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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Spokane, WA

September 7, 1995Benewah County, Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1995, 9:29 AM PDT for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 1995, 9:29 AM PDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1995, 10:30 AM PDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 1995-09-07Temperature 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 1995-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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 071631 RRA
SVRGEG
IDC009-055-079-071730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
929 AM PDT THU SEP 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH IDAHO
 
   ...EASTERN BENEWAH COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY
   ...WESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY
 
AT 925 AM PDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BOVILL
IDAHO MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. HAIL STONES OF ONE INCH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED.
 
EXPECT  LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARxE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 8:30 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXClearwater, Latah60 min
Sep 7, 1:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXIdaho57 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.