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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 2:31 PM PDT for Benewah County, Latah County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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
- Jun 8, 2016, 2:31 PM PDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:45 PM PDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 Ne Moscow, ID | . |
| Jun 8, 2:45 PM PDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Harvard, ID | . |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Santa, ID | SEVERAL 50 FOOT COTTONWOOD TREES BLOWN OVER ONTO HIGHWAY 3 BETWEEN FERNWOOD AND EMERALD CREEK. ALSO DIME SIZED HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
731
WUUS56 KOTX 082131
SVROTX
IDC009-057-079-082215-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0004.160608T2131Z-160608T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
231 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BENEWAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
CENTRAL LATAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
* UNTIL 315 PM PDT
* AT 230 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MOSCOW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...DEARY...BOVILL...HARVARD...JOEL...SANTA...EMIDA...
FERNWOOD...HELMER...CLARKIA AND ST. JOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4693 11633 4681 11633 4669 11692 4676 11698
4740 11640 4694 11607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 220DEG 43KT 4679 11685
$$
SB2 follow-up statements
661
WWUS56 KOTX 082143
SVSOTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
243 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
IDC009-057-079-082215-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160608T2215Z/
BENEWAH ID-LATAH ID-SHOSHONE ID-
243 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT
FOR EASTERN BENEWAH...NORTHEASTERN LATAH AND SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE
COUNTIES...
AT 243 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF POTLATCH...OR 18 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MOSCOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FERNWOOD...CLARKIA...ST. JOE...HARVARD...SANTA AND EMIDA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4693 11633 4688 11635 4680 11679 4686 11686
4740 11640 4694 11607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 220DEG 43KT 4691 11670
$$
SB883
WWUS56 KOTX 082200
SVSOTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
300 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
IDC009-057-079-082215-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160608T2215Z/
BENEWAH ID-LATAH ID-SHOSHONE ID-
300 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT
FOR EASTERN BENEWAH...NORTHEASTERN LATAH AND SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE
COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF BOVILL...OR 17 MILES
SOUTH OF ST. MARIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FERNWOOD...CLARKIA...ST. JOE AND SANTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4698 11633 4694 11646 4696 11659 4701 11664
4740 11640 4703 11613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 220DEG 43KT 4707 11651
$$
SBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 2:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Nez Perce | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Nez Perce | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 3:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Shoshone | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 4:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Latah, Nez Perce | 42 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.