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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

January 1, 2021Union County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2021, 1:47 PM PST for Union County, Oregon. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2021, 1:47 PM PST (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2021, 9:36 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

County Union County, OR

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2021-01-01Temperature 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 2021-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

973 
WWUS76 KPDT 012147
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
147 PM PST Fri Jan 1 2021

ORZ049-020700-
/O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0001.210101T2147Z-210102T0700Z/
Grande Ronde Valley-
147 PM PST Fri Jan 1 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LADD
AND PYLES CANYONS...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph for 
  Ladd and Pyles Canyons.

* WHERE...Grande Ronde Valley.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/Pendleton
1 follow-up statement
661 
WWUS76 KPDT 020536
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
936 PM PST Fri Jan 1 2021

ORZ049-020645-
/O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210102T0700Z/
Grande Ronde Valley-
936 PM PST Fri Jan 1 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have decreased this evening in the Ladd and Pyles canyons
and are not expected to increase again tonight. Breezy conditions
will continue to decrease overnight.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/Pendleton

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 1:41 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPDTDeschutes, Jefferson, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco44 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.