Alert archive / Idaho / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 9:21 PM PDT for Benewah County, Idaho. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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, 9:21 PM PDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
County Benewah County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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 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. |
| Jul 2, 10:08 PM PDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 N Tensed, ID | TIME ESTIMATED. REPORT RELAYED FROM DISPATCH. |
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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.
923 WWUS86 KOTX 030421 SPSOTX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 921 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 IDZ002>004-030500- BENEWAH ID-KOOTENAI ID- 921 PM PDT MON JUL 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO NORTHWESTERN BENEWAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO UNTIL 1000 PM PDT AT 921 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF PLUMMER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARRISON... ST. MARIES... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4761 11663 4740 11633 4718 11690 4728 11703 TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 230DEG 35KT 4727 11684 $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 9:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai, Shoshone | 48 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.