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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2017, 6:22 PM PDT for Bonner County, Idaho. It was in force for 38 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
- May 5, 2017, 6:22 PM PDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2017, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
County Bonner County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 5, 5:17 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 5:17 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Spokane WA 509 AM PDT Fri May 5 2017 WAZ034-041>044-061215- MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 509 AM PDT Fri May 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Central Washington...East Central Washington and North Central Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly earlier in the day. Storms may produce brief gusty winds, small hail and locally heavy downpours. The threat of Flash Flooding will decrease during the afternoon as the main thunderstorm threat moves off to the east. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY No hazardous weather expected at this time. IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-035-036-061215- 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-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 509 AM PDT Fri May 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Idaho...East Central Washington...Northeast Washington and Southeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Thunderstorms will be possible Friday. Some may be strong with brief gusty and potentially damaging winds, hail and locally heavy rain. The locally heavy rain will also bring a threat of localized debris flows or landslides, largely in the steeper terrain or near recent burn scars. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY No hazardous weather expected at this time. IDZ001-WAZ037-038-061215- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 509 AM PDT Fri May 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Washington and Northeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Thunderstorms will be possible Friday. Some may be strong with brief gusty and potentially damaging winds, hail and locally heavy rain. The locally heavy rain will also bring a threat of flash flooding and debris flows or landslides, largely in the steeper terrain and near recent burn scars. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY No hazardous weather expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 5, 5:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:02 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 24 hr |
| May 6, 10:30 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 61 hr |
| May 5, 5:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Shoshone | 33 min |
| May 6, 12:06 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Boundary | 4 days |
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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.