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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2016, 8:05 AM PST for Asotin County, Garfield County, Washington; Nez Perce County, Idaho. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2016, 8:05 AM PST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2016, 3:52 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 608 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
632 WWUS76 KOTX 191605 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 805 AM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS FOR THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON VALLEY TODAY... IDZ026-WAZ032-200000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.161219T1605Z-161220T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 805 AM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 95 AND HIGHWAY 26 AND OTHER ROUTES THROUGH THE REGION MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...CLARKSTON AND VICINITY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
347 WWUS76 KOTX 192352 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 IDZ026-WAZ032-200100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-161220T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 352 PM PST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...THEN DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 35 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:22 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:22 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Grant | 25 hr |
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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.