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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA

July 11, 1993Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho; Pend Oreille County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1993, 6:32 PM PDT for Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho; Pend Oreille County, Washington. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1993, 6:32 PM PDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1993, 8:28 PM PDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Great Falls, MT (KGTF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 424 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, Great Falls, MT at 00:00Z on 1993-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 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, Great Falls, MT at 00:00Z on 1993-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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.