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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Spokane, WA

July 9, 1995Benewah County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 4:51 PM PDT for Benewah County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 4:51 PM PDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benewah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, WA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, WA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGEG 092355 RRA
SVRGEG
IDC009-079-100200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
451 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH IDAHO
 
   ...BENEWAH COUNTY...WESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY
 
THE SPOKANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WARNING FOR BENEWAH AND WESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTIES IN IDAHO.
 
AT 445 PM PDT A WEATHER SPOTTER IN EXTREME SOUTHERN BENEWAH
COUNTY...IDAHO REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  POWER FAILURES AND DOWNED TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED.  THE STORM
IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
SHOSHONE COUNTY BY 5 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:45 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXAdams, Idaho60 min
Jul 9, 3:05 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXIdaho55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.