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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Pendleton, OR

December 24, 20258 counties in Oregon; Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2025, 12:48 AM PST for 8 counties in Oregon; Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 24, 2025, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2025, 12:48 AM PST (08:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2025, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 24, 2025, 12:07 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Crook County, OR, Deschutes County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Klickitat County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 349 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, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2025-12-24Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 00:00Z on 2025-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 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
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
488 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
Dec 23, 8:30 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPDTGilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler18 hr
Dec 24, 6:13 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryPDTGilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco, Wheeler5 hr
Dec 23, 9:37 PM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryPDTColumbia, Walla Walla8 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.