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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA
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.
- 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
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 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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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
ButlerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 6:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 6:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 7:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 7:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 11:08 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 11:16 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 11:39 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 11:43 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 11:44 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 11:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 11:50 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan | 4 min |
| Aug 7, 11:54 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 12:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 12:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 12:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 12:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 12:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 1:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 1:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 4:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 9:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Latah | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 11:10 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lewis | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 11:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 12:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Bonner | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 12:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Shoshone | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 12:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Nez Perce | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 12:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Nez Perce | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 1:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lewis | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Boundary | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 1:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lewis | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 1:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Shoshone | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 2:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Bonner | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lewis | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Benewah | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 4:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Shoshone | 36 min |
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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.