Alert archive / Washington / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2012, 5:31 PM PDT. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 9, 2012, 5:31 PM PDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 326 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
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Jul 9, 4:32 PM PDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 4:32 PM PDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 1:49 PM PDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 149 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-102100- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 149 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:25 PM PDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
125 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012
WAZ037-038-092115-
FERRY WA-STEVENS WA-
125 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
NORTHEASTERN FERRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
UNTIL 215 PM PDT
AT 123 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF CURLEW..MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN FERRY COUNTY...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4901 11819 4900 11806 4879 11830 4881 11840
4901 11836 4901 11834 4901 11820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 196DEG 6KT 4882 11833
SBSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 1:41 PM PDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
141 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012
IDZ001-WAZ037-092115-
BOUNDARY ID-PEND OREILLE WA-
141 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PEND OREILLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO
UNTIL 215 PM PDT
AT 138 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF METALINE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
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...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN PEND OREILLE COUNTY...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4888 11704 4889 11713 4900 11709 4901 11704
4901 11687 4900 11686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 208DEG 13KT 4891 11706
SBSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 5:31 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
531 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012
WAZ042-100115-
OKANOGAN WA-
531 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
UNTIL 615 PM PDT
AT 527 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF MAZAMA..MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4900 12031 4878 12039 4878 12052 4901 12059
4901 12033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 181DEG 17KT 4884 12045
SBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 8:42 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Okanogan | 4 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Washington, 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.