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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Pendleton, OR

December 8, 2021Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Dec 8, 2021, 10:37 AM PST for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2021, 10:37 AM PST (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2021, 6:00 PM PST
In force: 7 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 18:37 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, 6.6 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.

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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

688 
WWUS76 KPDT 081837
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1037 AM PST Wed Dec 8 2021

WAZ026-090200-
/O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0033.211208T1837Z-211209T0200Z/
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
1037 AM PST Wed Dec 8 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Kittitas Valley.

* WHEN...Until 6 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travelers along Interstate 90 through the
  Kittitas Valley should be prepared for sudden and strong wind
  gust.

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

639 
WWUS76 KPDT 090131
NPWPDT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
531 PM PST Wed Dec 8 2021

WAZ026-090245-
/O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-211209T0200Z/
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
531 PM PST Wed Dec 8 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

Winds have decreased across the region, so the wind advisory will
be allowed to expire.

$$

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 8, 12:24 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Klickitat, Walla Walla	46 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.