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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Missoula, MT

April 20, 20188 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2018, 1:53 PM MDT for 8 counties in Montana. It took effect at Apr 21, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2018, 1:53 PM MDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2018, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

801 
WWUS75 KMSO 201953
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
153 PM MDT Fri Apr 20 2018

MTZ003-212000-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.180421T1800Z-180422T0300Z/
Flathead/Mission Valleys-
153 PM MDT Fri Apr 20 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Saturday. 

* Impacts/Timing: Tree falls, power outages, hazardous driving
  conditions due to crosswinds, choppy wave activity on Flathead
  Lake during Saturday afternoon and early evening.

* Winds: West winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 45 mph by early
  afternoon. 

* Wave heights: 1 to 3 foot waves on Flathead Lake.

* Locations impacted include: Flathead Lake, Flathead Valley, 
  Mission Valley, and Polson

$$

MTZ007-043-212000-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.180421T1800Z-180422T0300Z/
Butte/Blackfoot Region-Potomac/Seeley Lake Region-
153 PM MDT Fri Apr 20 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Saturday. 

* Impacts/Timing: Tree falls, power outages, hazardous driving
  conditions due to crosswinds along Highway 12 and Highway 200 
  corridors Saturday afternoon and early evening.

* Winds: West winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 40 mph by early afternoon.
  

* Locations impacted include: Butte, Georgetown Lake, Highway 12 
  Garrison to Elliston, Homestake Pass, MacDonald Pass, Highway 
  200 Bonner to Greenough, Highway 83 Seeley Lake to Condon, and 
  I- 90 East Missoula to Bearmouth

$$

MTZ002-212000-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.180421T1800Z-180422T0300Z/
West Glacier Region-
153 PM MDT Fri Apr 20 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Saturday. 

* Impacts/Timing: Tree falls, power outages, hazardous driving
  conditions due to crosswinds Saturday afternoon and early 
  evening.

* Winds: West winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 45 mph by early 
  afternoon.

* Locations impacted include: Bad Rock Canyon, Essex, Highway 83 
  Bigfork to Swan Lake, Marias Pass, and Polebridge

$$
2 follow-up statements
040 
WWUS75 KMSO 211931
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
131 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

MTZ003-220300-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180422T0300Z/
Flathead/Mission Valleys-
131 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* Impacts/Timing: Tree falls, power outages, hazardous driving
  conditions due to crosswinds, choppy wave activity on Flathead
  Lake this afternoon and early evening. 

* Winds: West winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 45 mph. 

* Wave heights: 1 to 3 foot waves on Flathead Lake.

* Locations impacted include: Flathead Lake, Flathead Valley, 
  Mission Valley, and Polson

$$

MTZ007-043-220300-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180422T0300Z/
Butte/Blackfoot Region-Potomac/Seeley Lake Region-
131 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* Impacts/Timing: Tree falls, power outages, hazardous driving
  conditions due to crosswinds along Highway 12 and Highway 200
  corridors this afternoon and early evening. 

* Winds: West winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 40 mph.

* Locations impacted include: Butte, Georgetown Lake, Highway 12 
  Garrison to Elliston, Homestake Pass, MacDonald Pass, Highway 
  200 Bonner to Greenough, Highway 83 Seeley Lake to Condon, and 
  I- 90 East Missoula to Bearmouth

$$

MTZ002-220300-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180422T0300Z/
West Glacier Region-
131 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* Impacts/Timing: Tree falls, power outages, hazardous driving
  conditions due to crosswinds this afternoon and early evening. 

* Winds: West winds 20 to 30 mph gusting to 45 mph. 

* Locations impacted include: Bad Rock Canyon, Essex, Highway 83 
  Bigfork to Swan Lake, Marias Pass, and Polebridge

$$
300 
WWUS75 KMSO 220231
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
831 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

MTZ003-220345-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180422T0300Z/
Flathead/Mission Valleys-
831 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...


$$

MTZ007-043-220345-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180422T0300Z/
Butte/Blackfoot Region-Potomac/Seeley Lake Region-
831 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

$$

MTZ002-220345-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180422T0300Z/
West Glacier Region-
831 PM MDT Sat Apr 21 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...


$$

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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.