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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Spokane, WA

June 10, 2003Bonner County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2003, 3:16 PM PDT for Bonner County, Idaho. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 10, 2003, 3:16 PM PDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bonner County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

212 
WUUS56 KOTX 102216
SVROTX
IDC017-102245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
315 PM PDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BONNER COUNTY IN IDAHO

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BONNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER

* UNTIL 345 PM PDT

* AT 312 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRIEST RIVER...MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   PRIEST RIVER AT 325 PM PDT
   DOVER...COCOLALLA AT 345 PM PDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO.

LAT...LON 4833 11701 4815 11701 4807 11661 4829 11656

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:26 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXKootenai34 min
Jun 10, 4:04 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXBonner26 min
Jun 10, 4:43 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXKootenai32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 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.