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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2013, 2:26 PM PDT for Okanogan County, Washington. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 4, 2013, 2:26 PM PDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2013, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
County Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 Aug 4, 2:13 PM PDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:13 PM PDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:03 AM PDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 503 AM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-051215- 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- 503 AM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:56 PM PDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1256 PM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013 WAZ042-042030- OKANOGAN WA- 1256 PM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNTIL 130 PM PDT AT 1249 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OROVILLE..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHERN OKANOGAN COUNTY... RURAL CENTRAL OKANOGAN COUNTY... 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 4879 11961 4867 11978 4880 11989 4887 11980 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 300DEG 4KT 4879 11980 FUGAZZI
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:26 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 226 PM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013 WAZ042-042215- OKANOGAN WA- 226 PM PDT SUN AUG 4 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNTIL 315 PM PDT AT 217 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAK..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONCONULLY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4861 11964 4846 11978 4853 11992 4862 11983 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 304DEG 5KT 4856 11979 MJF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 12:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 1:16 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 3:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 51 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.