Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 4:48 PM PDT for Benewah County, Latah County, Nez Perce County, Idaho. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 8, 2016, 4:48 PM PDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 5:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
447
WUUS56 KOTX 082348
SVROTX
IDC009-057-069-090030-
/O.NEW.KOTX.SV.W.0009.160608T2348Z-160609T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
448 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BENEWAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
SOUTHEASTERN LATAH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
NORTHEASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
* UNTIL 530 PM PDT
* AT 447 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JULIAETTA...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAPWAI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BOVILL AROUND 515 PM PDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LENORE... GIFFORD...HELMER AND SOUTHWICK.
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 4647 11683 4708 11635 4707 11632 4664 11633
4662 11645 4649 11644 4636 11657
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 212DEG 51KT 4650 11662
$$
RF2 follow-up statements
863
WWUS56 KOTX 090011
SVSOTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
511 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
IDC009-069-090020-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160609T0030Z/
BENEWAH ID-NEZ PERCE ID-
511 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENEWAH AND
NORTHEASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4676 11660 4699 11633 4702 11632 4664 11633
4663 11644 4664 11657 4665 11664 4666 11668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 212DEG 51KT 4678 11636
$$
IDC057-090030-
/O.CON.KOTX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160609T0030Z/
LATAH ID-
511 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LATAH COUNTY...
AT 510 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOVILL...
OR 21 MILES NORTH OF OROFINO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LATAH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
HELMER.
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 4676 11660 4699 11633 4702 11632 4664 11633
4663 11644 4664 11657 4665 11664 4666 11668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 212DEG 51KT 4678 11636
$$
RF175
WWUS56 KOTX 090021
SVSOTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
521 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
IDC057-090030-
/O.EXP.KOTX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160609T0030Z/
LATAH ID-
521 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LATAH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM PDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4676 11660 4699 11633 4702 11632 4664 11633
4663 11644 4664 11657 4665 11664 4666 11668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 212DEG 51KT 4678 11636
$$
RFThe 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, 2:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Latah, Shoshone | 44 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 |
Nearby
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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.