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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Pendleton, OR

April 4, 2021Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2021, 1:07 PM PDT for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2021, 1:07 PM PDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2021, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Kittitas County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 273 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WWUS76 KPDT 042007
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
107 PM PDT Sun Apr 4 2021

WAZ026-050400-
/O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0015.210404T2007Z-210405T0400Z/
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
107 PM PDT Sun Apr 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Kittitas Valley.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Recent wind observations through the
  Kittitas Valley have incurred advisory criteria winds and wind
  gusts. Winds will continue to increase through the afternoon
  before subsiding later this evening.

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

257 
WWUS76 KPDT 050334
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
834 PM PDT Sun Apr 4 2021

WAZ026-050445-
/O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-210405T0400Z/
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
834 PM PDT Sun Apr 4 2021

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

Wind speeds in the Kittitas Valley have been diminishing during
the past couple of hours, and are no longer reaching Wind Advisory
criteria. Therefore the Wind Advisory for the Kittitas Valley 
will be allowed to expire at 9 PM PDT.

$$

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

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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.