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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Pendleton, OR

February 19, 20234 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2023, 9:25 PM PST for 4 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 19, 2023, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2023, 9:25 PM PST (05:25 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2023, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 20, 2023, 10:00 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Columbia County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 320 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2023-02-20Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2023-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 3:42 AM PSTWind AdvisoryPDTCrook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow and 3 more30 hr

Nearby

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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.