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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR

May 12, 2024Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington

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

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2024-05-12Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2024-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 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
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

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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.