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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Spokane, WA

July 10, 1995Clearwater County, Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 2:04 AM PDT for Clearwater County, Latah County, Idaho. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1995, 2:04 AM PDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1995, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Latah County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 
WUUS1 KLWS 100901 RRA
SVRLWS
IDC035-057-101000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID
ISSUED BY BOISE ID
204 AM PDT MON JUL 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
 
   ...CLEARWATER COUNTY...LATAH COUNTY
 
AT 150 AM PDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN LATAH
COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN SOUTHCENTRAL CLEARWATER COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 5:49 PM PDTTornado WarningOTXBonner, Kootenai56 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXIdaho, Lewis60 min
Jul 9, 10:22 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLatah68 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.