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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Spokane, WA

July 4, 2006Chelan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 2:56 PM PDT for Chelan County, Washington. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2006, 2:56 PM PDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 3:30 PM PDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chelan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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.

000 
WUUS56 KOTX 042158
SVROTX
WAC007-042230-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0021.060704T2156Z-060704T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
256 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON

* UNTIL 330 PM PDT

* AT 247 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND    
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF STEVENS PASS...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF    
  WENATCHEE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TELMA BY 315 PM PDT

LAT...LON 4772 12110 4767 12074 4799 12061 4806 12110

$$

JW
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS56 KOTX 042215
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
313 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006

WAC007-042230-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060704T2230Z/
CHELAN WA-
313 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM PDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY...

AT 305 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF STEVENS PASS SUMMIT...OR ABOUT 41 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF WENATCHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

LAT...LON 4772 12110 4767 12074 4799 12061 4806 12110

$$

JW
000 
WWUS56 KOTX 042233
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
331 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006

WAC007-042245-
/O.EXP.KOTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060704T2230Z/
CHELAN WA-
331 PM PDT TUE JUL 4 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 330 PM PDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVER THE CAMPGROUNDS OFF THE LITTLE 
WENATCHEE RIVER WEST OF LAKE WENATCHEE.  THE STORM IS WEAKENING AND 
MOVING TOWARD GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS.  SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS 
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4772 12110 4767 12074 4799 12061 4806 12110

$$

JW

Nearby

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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.