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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

June 22, 2018Bonner County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2018, 4:39 PM PDT for Bonner County, Idaho. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2018, 4:39 PM PDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2018, 5:30 PM PDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

County Bonner County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 22, 4:38 PM PDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:38 PM PDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 6:40 AM PDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Spokane WA
640 AM PDT Fri Jun 22 2018

IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-036-231345-
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-Spokane Area-
640 AM PDT Fri Jun 22 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho...
North Central Idaho...Northeast Washington and Southeast
Washington.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

WAZ034-035-041>044-231345-
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Wenatchee Area-
East Slopes Northern Cascades-Okanogan Valley-Waterville Plateau-
640 AM PDT Fri Jun 22 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Central
Washington...East Central Washington and North Central
Washington.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Gusty winds are expected today through the Cascade gaps and out
into the western basin. Winds will result in increased fire spread
with any ongoing or new grass fires.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A strong cold front Monday will produce windy condtions across the
region. Gusty winds will result in increased fire spread in
grasses for any new or ongoing fires.

IDZ001-WAZ037-038-231345-
Northern Panhandle-Northeast Mountains-Okanogan Highlands-
640 AM PDT Fri Jun 22 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho...
North Central Washington and Northeast Washington.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Thunderstorms will redevelop this afternoon. Storms will be
capable of producing hail, gusty outflow winds and bursts of heavy
rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:09 PM PDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:12 PM PDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:27 PM PDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:32 PM PDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:33 PM PDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:39 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 5:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	48 min
Jun 21, 5:56 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane	111 min
Jun 21, 6:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	49 min
Jun 21, 7:03 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 22, 12:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
Jun 22, 1:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	42 min
Jun 22, 1:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	39 min
Jun 22, 1:24 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	111 min
Jun 22, 1:28 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	32 min
Jun 22, 1:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	42 min
Jun 22, 1:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
Jun 22, 2:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	34 min
Jun 22, 2:32 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Stevens	28 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	41 min
Jun 22, 2:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 22, 2:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	52 min
Jun 22, 2:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX		50 min
Jun 22, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	41 min
Jun 22, 3:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	38 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	46 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	51 min
Jun 22, 4:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	48 min
Jun 21, 6:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	52 min
Jun 21, 7:19 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Kootenai	116 min
Jun 21, 7:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Benewah	40 min
Jun 21, 8:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Latah	52 min
Jun 22, 12:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	35 min
Jun 22, 3:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	42 min
Jun 22, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	37 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	50 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	48 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Idaho, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.