Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 3:05 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 3:05 PM PDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Idaho County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLWS 092206 RRA SVRLWS IDC049-092300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID ISSUED BY BOISE ID 305 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO ...EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY AT 305 PM PDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF GRANGEVILLE AND 25 SOUTHEAST OF GRANGEVILLE. BOTH STORM WERE OVER THE SELWAY BITTERROOT WILDERNESS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AN WILL STRIKE THE AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 12. 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. MEG/DLB
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 9, 1:39 PM PDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
WAZ006-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 140 PM PDT SUN JUL 09 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON UNTIL 6 PM PDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FERRY... STEVENS... PEND OREILLE... SPOKANE.. FRANKLIN... ADAMS AND GRANT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER. HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALL PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREAS ARE URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROPERTY FROM THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE LATEST ON THESE STORMS. BETWEEN D2 AND 4 PM.... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON FROM MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA EAST TO SPOKANE. LIVINGSTON
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WAZ006-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 140 PM PDT SUN JUL 09 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON UNTIL 6 PM PDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF FERRY... STEVENS... PEND OREILLE... SPOKANE.. FRANKLIN... ADAMS AND GRANT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER. HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALL PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREAS ARE URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROPERTY FROM THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE LATEST ON THESE STORMS. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM.... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON FROM MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA EAST TO SPOKANE. LIVINGSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Idaho | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Shoshone | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.