Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 4:40 PM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 4:40 PM PDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spokane County, WA
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.
- 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 TTAA00 KGEG 092344 RRA SVRGEG WAC063-100145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 440 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ...SPOKANE COUNTY THE SPOKANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM FOR SPOKANE COUNTY. AT 435 PM PDT A WEATHER SPOTTER IN OTIS ORCHARD REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM AT OTIS ORCHARD...WASHINGTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. HOWEVER...OTHER STORMS TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WILL FOLLOW THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ONv THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 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, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Garfield, Whitman | 60 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 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.