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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Pendleton, OR

January 4, 2021Umatilla County, Union County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2021, 1:57 AM PST for Umatilla County, Union County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 4, 2021, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2021, 1:57 AM PST (09:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2021, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 4, 2021, 2:40 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 00:00Z on 2021-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

828 
WWUS76 KPDT 040957
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
157 AM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

ORZ049-042200-
/O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0003.210104T1500Z-210104T2200Z/
Grande Ronde Valley-
157 AM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR LADD AND PYLES CANYONS...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph expected. 

* WHERE...Grande Ronde Valley...especially Ladd and Pyles canyons.

* WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 2 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/Pendleton
2 follow-up statements
818 
WWUS76 KPDT 042027
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1227 PM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

ORZ507-050000-
/O.EXB.KPDT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210105T0000Z/
Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon-
Including the cities of Pendleton and Pilot Rock
1227 PM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 55 mph.

* WHERE...Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will be strongest along the base of
  the Blue Mountains.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

ORZ049-050000-
/O.EXT.KPDT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210105T0000Z/
Grande Ronde Valley-
1227 PM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
LADD AND PYLES CANYONS...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Southern Grande Ronde Valley...especially Ladd and 
  Pyles canyons.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/Pendleton
923 
WWUS76 KPDT 042240
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
240 PM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

ORZ049-507-042345-
/O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210105T0000Z/
Grande Ronde Valley-
Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon-
240 PM PST Mon Jan 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...


$$

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.