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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2016, 4:05 AM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2016, 4:05 AM PDT (11:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 9:53 PM PDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Gilliam County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 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
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
565 WWUS76 KPDT 241105 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 405 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE... .A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA WILL TIGHTEN PRESSURE GRADIENTS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. ORZ041-WAZ024-026-242300- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.160324T1400Z-160325T0500Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP 405 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND PEAK THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY TRAVEL ACROSS PROPERTY. GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
035 WWUS76 KPDT 241716 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1016 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...VERY WINDY TODAY... .A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA WILL TIGHTEN PRESSURE GRADIENTS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY...THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-250500- /O.EXA.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160325T0500Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 1016 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY TRAVEL ACROSS PROPERTY. GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-250500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160325T0500Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP 1016 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND PEAK THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY TRAVEL ACROSS PROPERTY. GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
760 WWUS76 KPDT 242134 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 234 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...VERY WINDY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY...THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-250500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160325T0500Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 234 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE OREGON SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY TRAVEL ACROSS PROPERTY. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-250500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160325T0500Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP 234 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL...LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS MAY TRAVEL ACROSS PROPERTY. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
426 WWUS76 KPDT 250453 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 953 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ORZ041-044-507-WAZ024-026-028-029-250600- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160325T0500Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 953 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAD DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH SOME BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS HAD DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:07 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Gilliam, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and 1 more | 24 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.