Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA

May 12, 2003Lincoln County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2003, 6:44 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Washington. It was in force for 31 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 12, 2003, 6:44 PM PDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2003, 7:15 PM PDT
In force
31 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2003-05-13Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

385 
WUUS56 KOTX 130144
SVROTX
WAC043-130215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
643 PM PDT MON MAY 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM PDT

* AT 640 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 37
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSES LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AT 700 PM PDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 4754 11892 4738 11880 4750 11839 4770 11854

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.