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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Spokane, WA

September 7, 1995Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1995, 1:03 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 1995, 1:03 PM PDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1995, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

County Idaho County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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 1995-09-07Temperature 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 
WUUS1 KLWS 072006 RRA
SVRLWS
IDC049-072100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID
ISSUED BY BOISE ID
103 PM PDT THU SEP 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
 
   ...IDAHO COUNTY
 
AT 1 PM PDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN IDAHO COUNTY. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY 60 MILES EAST OF
GRANGEVILLE. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED IN WESTERN IDAHO COUNTY ON A LINE
25 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANGEVILLE TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANGEVILLE.
 
ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, 9:29 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXBenewah, Kootenai, Shoshone61 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.