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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Boise, ID

February 25, 2021Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon

NWS Boise, ID issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2021, 1:14 PM PST for Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 26, 2021, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2021, 1:14 PM PST (21:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 26, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID

Counties Harney County, OR, Malheur County, OR

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2021-02-25Temperature 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2021-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

490 
WWUS75 KBOI 252114
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
214 PM MST Thu Feb 25 2021

ORZ061-063-261300-
/O.NEW.KBOI.WI.Y.0003.210226T1800Z-210227T0300Z/
Harney County-Malheur County-
214 PM MST Thu Feb 25 2021 /114 PM PST Thu Feb 25 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TO 8 PM MST
/7 PM PST/ FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Harney County and Malheur County.

* WHEN...From 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ to 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ 
  Friday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
  Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
697 
WWUS75 KBOI 261055
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
355 AM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

ORZ061-063-262200-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0003.210226T1800Z-210227T0300Z/
Harney County-Malheur County-
355 AM MST Fri Feb 26 2021 /255 AM PST Fri Feb 26 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/
THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Harney County and Malheur County.

* WHEN...From 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ this morning to 8 PM MST /7 
  PM PST/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
667 
WWUS75 KBOI 262123
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
223 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

ORZ061-063-270300-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210227T0300Z/
Harney County-Malheur County-
223 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021 /123 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Harney County and Malheur County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Areas
  of blowing snow reducing visibility may cause travel 
  difficulties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
244 
WWUS75 KBOI 270240
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
740 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

ORZ061-063-270345-
/O.EXP.KBOI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210227T0300Z/
Harney County-Malheur County-
740 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021 /640 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING...

Winds have decreased below advisory criteria.

$$

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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.