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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2013, 1:49 AM PDT for Boundary County, Idaho. It was in force for 56 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 12, 2013, 1:49 AM PDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2013, 2:45 AM PDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
County Boundary County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Aug 11, 10:53 PM PDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:53 PM PDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1044 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-036-121415- IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- 1044 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WILL HEIGHTEN POTENTIAL FOR NEW WILDFIRE STARTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE CONTINUED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY COULD HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME NEW WILDFIRE STARTS. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ034-035-037-038-043-121415- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 1044 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY COULD HEIGHTEN POTENTIAL FOR NEW WILDFIRE STARTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE CONTINUED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY COULD HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME NEW WILDFIRE STARTS. WAZ041-042-044-121415- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1044 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODING WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER RECENT BURN SCARS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. RECENT WILDFIRE BURN SCARS WILL REMAIN VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 1:49 AM PDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 5:10 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan | 110 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 3 hr |
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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.