Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA

June 4, 1995Asotin County, Washington; Nez Perce County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 8:05 PM PDT for Asotin County, Washington; Nez Perce County, Idaho. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 8:05 PM PDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 9:00 PM PDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane Intl Airport, WA (KGEG), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane Intl Airport, WA at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane Intl Airport, WA at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBOI 050306 RRA
SVRLWS
IDC069-WAC003-050400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEWISTON ID
ISSUED BY BOISE ID
805 PM PDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
 
   ...NEZ PERCE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON
 
   ...ASOTIN COUNTY
 
AT 800 PM PDT (900 PM MDT) A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN PROGRESS IN
ASOTIN COUNTY WASHINGTON 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTON.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT LEWISTON
BETWEEN 805 AND 815 PM PDT.
 
ASOTIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY AT 745 PM PDT.
 
 
 
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 BUSINES`S.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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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.