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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 6:09 PM PDT for Whitman County, Washington. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2001, 6:09 PM PDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2001, 7:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Whitman County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS56 KOTX 280109 SVRGEG WAC075-280215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 609 PM PDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON * UNTIL 715 PM PDT * AT 606 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAY...OR ABOUT 39 MILES WEST OF PULLMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LA CROSSE AT 625 PM PDT DUSTY AT 630 PM PDT WINONA AT 635 PM PDT ENDICOTT AT 640 PM PDT ST. JOHN...EWEN AT 650 PM PDT PINE CITY...MALDEN AT 705 PM PDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.I PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SPOKANE. LAT...LON 4657 11812 4663 11779 4725 11732 4726 11774
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln | 56 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.