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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2012, 3:29 AM PDT for Bonner County, Idaho. It was in force for 61 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 24, 2012, 3:29 AM PDT (10:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 4:30 AM PDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
County Bonner County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 24, 2:10 AM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:10 AM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 626 AM PDT SAT JUN 23 2012 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ037-038-241330- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 626 AM PDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON CREEKS AND RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR FUTURE UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WAZ042-241330- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 626 AM PDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON CREEKS AND RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR FUTURE UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WAZ031>036-041-043-044-241330- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 626 AM PDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR FUTURE UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:33 PM PDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1133 PM PDT SAT JUN 23 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1119 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSW GENESEE 46.51N 116.95W
06/23/2012 M71.00 MPH NEZ PERCE ID MESONET
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JCLEVSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 3:29 AM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 329 AM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 IDZ001-002-004-241130- BONNER ID-BOUNDARY ID-KOOTENAI ID- 329 AM PDT SUN JUN 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO SOUTH CENTRAL BOUNDARY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO CENTRAL BONNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO UNTIL 430 AM PDT AT 323 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF HAYDEN LAKE..MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATHOL... BAYVIEW... SANDPOINT AND DOVER... PONDERAY... LAT...LON 4858 11686 4859 11625 4771 11649 4773 11675 TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 185DEG 39KT 4782 11661 JCOTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 6:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 6:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Whitman | 20 min |
| Jun 24, 4:32 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Bonner, Boundary | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 5:19 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 26 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Idaho, 2012Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.