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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at May 31, 2023, 2:48 PM PDT for Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington; Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2023, 2:48 PM PDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2023, 10:24 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Gilliam County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
173 WWUS76 KPDT 312148 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 248 PM PDT Wed May 31 2023 WAZ026-010600- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.230531T2148Z-230601T0600Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 248 PM PDT Wed May 31 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...Until 11 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-010600- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.230531T2148Z-230601T0600Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon- Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington- Including the cities of Arlington, The Dalles, and White Salmon 248 PM PDT Wed May 31 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon. In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/Pendleton
1 follow-up statement
277 WWUS76 KPDT 010524 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 1024 PM PDT Wed May 31 2023 ORZ041-WAZ024-026-010630- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-230601T0600Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon- Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington-Kittitas Valley- 1024 PM PDT Wed May 31 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds across the region have finally subsided below advisory criteria and remained that way long enough that the advisory will be cancelled. Breezy winds continue across the region, but should continue to lower into the nighttime hours. $$ 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.