URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
949 AM PST SUN FEB 28 2016
...VERY GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
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COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY ...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...
TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...
RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
949 AM PST SUN FEB 28 2016
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS...EAST OF A LINE FROM MOSES LAKE TO WILBUR IN LINCOLN COUNTY... TO THE IDAHO WASHINGTON BORDER.
* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER THE PALOUSE AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE SPOKANE REGION.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EAST OF MOSES
LAKE...INCLUDING RITZVILLE. GUSTY WINDS FROM THE ADAMS COUNTY LINE TO SPOKANE WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2...AND MORE SO FOR HIGHWAY 195 FROM PULLMAN TO THE SPOKANE AREA.
* WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.. .ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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