Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1994, 5:17 PM PDT for Bonner County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1994, 5:17 PM PDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1994, 7:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bonner County, ID, Kootenai County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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, Sep 9, 3:17 PM PDT, 2 hours before
WAZ006-IDZ009-WAZ009-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 317 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 1994 THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN ARE MOVING INTO THE SPOKANE AREA NOW. SPOTTERS AT MOSES LAKE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT 210 PM PDT AND A WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE DEEP CREEK AREA JUST EAST OF FAIRCHILD AFB REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND 1/2 INCH HAIL AT 300 PM PDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH OUT THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF HAIL, BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL LATE EVENING. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION TAKE SHELTER INSIDE, REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR UPDATES IN THE STORMS PROGRESS. END/SAVOY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:18 PM PDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
WAZ006-IDZ009-WAZ009-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 317 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 1994 THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN ARE MOVING INTO THE SPOKANE AREA NOW. SPOTTERS AT MOSES LAKE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT 210 PM PDT AND A WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE DEEP CREEK AREA JUST EAST OF FAIRCHILD AFB REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND 1/2 INCH HAIL AT 300 PM PDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH OUT THE EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF HAIL, BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL LATE EVENING. IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION TAKE SHELTER INSIDE, REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING~ IS A KILLER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR UPDATES IN THE STORMS PROGRESS. END/SAVOY
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:24 PM PDT, 53 minutes before
IDZ008-011-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID 400PM PDT FRI SEP 09 1994 ...MAJOR CHANGE IN STORE FOR WEEKEND WEATHER.... THE FIRST BIG TASTE OF FALL WILL BE IN THE AIR THIS WEEKEND AS A FAIRLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD TAKE NOTE AND BE PREPARED FOR FALL LIKE WEATHER. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO THE 6000 FOOT LEVEL WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AND 30S. DA@YTIME HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 5:17 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Stevens | 118 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.