041-044-030115-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.160802T2000Z-160803T0400Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
1007 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT 1 PM PDT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
  40 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
  WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

* LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...CHELAN...WATERVILLE.

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.

&&

$$

611 
WWUS76 KOTX 022224
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
324 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

WAZ041-044-030400-
/O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160803T0400Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
324 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...WEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE.

* LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...CHELAN...WATERVILLE.

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.

&&

$$

890 
WWUS76 KOTX 030358
NPWOTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
858 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016


WAZ041-044-030500-
/O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160803T0400Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
858 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS SPEEDS ARE STARTING TO DECLINE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE
THROUGH THE NIGHT. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

$$

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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.