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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 9:27 PM PDT for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports 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 2, 2012, 9:27 PM PDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 10:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 2, 9:35 PM PDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ene Chatcolet, ID | MOSTLY PEA TO DIME SIZE...BUT A FEW NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL STONES. HAIL LASTED 4 MINUTES. |
| Jul 2, 9:40 PM PDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 S Harrison, ID | TIME ESTIMATED. SPOUSE OF BENEWAH DISPATCH OFFICER. |
| Jul 2, 10:05 PM PDT | HAIL 0.5 | 5 W St. Maries, ID | HAIL LASTED FOR FIVE MINUTES THROUGH 2210 PDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
922 WUUS56 KOTX 030427 SVROTX IDC009-055-079-030515- /O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0016.120703T0427Z-120703T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 927 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BENEWAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. MARIES... SOUTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO... WEST CENTRAL SHOSHONE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO... * UNTIL 1015 PM PDT * AT 926 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLUMMER...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ST. MARIES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHATCOLET...HARRISON...ST. MARIES...MEDIMONT...ROSE LAKE...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...CATALDO AND KINGSTON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4772 11650 4746 11614 4717 11681 4730 11699 TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 227DEG 36KT 4730 11680 $$ VAN HORN
1 follow-up statement
837 WWUS56 KOTX 030454 SVSOTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 954 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 IDC009-055-079-030515- /O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120703T0515Z/ SHOSHONE ID-BENEWAH ID-KOOTENAI ID- 954 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KOOTENAI...NORTHERN BENEWAH AND WEST CENTRAL SHOSHONE COUNTIES... AT 948 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEDIMONT...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ST. MARIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SECOND STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS MOVING ALONG THE SAME PATH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO CHATCOLET...ST MARIES...AND INTO MEDIMONT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSE LAKE...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...CATALDO AND KINGSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED TWO MILES EAST-NORTHEAST FROM CHATCOLET WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 4772 11650 4746 11614 4717 11681 4730 11699 TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 227DEG 36KT 4746 11654 $$ VAN HORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Benewah | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai, Latah | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kootenai | 30 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.