Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 10:22 PM PDT for Latah County, Idaho. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 10:22 PM PDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 11:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Latah County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 100520 RRA SVRLWS IDC057-100630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID ISSUED BY BOISE ID 1022 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO ...LATAH COUNTY AT 1020 PM PDT WEATHER RADAR AT MISSOULA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN LATAH COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF MOSCOW. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. 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 ON 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, 5:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 42 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, 4 hours 37 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, 4 hours 33 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, 9:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Idaho, Lewis | 60 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.