Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1993, 3:45 PM PDT for Benewah County, Kootenai County, Idaho; Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1993, 3:45 PM PDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Spokane County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 14, 9:56 AM PDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
IDZ008-141800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID 956 AM PDT WED JUL 14 1993 TEST....TEST...THIS IS A TEST! NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:10 AM PDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
IDZ008-141815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TESTING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID 1010 AM PDT WED JUL 14 1993 THIS IS A TEST....TESTING.....THIS IS A TEST TEST NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:16 PM PDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
WAZ006-009-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1200 PM PDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORMING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. AT NOON...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING THORUGHOUT PORTIONS OF FERRY... STEVENS...AND SPOKANE COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE VICINITY. DO NOT BfECOME A LIGHTNING TARGET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. FRISBIE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:33 PM PDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WAZ006-009-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 125 PM PDT WED JUL 14 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL OVER NORTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY... ONE HALF INCH SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHERN PORTION OF SPOKANE...AROUND THE WHITWORTH COLLEGE AREA. PEA SIZED HAIL ACCUMULATED NEARLY ONE INCH DEEP ON HIGHWAY 2...JUST NORTH OF THE SPOKANE CITY LIMITS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING THROUGHOUT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INCLUDING NORTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY. TWO-THIRDS OF AN ICNH IN ONE HOUR HAS BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE NORTHERN SECTION OF SPOKANE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD AVOID LOW LYING AREAS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH 900 PM TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN. NOT ONLY SHOULD MOTORISTS BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND DEBRIS ON HIGHWAYS...HAIL MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON PAVEMENTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. FRISBIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 2:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Spokane | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 2:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.