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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2019, 2:20 AM PDT for Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington. It took effect at Apr 27, 2019, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2019, 2:20 AM PDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2019, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2019, 7:44 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 2710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
647 WWUS76 KOTX 270920 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 220 AM PDT Sat Apr 27 2019 WAZ041-044-280300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.190427T1800Z-190428T0300Z/ Wenatchee Area-Waterville Plateau- 220 AM PDT Sat Apr 27 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM PDT this evening. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Timing...Speeds increase through the later morning, peak in the mid-afternoon and decreasing through sunset. * Impacts...Travel in high profile vehicles may be difficult. Outside objects could be damaged. Tree limbs, small trees and power lines may be blown down. Scattered power outages are possible. * Locations...Wenatchee, Entiat, Cashmere, and Waterville. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
951 WWUS76 KOTX 271829 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 1129 AM PDT Sat Apr 27 2019 ...VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU... WAZ041-044-280300- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-190428T0300Z/ Wenatchee Area-Waterville Plateau- 1129 AM PDT Sat Apr 27 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * Winds...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Strongest winds this afternoon decreasing between 6 PM and 8 PM. * Impacts...Travel in high profile vehicles may be difficult on Highway 2 between Wenatchee and Coulee City. Roads that run north-south on the Waterville Plateau like State Route 17 and portions of State Route 172 may become especially treacherous. Tree limbs, small trees and power lines may be blown down. Scattered power outages are possible. * Locations...Wenatchee, Entiat, Cashmere, and Waterville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
835 WWUS76 KOTX 280244 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 744 PM PDT Sat Apr 27 2019 WAZ041-044-280345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-190428T0300Z/ Wenatchee Area-Waterville Plateau- 744 PM PDT Sat Apr 27 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Spokane has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Northwest winds will remain breezy through the remainder of the evening but gusts will generally be around 30 mph or lower. $$
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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.