Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 3:45 PM PDT for Garfield County, Whitman County, Washington. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 3:45 PM PDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garfield County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 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 092245 RRA SVRLWS WAC023-075-092345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA...FOR WSO LEWISTON 345 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...GARFIELD COUNTY...SOUTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD GARFIELD AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WHITMAN COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE TOWN OF POMEROY IN GARFIELD COUNTY AROUND 4 PM...AND INTO SOUTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY AROUND 430 PM. SPOTTERS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY HAVE ALREADY REPORTED STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FELTON
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, 2 hours 6 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, 2 hours 5 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, 4:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 2 hr |
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.