Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1994, 5:17 PM PDT for Pend Oreille County, Stevens County, Washington. 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 Pend Oreille County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGEG 100019 RRA SVRGEG IDC017-055-WAC051-065-100215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 517 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH IDAHO ...SOUTHERN BONNER COUNTY...KOOTENAI COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ...SOUTHERN PEND OREILLE COUNTY...SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM SPOKANE... EARLIER THIS EVENING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH SPOKANE. THERE WAS BRIEF HAEVY RAIN AND HAIL OF UP TO ONE INCH. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORHTEAST. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHING TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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
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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.