Alert archive / Idaho / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

July 9, 1995Bonner County, Kootenai County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1995, 5:49 PM PDT for Bonner County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 5:49 PM PDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 6:45 PM PDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bonner County, ID, Kootenai County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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, WA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGEG 100053
TORGEG
IDC017-055-100145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQ
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
549 PM PDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH IDAHO
 
   ...SOUTHERN BONNER COUNTY...NORTHERN KOOTENAI COUNTY
 
AT 547 PM PDT A WEATHER SPOTTER 3 MILES WEST OF ATHOL REPORTED A TORNADO
FROM A THUNDERSTORM HEADING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET <ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 9:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXIdaho, Lewis60 min
Jul 9, 10:22 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLatah68 min
Jul 10, 2:04 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXClearwater, Latah56 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Idaho, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.