Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 21, 2017, 2:44 AM PDT for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Idaho; 9 counties in Washington. It took effect at Oct 21, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2017, 2:44 AM PDT (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 4:36 PM PDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin 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), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154 WWUS76 KOTX 210944 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 244 AM PDT Sat Oct 21 2017 ...Windy tonight and Sunday... .Another strong cold front will move through the region tonight bringing windy conditions to the southeast portions of the forecast area. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible. IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-211745- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.171022T0400Z-171022T2000Z/ Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse- Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area- 244 AM PDT Sat Oct 21 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 9 PM this evening to 1 PM PDT Sunday. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph. * Timing...9 PM tonight through 1 PM Sunday. * Impacts...Winds this strong can make driving difficult ... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Localized power outages are also possible due to downed trees and tree limbs. * Locations...Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley, Moscow, Plummer, Potlatch, Genesee, Pomeroy, Pullman, Colfax, Rosalia, La Crosse, Oakesdale, Tekoa, Uniontown, Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, Coulee City, Spokane, Cheney, Davenport, and Rockford. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
705 WWUS76 KOTX 211725 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 1025 AM PDT Sat Oct 21 2017 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-220300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.171022T0400Z-171022T2000Z/ Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse- Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area- 1025 AM PDT Sat Oct 21 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph. * Timing...9 PM tonight through 1 PM Sunday. * Impacts...Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Localized power outages are also possible due to downed trees and tree limbs. * Locations...Moscow, Plummer, Potlatch, Genesee, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley, Pullman, Colfax, Rosalia, La Crosse, Oakesdale, Tekoa, Uniontown, Pomeroy, Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, Coulee City, Spokane, Cheney, Davenport, and Rockford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
549 WWUS76 KOTX 220146 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 646 PM PDT Sat Oct 21 2017 ...Strong winds expected to develop tonight... IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.171022T0400Z-171022T2000Z/ Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse- Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area- 646 PM PDT Sat Oct 21 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT 9 PM SATURDAY UNTIL 1 PM PDT SUNDAY... * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Timing...9 PM tonight through 1 PM Sunday. * Impacts...Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Localized power outages are also possible due to downed trees and tree limbs. * Locations...Moscow, Plummer, Potlatch, Genesee, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley, Pullman, Colfax, Rosalia, La Crosse, Oakesdale, Tekoa, Uniontown, Pomeroy, Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, Coulee City, Spokane, Cheney, Davenport, and Rockford. 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. && $$
941 WWUS76 KOTX 221144 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 444 AM PDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...Strong winds expected to continue this morning... IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-222000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171022T2000Z/ Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse- Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area- 444 AM PDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Timing...Through 1 PM today. * Impacts...Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Localized power outages are also possible due to downed trees and tree limbs. * Locations...Moscow, Plummer, Potlatch, Genesee, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley, Pullman, Colfax, Rosalia, La Crosse, Oakesdale, Tekoa, Uniontown, Pomeroy, Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, Coulee City, Spokane, Cheney, Davenport, and Rockford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
858 WWUS76 KOTX 221951 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 1251 PM PDT Sun Oct 22 2017 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-230000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171023T0000Z/ Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse- Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area- 1251 PM PDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Timing...Through 5 PM today. * Impacts...Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Localized power outages are also possible due to downed trees and tree limbs. * Locations...Moscow, Plummer, Potlatch, Genesee, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley, Pullman, Colfax, Rosalia, La Crosse, Oakesdale, Tekoa, Uniontown, Pomeroy, Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, Coulee City, Spokane, Cheney, Davenport, and Rockford. 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. && $$
479 WWUS76 KOTX 222336 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 436 PM PDT Sun Oct 22 2017 IDZ002-003-WAZ032-033-035-036-230045- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171023T0000Z/ Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse- Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse- Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area- 436 PM PDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Spokane has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds have decreased substantially with majority of reported surface winds blowing less than 20 mph with gusts under 30 mph. Since this is below advisory criteria the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$
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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.