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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Pendleton, OR

February 23, 20246 counties in Oregon; 6 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2024, 1:50 PM PST for 6 counties in Oregon; 6 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 25, 2024, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2024, 1:50 PM PST (21:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2024, 3:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 26, 2024, 3:02 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 332 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2024-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 23, 2:46 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchPDTDeschutes, Jefferson, Wasco33 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.