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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

August 7, 2025Ferry County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2025, 9:33 AM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It was in force for 27 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 7, 2025, 9:33 AM PDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2025, 10:00 AM PDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Ferry County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 406 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2025-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Quillayute State, WA at 12:00Z on 2025-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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 Aug 7, 4:33 AM PDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:33 AM PDT, 5 hours before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:33 AM PDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
933 AM PDT Thu Aug 7 2025

WAZ038-043-071700-
Okanogan Valley WA-Okanogan Highlands WA-
933 AM PDT Thu Aug 7 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Okanogan County through 1000 AM PDT...

At 933 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nespelem Community, or 24 miles southeast of Omak. This storm
is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Nespelem Community.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4814 11904 4821 11921 4837 11912 4828 11885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 204DEG 4KT 4824 11907

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:06 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln24 min
Aug 6, 6:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln31 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln37 min
Aug 6, 7:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln29 min
Aug 6, 7:28 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln32 min
Aug 7, 11:08 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXFerry37 min
Aug 7, 11:16 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXGrant29 min
Aug 7, 11:39 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXFerry36 min
Aug 7, 11:43 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXGrant32 min
Aug 7, 11:44 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXFerry31 min
Aug 7, 11:46 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXGrant29 min
Aug 7, 11:50 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXFerry, Lincoln, Okanogan4 min
Aug 7, 11:54 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningOTXFerry, Lincoln, Okanogan2 hr
Aug 7, 12:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXAdams25 min
Aug 7, 12:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXGrant37 min
Aug 7, 12:13 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXFerry32 min
Aug 7, 12:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXAdams31 min
Aug 7, 12:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln26 min
Aug 7, 12:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXGrant33 min
Aug 7, 12:56 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln34 min
Aug 7, 1:02 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXStevens28 min
Aug 7, 1:13 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXAdams32 min
Aug 7, 4:24 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXPend Oreille36 min
Aug 7, 9:46 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLatah29 min
Aug 7, 11:10 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLewis35 min
Aug 7, 11:46 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBoundary29 min
Aug 7, 12:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBonner36 min
Aug 7, 12:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXShoshone33 min
Aug 7, 12:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXNez Perce31 min
Aug 7, 12:53 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXNez Perce23 min
Aug 7, 1:14 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLewis46 min
Aug 7, 1:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBoundary29 min
Aug 7, 1:20 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLewis25 min
Aug 7, 1:44 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLewis31 min
Aug 7, 1:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXShoshone22 min
Aug 7, 2:43 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBonner32 min
Aug 7, 3:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLewis34 min
Aug 7, 3:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBenewah31 min
Aug 7, 4:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXShoshone36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.