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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2024, 12:36 PM PDT for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at May 13, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2024, 12:36 PM PDT (19:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2024, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
329 WWUS76 KPDT 121936 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 1236 PM PDT Sun May 12 2024 WAZ026-130615- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.240513T1800Z-240514T0600Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Thorp and Ellensburg 1236 PM PDT Sun May 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...From 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ BL
3 follow-up statements
744 WWUS76 KPDT 130458 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 958 PM PDT Sun May 12 2024 WAZ026-131800- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.240513T1800Z-240514T0600Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Thorp and Ellensburg 958 PM PDT Sun May 12 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...From 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MW
612 WWUS76 KPDT 131742 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 1042 AM PDT Mon May 13 2024 WAZ026-140600- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.240513T1800Z-240514T0600Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 1042 AM PDT Mon May 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MC
156 WWUS76 KPDT 140539 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 1039 PM PDT Mon May 13 2024 WAZ026-140645- /O.EXP.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-240514T0600Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp 1039 PM PDT Mon May 13 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds are decreasing through the valley, and are not expected to restrengthen again tonight. Therefore, will allow the wind advisory to expire at 11 pm PDT tonight. $$ BL
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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.