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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Spokane, WA

July 16, 2005Kootenai County, Idaho; Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2005, 1:26 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Idaho; Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 16, 2005, 1:26 PM PDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2005, 1:58 PM PDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kootenai County, ID, Spokane County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2005-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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 
WUUS56 KOTX 162028
SVROTX
IDC055-WAC063-162100-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0013.050716T2026Z-050716T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
126 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SPOKANE COUNTY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON
  SOUTHWESTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO

* UNTIL 200 PM PDT

* AT 121 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POST
  FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WORLEY BY 150 PM PDT

LAT...LON 4759 11714 4742 11721 4736 11688 4753 11679

$$

BZ
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS56 KOTX 162045
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
141 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

IDC055-WAC063-162100-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050716T2100Z/
KOOTENAI ID-SPOKANE WA-
141 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM PDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SPOKANE AND SOUTHWESTERN KOOTENAI COUNTIES...

AT 139 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ROCKFORD...FAIRFIELD
AND WORLEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL STRETCH FROM FAIRFIELD TO WORLEY BY 200 PM.
  

LAT...LON 4759 11714 4742 11721 4736 11688 4753 11679

$$

BZ
000 
WWUS56 KOTX 162058
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
155 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

IDC055-WAC063-162105-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050716T2100Z/
KOOTENAI ID-SPOKANE WA-
155 PM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SPOKANE AND
SOUTHWESTERN KOOTENAI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS RAPIDLY WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER A 
THREAT TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND
GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM FAIRFIELD
TO WORLEY AND HARRISON THROUGH AT LEAST 215 PM. 

LAT...LON 4759 11714 4742 11721 4736 11688 4753 11679

$$

BZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 1:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXPend Oreille17 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.