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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR

June 24, 2016Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Jun 24, 2016, 8:58 AM PDT for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2016, 8:58 AM PDT (15:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2016, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Kittitas County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2016-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

106 
WWUS76 KPDT 241558
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
858 AM PDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE KITTITAS VALLEY TODAY...

WAZ026-250100-
/O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.160624T1600Z-160625T0100Z/
KITTITAS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP
858 AM PDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVELERS WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY WHILE DRIVING ON
  AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATES 82 AND 90. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY
  BECOME AIRBORNE.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
093 
WWUS76 KPDT 250053
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
553 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY...

WAZ026-250200-
/O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160625T0100Z/
KITTITAS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP
553 PM PDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BUT BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH BELOW 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

$$

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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.