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Wind advisory issued for tonight
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Updated 9 p.m. September 5, 2012 |
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Several of
the steel buildings at Pro X Building
Supply were heavily damaged by this
evenings high winds. |
| Photos courtesy
Eileen Madson |
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Several trees
have been reported downed by high winds
around the county, and widespread
weakened branches are coming down,
including these in front of a Bonners
Ferry home. |
| Photo courtesy
Bill Blumenauer |
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The National Weather Service at 7:38 p.m. issued
a wind advisory for an area including Boundary
County until 5 a.m. Thursday. Sustained
northeast winds of 20 to 35 mils per hour could
gust to 50 mph, causing blowing dust. There have
already been reports of trees in power lines as
well as intermittent power outages.
The change in weather is due to a fast-moving
cold front moving through the area that is
increasing the pressure gradient throughout the
region, but particularly down the Purcell Trench
through Boundary County.
The advisory warns that travelers on U.S. 95
could experience buffeting winds and blowing
sand sufficient to reduce visibility.
By 9 p.m., there have been several reports of
trees being blown down through out the area,
including one only moments ago at Ball Creek
Ranch, in northern Boundary County on Westside
Road, that fell into power lines that feed power
across the river. That one not only knocked out
power, but sparked a fire that Hall Mountain
fire crews and Northern Lights are responding to
at this hour.
Through tonight, there is a 30-percent chance of
showers, but the system should pass through in
the early morning and skies Thursday should be
mostly sunny, with highs in the low to mid 70s. |
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