Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1986, 3:53 PM PDT for Asotin County, Washington; Nez Perce County, Idaho. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1986, 3:53 PM PDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1986, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 3148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOI 142258 COR SVRLWS IDC069-057-WAC003-013-023-150100- BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE, ID 453 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IDAHO..NEZ PERCE AND LATAH WASHINGTON..ASOTIN COLUMBIA AND GARFIELD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ARE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AND PRESENTLY IN PROGRESS IN THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON AREA. WINDS HAVE REACHED 39 MILES AN HOUR AT THE LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY AIRPORT. HAIL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEAST OREGON DURING THE PAST HOUR..AS WELL AS SMALLER HAIL IN AND AROUND CULDESAC. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THOSE IN THE WARNING AREAS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL LOCALLY, AND TAKE WHATEVER P RECAUTIONS NECESSARY IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY. UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED AS NECESSARY. WAUGH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:31 AM PDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
1022 AM PDT SAT JUN 14 1986
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA IS MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
MORNING. COOLER MARINE AIR HAS BEGUN TO CROSS THE CASCADES AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN WASH-
INGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BENEWAH AND SHOSHONE
COUNTIES. AS THE STORMS DEVELOPE THIS AFiTERNOON THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
OF LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS.
CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND FURTHER
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
END/SAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 11:15 AM PDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
1107 AM PDT SAT JUN 14 1986
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA IS MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
MORNING. COOLER MARINE AIR HAS BEGUN TO CROSS THE CASCADES AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN WASH-
INGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BENEWAH AND SHOSHONE
COUNTIES IN NORTH IDAHO AND FOR PEND OREILLE..SPOKANE..WHITMAN..GARFIELD
AND ASOTIN COUNTIES IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. AS THE STORMS DEVELOPE THIS
AFTERNOON THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
CONDITIONS IN THESE AREAS ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND FURTHER
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
END/SAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Columbia, Garfield, Whitman | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Columbia, Garfield | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Latah | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 1986Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.