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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

June 19, 2009Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2009, 9:21 PM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 19, 2009, 9:21 PM PDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2009, 10:00 PM PDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

County Spokane County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2009-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 
WWUS86 KOTX 200421
SPSOTX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
921 PM PDT FRI JUN 19 2009

WAZ035-036-200500-
SPOKANE WA-LINCOLN WA-
921 PM PDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON
  WEST CENTRAL SPOKANE COUNTY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON

UNTIL 1000 PM PDT

AT 918 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR REARDAN..MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   REARDAN...
   FAIRCHILD AFB...

LAT...LON 4776 11751 4749 11756 4757 11815 4777 11810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 276DEG 13KT 4768 11795

$$

JL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln48 min
Jun 19, 8:02 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXSpokane4 hr
Jun 19, 8:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLincoln40 min
Jun 19, 10:14 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXLincoln, Spokane100 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.