Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2001, 4:38 PM PDT for Benewah County, Idaho; Whitman County, Washington. It was in force for 37 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, 2001, 4:38 PM PDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2001, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benewah County, ID, Whitman County, WA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:42 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Oakesdale, WA | Location: on WA Hwy 27 |
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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 WUUS56 KOTX 272340 SVRGEG IDC009-WAC075-280015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 438 PM PDT FRI APR 27 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EXTREME WESTERN BENEWAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO * UNTIL 515 PM PDT * AT 434 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BELMONT...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH OF PULLMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES WEST OF TEKOA AT 455 PM PDT VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SPOKANE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.