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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this high wind warning at Feb 5, 2017, 11:35 PM PST for Union County, Wallowa County, Oregon. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2017, 11:35 PM PST (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2017, 6:16 AM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
475 WWUS76 KPDT 060735 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1135 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVERNIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVERNIGHT. ORZ050-061500- /O.NEW.KPDT.HW.W.0002.170206T0735Z-170206T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T1500Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 1135 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE WALLOWA VALLEY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WALLOWA VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...EXCEPT SOUTH 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT THE SOUTH END OF THE WALLOWA VALLEY...AFFECTING THE JOSEPH AREA. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR THE MOUTH OF CANYONS COMING OUT OF THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ORZ049-061500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T1500Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE 1135 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ORZ507-508-WAZ029-061500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T1500Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER... CONDON...FOSSIL...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 1135 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AS THEY DOWNSLOPE INTO THE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
748 WWUS76 KPDT 061416 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 616 AM PST MON FEB 6 2017 ORZ050-061530- /O.CAN.KPDT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170206T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T1500Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- 616 AM PST MON FEB 6 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WALLOWA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THIS FRONT HAS CAUSED THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO SUBSIDE. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR WALLOWA COUNTY AND HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTH END OF THE WALLOWA VALLEY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. $$ ORZ049-507-508-WAZ029-061530- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T1500Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 616 AM PST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST INTO WALLOWA COUNTY. AS A RESULT...THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS AND THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. THUS THE WIND ADVISORIES FOR THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Jefferson, Wasco, Wheeler | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:05 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and 4 more | 31 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.