Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2012, 6:01 PM PDT for Bonner County, Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 4, 2012, 6:01 PM PDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bonner County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 W Granite, ID | US NAVY BUOY ON LAKE PEND OREILLE MEASURED WIND GUST |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497
WUUS56 KOTX 050101
SVROTX
IDC017-055-079-050145-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0005.120605T0101Z-120605T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
601 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BONNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANDPOINT...
NORTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
NORTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
* UNTIL 645 PM PDT
* AT 555 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF BAYVIEW...OR 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COEUR D'ALENE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BAYVIEW...CAREYWOOD...JORDAN CREEK CAMPGROUND...COCOLALLA...
GRANITE...CABINET...CLARK FORK...DOVER...SANDPOINT...EAST HOPE...
HOPE...PONDERAY...KOOTENAI...COLBURN AND ELMIRA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE PEND OREILLE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON.
&&
LAT...LON 4850 11603 4800 11604 4769 11636 4774 11668
4850 11657 4851 11605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 195DEG 41KT 4791 11646
$$
SB2 follow-up statements
394
WWUS56 KOTX 050120
SVSOTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
620 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
IDC055-079-050129-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120605T0145Z/
SHOSHONE ID-KOOTENAI ID-
620 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KOOTENAI AND
NORTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON.
LAT...LON 4850 11603 4800 11604 4799 11607 4803 11612
4802 11616 4807 11626 4803 11632 4791 11632
4790 11649 4799 11651 4800 11665 4850 11657
4851 11605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 195DEG 41KT 4811 11638
$$
IDC017-050145-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120605T0145Z/
BONNER ID-
620 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BONNER COUNTY...
AT 613 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANITE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SANDPOINT...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CABINET...CLARK FORK...DOVER...EAST HOPE...HOPE...PONDERAY...
KOOTENAI...COLBURN AND ELMIRA.
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.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE PEND OREILLE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE PANHANDLE AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON.
&&
LAT...LON 4850 11603 4800 11604 4799 11607 4803 11612
4802 11616 4807 11626 4803 11632 4791 11632
4790 11649 4799 11651 4800 11665 4850 11657
4851 11605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 195DEG 41KT 4811 11638
$$
SB054
WWUS56 KOTX 050139
SVSOTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
639 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
IDC017-050148-
/O.EXP.KOTX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120605T0145Z/
BONNER ID-
639 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BONNER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM PDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF DIME
SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4850 11603 4800 11604 4799 11607 4803 11612
4802 11616 4807 11626 4803 11632 4791 11632
4790 11649 4799 11651 4800 11665 4850 11657
4851 11605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 195DEG 41KT 4832 11629
$$
SBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lewis | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 7:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Benewah | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lewis | 15 min |
| Jun 4, 8:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Shoshone | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 10:53 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Boundary | 11 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.