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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Spokane, WA

July 6, 2006Asotin County, Garfield County, Whitman County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2006, 3:23 PM PDT for Asotin County, Garfield County, Whitman County, Washington. It was in force for 47 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 6, 2006, 3:23 PM PDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2006, 4:10 PM PDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 12:25 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1402 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS56 KOTX 062223
SVROTX
WAC003-023-075-062330-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0039.060706T2223Z-060706T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
323 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULLMAN
  NORTHWESTERN ASOTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON
  EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON

* UNTIL 430 PM PDT

* AT 318 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PULLMAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  WEST OF CLARKSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PULLMAN BY 425 PM PDT

LAT...LON 4636 11757 4680 11720 4686 11712 4683 11705
      4661 11706 4659 11704 4653 11704 4630 11732
      4627 11738

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS56 KOTX 062248
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
345 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

WAC003-023-075-062330-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060706T2330Z/
WHITMAN WA-GARFIELD WA-ASOTIN WA-
345 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR ASOTIN...EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD AND SOUTHEASTERN WHITMAN
COUNTIES...

AT 343 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE 
HAIL. THE FIRST STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLTON...OR 
ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 
A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANATONE 
WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLTON AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIONTOWN BY 405 PM PDT
  PULLMAN BY 430 PM PDT

THE OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH
RURAL ASOTIN COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IDAHO AND EASTERN WASHINGTON.

LAT...LON 4635 11758 4679 11721 4685 11713 4682 11706
      4660 11707 4658 11705 4652 11705 4605 11703
      4605 11727 4626 11739

$$

000 
WWUS56 KOTX 062305
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
405 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

WAC003-023-062315-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060706T2330Z/
GARFIELD WA-ASOTIN WA-
405 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ASOTIN AND GARFIELD COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EITHER WEAKEND OR MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IDAHO AND EASTERN WASHINGTON.

LAT...LON 4646 11723 4652 11723 4659 11736 4678 11721
      4684 11712 4686 11712 4683 11705 4643 11704
      4643 11721

$$

WAC075-062330-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060706T2330Z/
WHITMAN WA-
405 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY...

AT 400 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
COLTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PULLMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PULLMAN BY 425 PM PDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IDAHO AND EASTERN WASHINGTON.

LAT...LON 4646 11723 4652 11723 4659 11736 4678 11721
      4684 11712 4686 11712 4683 11705 4643 11704
      4643 11721

$$

000 
WWUS56 KOTX 062310
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
408 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

WAC075-062318-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060706T2330Z/
WHITMAN WA-
408 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OFF THE 
BLUE MOUNTAINS AND TOWARD PULLMAN HAS WEAKENED SUBSTANTIALLY AND IS 
NOW NOT CONSIDERED SEVERE...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IDAHO AND EASTERN WASHINGTON.

LAT...LON 4646 11723 4652 11723 4659 11736 4678 11721
      4684 11712 4686 11712 4683 11705 4643 11704
      4643 11721

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 3:04 PM PDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:04 PM PDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
304 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL SPREAD WEST ACROSS
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END EARLY
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...WITH
DRY BUT BREEZY WEATHER EXPECTED AREAWIDE FRIDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AN UNUSUALLY
PERSISTENT SEVERE WX PATTERN OF LATE WILL TRANSITION TO A MORE
STABLE REGIME FRIDAY. THIS AS DRIER AIR INVADES THE AREA IN WAKE
OF A POTENT NEGATIVELY TILTED SHORT-WAVE TROUGH THAT WILL CROSS
THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT AND RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS IN. IT APPEARS THAT
WINDOW FOR SEVERE WX WILL QUICKLY CLOSE THIS EVENING ACROSS
EASTERN AREAS...AS BEST FORCING FOR LIFT GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST AND
NORTH OF THE CWA AFTER 06Z. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY HIGH END SCT
POPS ACROSS NE WA/ID PANHANDLE ZONES DURING THE EVENING...TAPERING
OFF TO ISOLD ACROSS WESTERN ZONES. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE ON
FRIDAY WILL BE MAX TEMPS...WHICH SHOULD TOP THOSE TODAY BY AT
LEAST 3-8 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER EXPECTED WITH AREAS OF
MODERATE BREEZES ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN VALLEYS.  KJ

SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...COMPUTER MODEL GUIDANCE STILL IN
GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE COOLER AND DRIER AIR
AT THE END OF THIS WEEK IS A WELCOME RELIEF. HOWEVER..HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO SOAR BACK UP INTO THE 90S FOR MOST LOWER
ELEVATION LOCATIONS BY SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BE A THREAT
BEFORE MONDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE GETS MORE ORGANIZED AND THE AREA
REMAINS DRY ENOUGH TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. AFTER
MONDAY...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN AGAIN...MAINLY OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN. ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST WERE MADE THIS
CYCLE. /LERICOS

&&

.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH 06Z..MAINLY
NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KEAT TO KLGD. AFTERWARD SKIES WILL
CLEAR. ELEVATED SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN A FACTOR FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS A MARINE AIR MASS MOVES OVER THE CASCADES. EAST CASCADE
VALLEYS WILL SEE THE HIGHEST SPEEDS...ALTHOUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN
ALSO WILL SEE ELEVATED WIND CONDITIONS. THIS MAY BRING ABOUT CROSS-
WIND CONDITIONS AT SOME TERMINALS IN THE AREA. /LERICOS

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        54  80  56  89  56  91 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
COEUR DALENE  53  81  50  89  52  92 /  30   0   0   0   0   0
PULLMAN        50  79  51  88  52  90 /  30   0   0   0   0   0
LEWISTON       60  89  59  95  61 100 /  30   0   0   0   0   0
COLVILLE       51  83  48  91  50  93 /  60   0   0   0   0   0
SANDPOINT      54  77  50  85  50  89 /  60   0   0   0   0   0
KELLOGG        54  80  54  88  53  91 /  30   0   0   0   0   0
MOSES LAKE     56  86  55  93  57  95 /  10   0   0   0   0   0
WENATCHEE      59  85  60  92  61  94 /  10   0   0   0   0   0
OMAK           56  88  56  94  57  96 /  20   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN
       PANHANDLE...COEUR DALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE...CENTRAL
       PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...LEWISTON AREA...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ
       PERCE COUNTIES.
WA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST BLUE
       MOUNTAINS...LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...WASHINGTON
       PALOUSE...MOSES LAKE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE
       AREA...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...WENATCHEE
       AREA...EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES...OKANOGAN VALLEY...
       WATERVILLE PLATEAU.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 12:33 PM PDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1233 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-071300-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...MOSCOW...
ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...
LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...
PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...
WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...COLVILLE...
DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...
INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...
OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD
1233 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 588 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
     EVENING.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   SEAWCNOTX  /WWUS86 KOTX/

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE THIS IS AN OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS.

THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECETED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 1:24 PM PDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
124 PM PDT THU JUL 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0117 PM     HAIL             4 SE SANTA              47.11N 116.38W
07/06/2006  E0.75 INCH       BENEWAH            ID   PUBLIC

            FERNWOOD, ID

&&

CR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 5:44 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Chelan	61 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Okanogan	61 min
Jul 5, 6:43 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:02 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Okanogan	58 min
Jul 5, 8:04 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Okanogan	26 min
Jul 6, 10:48 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Douglas, Grant	57 min
Jul 6, 1:27 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Adams, Lincoln	48 min
Jul 6, 2:34 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Stevens	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.