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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Spokane, WA

July 12, 1995Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 3:21 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 54 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 3:21 PM PDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 4:15 PM PDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

County Idaho County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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 
WUUS1 KLWS 122219 RRA
SVRLWS
IDC049-122315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID
ISSUED BY BOISE ID
321 PM PDT WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
 
   ...EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM PDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED AT
60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANGEVILLE IN THE FRANK CHURCH WILDERNESS
AREA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND
WILL REACH THE MONTANA BORDER BY 400 PM PDT.
 
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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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.