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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Spokane, WA

July 12, 2006Kootenai County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2006, 7:30 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Idaho. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2006, 7:30 PM PDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2006, 7:59 PM PDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kootenai County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 12, 7:38 PM PDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Athol, ID	WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 55-60 MPH. TREMENDOUS DOWNPOUR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.

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 nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS56 KOTX 130232
SVROTX
IDC055-130315-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0052.060713T0230Z-060713T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
730 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO

* UNTIL 815 PM PDT

* AT 728 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHOL TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ATHOL...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PRIEST RIVER TO 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BAYVIEW BY 735 PM PDT

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NORTH SPOKANE  WITH 
THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4790 11651 4789 11649 4789 11634 4771 11634
      4762 11652 4797 11682 4796 11664 4799 11662
      4799 11651

$$

FX

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS56 KOTX 130248
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
746 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

IDC055-130315-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060713T0315Z/
KOOTENAI ID-
746 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY...

AT 740 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF BAYVIEW TO BAYVIEW...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF DALTON GARDENS TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF HAYDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT THE 
SPARSELY POPULATED PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KOOTENAI COUNTY THROUGH AT 
LEAST 8 PM. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4790 11651 4789 11649 4789 11634 4771 11634
      4762 11652 4797 11682 4796 11664 4799 11662
      4799 11651

$$

FX

000 
WWUS56 KOTX 130259
SVSOTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
759 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

IDC055-130309-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060713T0315Z/
KOOTENAI ID-
759 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. EARLIER 
THERE WERE REPORTS OF 60 MPH WINDS NEAR ATHOL. 

LAT...LON 4790 11651 4789 11649 4789 11634 4771 11634
      4762 11652 4797 11682 4796 11664 4799 11662
      4799 11651

$$

FX

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 12, 4:20 PM PDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 4:20 PM PDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
420 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN...RESULTING
IN DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMING TEMPERATUERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGING THROUGH THE
INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY. SOME LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE
AREA...BUT HAVE NOT FOUND ANYMORE THAN A TRACE OF PRECIP AT THE
ASOS SITES. RADAR SHOWING SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE
PALOUSE AND EAST CASCADES NOW...AND EXPECT SOME MEASURABLE RAIN OUT
OF THAT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS SHOWING A DEFINITE BACKEDGE TO THE
PRECIP. EXPECT THIS TO BE THROUGH EASTERN WA BY 00-01Z. WITH
INCREASED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS...THINK DECREASING CLOUDS IS A
GOOD BET BEHIND THE PRECIP. QUESTION IS IF THERE IS ENOUGH
INSTABILITY TO POP SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION. SATELLITE IS SHOWING
SOME CU POPPING ACROSS THE NORTH CASCADES AND AN ISOLATED STRIKE
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. AFTER 06Z SHOWERS AND CLOUDS WILL DECREASE.
TEMPS WILL BE COOLER THAN LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE COOLER AIR
MASS OVER US...BUT WITH WINDS STAYING UP...IT WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM
DROPPING TOO MUCH. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WE DRY OUT AND START
TO WARM UP. UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OFFSHORE WHILE THE FOUR CORNERS
HIGH REMAINS STRONG...EACH DAY BRINGING WARMER TEMPERATURES
FURTHER NORTH. HAVE REMOVED ANY MENTION OF SHOWERS EXCEPT FOR FRI
AFTERNOON AS A WAVE CLIPS THE US/CANADIAN BORDER AND GFS IS
SHOWING SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH. OTHERWISE
TEMPERATURES RISING EACH DAY...HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPS A BIT FRI AND
SAT...SO THAT BY SATURDAY WE ARE ONCE AGAIN ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR. /KOCH

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN
RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MONDAY. CONFIDENCE WANES SLIGHTLY
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THERE ARE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN MODELS. GFS ALSO HAS HAD SOME
CONSISTENCY ISSUES IN THE PAST 2-3 RUNS. BUT A FEW OVERALL POINTS CAN
BE DRAWN OUT...AND I/M STILL FAVORING THE GFS WHICH IS THE SLOWER OF
THE THREE MODELS (MINUS 06Z RUN). THE OVERALL PATTERN SHOWS A TROF
OFF THE COAST...NUDGING EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND A FLAT RIDGE
INLAND. MINOR DISTURBANCES COME INLAND FROM THE LOW THROUGH MONDAY...
BUT MOST OF THE SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY STAYS NORTH. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR THUNDER IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CWA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
DUE TO WEAK WAVES AND SOME MID-LEVEL MOISTURE. THE OFFSHORE TROF
CONTINUES TO NUDGE CLOSER TO THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH
PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER SHORTWAVES TRYING TO SLIP OVER THE AREA (AS
OPPOSED TO NORTH OF THE AREA). THIS IS TRANSLATED TO SOME SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES
REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH PERIOD AND THE COOL DOWN NOT LOOKING
AS QUICK...DUE TO SLOWER EAST PROGRESSION OF OFFSHORE TROF. /JCOTE

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 00Z THUR. COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST
THROUGH COLUMBIA BASIN TOWARD KGEG/KCOE CORRIDOR...WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND SOME TSRA.  BEST RISK FOR SOME STORMS NORTH AND WEST OF
KPUW THROUGH 04Z.  WINDS BLUSTERY THROUGH 06Z.  DECREASING CLOUDS
OVERNIGHT. /JCOTE

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        57  80  54  83  56  88 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
COEUR DALENE  56  79  51  82  54  86 /  20   0   0  10   0   0
PULLMAN        54  79  50  82  52  87 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
LEWISTON       62  89  60  92  63  96 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
COLVILLE       54  83  53  85  55  87 /  20   0   0   0   0  10
SANDPOINT      53  77  50  80  52  84 /  30  10   0  10   0  10
KELLOGG        52  82  50  85  54  87 /  20  10   0  10   0   0
MOSES LAKE     59  85  55  89  57  91 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
WENATCHEE      59  83  59  86  61  90 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
OMAK           56  84  54  87  56  90 /  20   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:33 PM PDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
533 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

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

0430 PM     HAIL             1 SE WARDEN             46.96N 119.03W
07/12/2006  E0.50 INCH       GRANT              WA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME SIZE HAIL

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:34 PM PDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
534 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE WARDEN             46.96N 119.03W
07/12/2006                   GRANT              WA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            30-40 FOOT BARN BLOWN DOWN AND PAINT PEELED OFF HOUSES

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:54 PM PDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
554 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

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

0550 PM     TSTM WND GST     DAVENPORT               47.65N 118.15W
07/12/2006  E60 MPH          LINCOLN            WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUSTS EST AT 60 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:01 PM PDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
701 PM PDT WED JUL 12 2006

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

0549 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 S EDWALL              47.45N 117.95W
07/12/2006  E40.00 MPH       LINCOLN            WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0624 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NW MARSHALL           47.60N 117.55W
07/12/2006  E40.00 MPH       SPOKANE            WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO PEA-SIZED HAIL

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SE SPOKANE            47.63N 117.35W
07/12/2006  E55.00 MPH       SPOKANE            WA   AMATEUR RADIO

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N SPOKANE             47.76N 117.41W
07/12/2006                   SPOKANE            WA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA ACROSS
            NORTH SPOKANE.

&&

FX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 6:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Kootenai	32 min
Jul 12, 7:19 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Bonner	56 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.