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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

May 9, 2005Lincoln County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2005, 5:27 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Washington. It was in force for 93 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 9, 2005, 5:27 PM PDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2005, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2005-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 2005-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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.

000 
WGUS56 KOTX 100030
FFWOTX
WAC043-100200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
527 PM PDT MON MAY 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON

* UNTIL 700 PM PDT(800 PM MDT)

* AT 524 PM PDT(624 PM MDT)...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS   
REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 23 NEAR MILE MARKER 50...OR ABOUT 
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRAGUE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 
NEAR COFFEEPOT IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4784 11892 4728 11895 4728 11793 4769 11786

$$

CR

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.