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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

April 6, 1994Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 1994, 5:36 PM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 1994, 5:36 PM PDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1994, 6:19 PM PDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

County Spokane County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane Intl Airport, WA at 00:00Z on 1994-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane Intl Airport, WA at 00:00Z on 1994-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGEG 070036 RRA
TORGEG
WAC063-070130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
536 PM PDT WED APR 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
 
   ...SPOKANE COUNTY
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SIGHTED AT 5;25 PDT HAS BEEN SIGHTED 5 MILES
WEST OF SPOKANE INT AIRPORT. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST, BUT IT HAS
NOT TOUCHED THE GROUND.
 
TAKE APPPROIATE ACTION IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTEzR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.