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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Jun 3, 2026, 1:58 AM PDT for Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Jun 3, 2026, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2026, 1:58 AM PDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2026, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2026, 8:22 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 2814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
375 WWUS76 KPDT 030858 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 158 AM PDT Wed Jun 3 2026 WAZ026-521-032200- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.260603T2000Z-260604T0700Z/ Kittitas Valley-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of Ellensburg, Thorp, Goldendale, and Bickleton 158 AM PDT Wed Jun 3 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to midnight PDT tonight. * 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. && $$ MC
2 follow-up statements
053 WWUS76 KPDT 032017 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 117 PM PDT Wed Jun 3 2026 WAZ026-521-040300- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-260604T0700Z/ Kittitas Valley-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of Ellensburg, Goldendale, Bickleton, and Thorp 117 PM PDT Wed Jun 3 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...Until midnight PDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MD
263 WWUS76 KPDT 040322 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 822 PM PDT Wed Jun 3 2026 WAZ026-521-040430- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-260604T0700Z/ Kittitas Valley-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of Bickleton, Goldendale, Thorp, and Ellensburg 822 PM PDT Wed Jun 3 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have remained below advisory criteria, and are expected to gradually weaken after sunset. Therefore, have decided to cancel the wind advisory this evening. $$ 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.