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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

April 27, 2000Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2000, 7:41 PM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2000, 7:41 PM PDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2000, 8:15 PM PDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

County Spokane County, WA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 7:50 PM PDTHail 0.75Spokane, WADime size hail was reported throughout the Spokane Valley area.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2000-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.