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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Pendleton, OR

February 27, 202412 counties in Oregon; 6 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2024, 1:07 PM PST for 12 counties in Oregon; 6 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 28, 2024, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2024, 1:07 PM PST (21:07 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2024, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 29, 2024, 2:28 PM PST
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Crook County, OR, Deschutes County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa 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 nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 356 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 2024-02-27Temperature 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 2024-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 27, 4:04 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchPDTDeschutes, Jefferson, Wasco9 hr
Feb 27, 4:04 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningPDTDeschutes, Jefferson, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco72 hr
Feb 27, 1:07 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchPDTGilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and 3 more14 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.