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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2018, 1:52 PM PDT for 6 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Nov 2, 2018, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2018, 1:52 PM PDT (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2018, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2018, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Gilliam County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
352 WWUS76 KPDT 012052 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 152 PM PDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY MORNING... .Strong winds aloft are expected to mix efficiently to the surface in subsidence behind a departing cold front Friday morning. Winds will be strongest in the Kittitas Valley and along exposed ridgetops. WAZ026-020500- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.181102T1500Z-181103T0200Z/ Kittitas Valley- including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 152 PM PDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 8 AM to 7 PM PDT Friday. * WINDS...Northwest 35 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase behind a cold front Friday morning and continue through early Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. 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. && $$ ORZ041-044-507-508-510-WAZ024-027>029-521-020500- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.181102T1500Z-181103T0200Z/ East Columbia River Gorge-Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon- Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon- Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon- North Central Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington- Yakima Valley-Lower Columbia Basin of Washington- Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- including the cities of Arlington, The Dalles, Boardman, Hermiston, Ione, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Condon, Fossil, Dufur, Maupin, Moro, White Salmon, Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Yakima, Connell, Prosser, Tri-Cities, Dayton, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Goldendale, and Bickleton 152 PM PDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 8 AM to 7 PM PDT Friday. * WINDS...West 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase behind a cold front Friday morning and continue through early Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
3 follow-up statements
792 WWUS76 KPDT 020226 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 726 PM PDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING FRIDAY MORNING... .Strong winds aloft will mix down to the surface behind a departing cold front Friday morning. Winds will be strongest in the Kittitas Valley and along exposed ridgetops. WAZ026-021600- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.181102T1500Z-181103T0200Z/ Kittitas Valley- including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 726 PM PDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase behind a cold front Friday morning and continue through early Friday evening. * 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. && $$ ORZ041-044-507-508-510-WAZ024-027>029-521-021600- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.181102T1500Z-181103T0200Z/ East Columbia River Gorge-Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon- Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon- Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon- North Central Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington- Yakima Valley-Lower Columbia Basin of Washington- Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- including the cities of Arlington, The Dalles, Boardman, Hermiston, Ione, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Condon, Fossil, Dufur, Maupin, Moro, White Salmon, Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Yakima, Connell, Prosser, Tri-Cities, Dayton, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Goldendale, and Bickleton 726 PM PDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase behind a cold front Friday morning and continue through early Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ vp
759 WWUS76 KPDT 021524 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 824 AM PDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY FROM LATE MORNING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING... .Strong winds aloft will mix down to the surface behind a departing strong cold front by later this morning. Winds will be strongest in the Kittitas Valley and along exposed ridgetops. WAZ026-030200- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-181103T0200Z/ Kittitas Valley- including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 824 AM PDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase behind a cold front this morning and continue through early this evening. * 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. && $$ ORZ041-044-507-508-510-WAZ024-027>029-521-030200- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-181103T0200Z/ East Columbia River Gorge-Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon- Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon- Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon- North Central Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington- Yakima Valley-Lower Columbia Basin of Washington- Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- including the cities of Arlington, The Dalles, Boardman, Hermiston, Ione, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Condon, Fossil, Dufur, Maupin, Moro, White Salmon, Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Yakima, Connell, Prosser, Tri-Cities, Dayton, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Goldendale, and Bickleton 824 AM PDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will increase behind a cold front this morning and continue through early this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
975 WWUS76 KPDT 030144 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 644 PM PDT Fri Nov 2 2018 WAZ026-030245- /O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-181103T0200Z/ Kittitas Valley- including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 644 PM PDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds were decreasing across the area. Although brief wind gusts to 35 mph is possible...the threat for advisory level winds had diminished. Thus the wind advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ ORZ041-044-507-508-510-WAZ024-027>029-521-030245- /O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-181103T0200Z/ East Columbia River Gorge-Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon- Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon- Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon- North Central Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington- Yakima Valley-Lower Columbia Basin of Washington- Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- including the cities of Arlington, The Dalles, Boardman, Hermiston, Ione, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Condon, Fossil, Dufur, Maupin, Moro, White Salmon, Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Yakima, Connell, Prosser, Tri-Cities, Dayton, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Goldendale, and Bickleton 644 PM PDT Fri Nov 2 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds were decreasing across the area. Although brief wind gusts to 35 mph is possible...the threat for advisory level winds had diminished. Thus the wind advisory will be allowed to expire. $$
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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.