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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 10:27 PM PDT for Boundary County, Idaho. It was in force for 48 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 13, 2012, 10:27 PM PDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 11:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
County Boundary County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 13, 9:27 PM PDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:27 PM PDT, 1 hour before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 540 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ036>038-042-141500- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 540 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. MORE WET...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...NAMELY OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER STEEP TERRAIN MAY PRODUCE DEBRIS FLOWS OR ROCK SLIDES. WAZ034-035-044-141500- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 540 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS. WAZ031>033-041-043-141500- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 540 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. MORE WET...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER STEEP TERRAIN MAY PRODUCE DEBRIS FLOWS OR ROCK SLIDES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:38 PM PDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 938 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 IDZ001-140530- BONNER ID-BOUNDARY ID- 938 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO CENTRAL BONNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO UNTIL 1030 PM PDT AT 937 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF BONNERS FERRY..MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BONNERS FERRY... MOYIE SPRINGS... LAT...LON 4886 11604 4841 11621 4842 11657 4887 11650 TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 190DEG 19KT 4852 11632 KELCH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:27 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1027 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012
IDZ001-140615-
BONNER ID-BOUNDARY ID-
1027 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN BOUNDARY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO
NORTHWESTERN BONNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO
UNTIL 1115 PM PDT
AT 1024 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN BONNERS FERRY AND PRIEST LAKE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BRIEF TORRENTIAL
RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR UNDER THE HEART OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PRIEST LAKE...
BEAVER CREEK CAMPGROUND...
LAT...LON 4871 11632 4851 11660 4873 11704 4892 11703
4900 11692 4899 11678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 134DEG 16KT 4868 11665
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 1:13 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 3:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 3:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Spokane | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:20 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Douglas | 107 min |
| Jul 13, 9:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 11:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 12:58 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 4:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kootenai | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kootenai | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.