Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

May 19, 2002Lincoln County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2002, 10:24 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Washington. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2002, 10:24 PM PDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2002, 11:00 PM PDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2002-05-20Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2002-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS56 KOTX 200524
SVRGEG
WAC043-200600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1022 PM PDT SUN MAY 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON

* UNTIL 1100 PM PDT

* AT 1018 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ODESSA AND NEAR LAMONA...OR ABOUT 37
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSES LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILBUR...AND 6 MILES WEST OF CRESTON AT 1055 PM PDT

LARGE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM. 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.

LAT...LON 4728 11892 4730 11830 4769 11836 4789 11854
          4791 11896 4768 11899 4749 11896

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 11:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXDouglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.