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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at May 7, 2021, 8:33 AM PDT for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at May 7, 2021, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2021, 8:33 AM PDT (15:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2021, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2021, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 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 15:31 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
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
870 WWUS76 KPDT 071533 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 833 AM PDT Fri May 7 2021 WAZ026-072345- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0018.210507T1900Z-210508T0400Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 833 AM PDT Fri May 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...From noon today to 9 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/Pendleton
2 follow-up statements
801 WWUS76 KPDT 072121 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 221 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021 WAZ026-080400- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-210508T0400Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 221 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph expected through this evening. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...Now through 9 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/Pendleton
739 WWUS76 KPDT 080347 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 847 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021 WAZ026-080500- /O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-210508T0400Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 847 PM PDT Fri May 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds are slowly subsiding this evening and a further slow decrease in the winds are expected overnight. $$ 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.