2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON 230 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2001 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED EARLIER TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT TODAYS WEATHER SITUATION IN WHICH THUNDERSTORMS OUTFLOWS...COMBINED WITH THE ONGOING SYNOPTIC WINDSPEED INCREASE DUE TO APPROACHING TROF...COULD BRING SURFACE WIND GUSTS ON THE STRONG SIDE. THAT IS TO SAY UP TO 60 MPH GUSTS IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING. BOTH 12Z AVN AND ETA CONSISTENT WITH BRINGING IN A QUITE COOL AIRMASS INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN A SAMPLE OF 12Z SAT AND 00Z SUNDAY FORECAST TEMPERATURES ALOFT FROM BOTH MODELS SHOWING ABOUT 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS OF COOLING COMPARED TO JUNE MONTHLY AVERAGES...QUITE SIGNIFICANT FROM A STATISTICAL PERSPECTIVE. ALL THIS SAID EVEN WITH CLOUD COVER CANNOT DISCOUNT THE COOL MOS FORECAST MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. USED PAST SEARTPOTX PRODUCT MAX AND MIN TEMPS FROM MAY 29TH TO FINE TUNE MOS TEMP OUTPUT AND ADJUST FORECAST TEMP SPREADS AMONG SPOT TEMPS LISTINGS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TROF PASSAGE OCCURRED THEN. THE AIRMASS ALSO REMAINS ON THE SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE SIDE SO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL WORDED FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. AGAIN LOWEST POPS NEAR LOWER BASIN LOCATIONS DUE TO RAINSHADOW EFFECT FROM WESTERLY FLOW. EXTENDED...WEAK RIDGE FOR MONDAY THEN A TROUGH MOVES TO JUST OFF THE COAST AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MOST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO CANADA BY ENOUGH OF A CHANCE FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TO KEEP A CHANCE MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. SLOW WARMING TREND THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. ...THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRODUCT CONCERNING WARNINGS AND FORECASTS IS VALID ONLY AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE. THE LATEST WARNING AND FORECAST INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND IN THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS... GEG 045/060/037/061 5433 CQV 043/063/037/064 5433 SPT 043/058/034/060 5444 COE 043/059/036/060 5444 WWP 042/057/033/058 5444 LWS 050/064/042/065 5333 PUW 043/059/036/060 5333 EAT 048/064/043/065 2111 MWH 047/066/042/067 3111 .GEG...NONE.
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 140 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2001 ...STRONG DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE TO WALLA WALLA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL OREGON EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE SPOKANE AREA AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AROUND 6 PM. AS THE PACIFIC FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE CASCADES AND THROUGH THE AREA...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MrPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN MANY LOCATIONS. AREAS NEAR NEWLY PLOWED FIELDS COULD EXPERIENCE BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE.
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 148 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2001 ...STRONG DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE TO WALLA WALLA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL OREGON EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE BY 230 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE SPOKANE AREA AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AROUND 4 PM. AS THE PACIFIC FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE CASCADES AND THROUGH THE AREA...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN MANY LOCATIONS. AREAS NEAR NEWLY PLOWED FIELDS COULD EXPERIENCE BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1 MILE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down between Calder and the highway leading out of town. 18-inch cottonwood trees were also blown over.
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5251201, 5251202.