Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 9:30 PM PDT for Idaho County, Lewis County, Idaho. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 9:30 PM PDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 10:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Idaho County, ID, Lewis County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLWS 100429 RRA SVRLWS IDC049-061-100530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID ISSUED BY BOISE ID 930 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO ...NORTHEASTERN IDAHO COUNTY...LEWIS COUNTY AT 1025 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR AT MISSOULA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BORDER OF LEWIS AND IDAHO COUNTIES...ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF GRANGEVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. EXPECT LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 5:40 PM PDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
WAZ006-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 540 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SPOKANE COUNTY...WASHINGTON...EXTREME NORTH NEZ PERCE COUNTY...IDAHO...AND LATAH COUNTY...IDAHO HAS EXPIRED. THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THESE COUNTIES PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OR MORE...DOWNED TREES...CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER FAILURES...AND CAUSED MINOR FLOODING. THE STORMS HAVE NOW WEAKENED AND HAVE MOVED INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:45 PM PDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
WAZ006-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 540 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SPOKANE COUNTY...WASHINGTON...EXTREME NORTH NEZ PERCE COUNTY...IDAHO...AND LATAH COUNTY...IDAHO HAS EXPIRED. THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THESE COUNTIES PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OR MORE...DOWNED TREES...CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER FAILURES...AND CAUSED MINOR FLOODING. THE STORMS HAVE NOW WEAKENED AND HAVE MOVED INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:49 PM PDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
WAZ006-100115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 540 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SPOKANE COUNTY...WASHINGTON...EXTREME NORTH NEZ PERCE COUNTY...IDAHO...AND LATAH COUNTY...IDAHO HAS EXPIRED. THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THESE COUNTIES PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OR MORE...DOWNED TREES...CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER FAILURES...AND CAUSED MINOR FLOODING. THE STORMS HAVE NOW WEAKENED AND HAVE MOVED INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:49 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | OTX | Bonner, Kootenai | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 10:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Latah | 68 min |
| Jul 10, 2:04 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Clearwater, Latah | 56 min |
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.