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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA

June 28, 1992Adams County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1992, 9:00 PM PDT for Adams County, Washington. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1992, 9:00 PM PDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1992, 10:00 PM PDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Spokane Intl Airport, WA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane Intl Airport, WA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGEG 290406 COR
SVRGEG
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
806 PM PST SUN JUN 28 1992
WAC001-290500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
900 PM PDT SUN JUN 28 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION                        ...

IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON

   ...SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD INTO ADAMS COUNTY. STRONG WINDS TO
60 MPH HAVE REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 200 HUNDRED FEET FROM BLOWING
DUST. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER
WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS THE
NUMBER ONE WEATHER KILLER.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIRN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

END/FRISBIE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:39 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXFerry66 min
Jun 28, 6:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXStevens85 min
Jun 28, 6:53 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXFerry, Stevens67 min
Jun 28, 7:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXColumbia100 min

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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.