1 lightning, 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 Aug 30, 8:35 AM PST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON 935 AM PDT FRI AUG 30 2002 AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS CURRENTLY MAKING HEADWAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...MORE QUICKLY THAN WAS ANTICIPATED YESTERDAY. SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF THE TROUGH AXIS NORTH AND NE OF SPOKANE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS STRONG DRYING BEHIND THE TROUGH AXIS...AND THE 12Z KUIL SOUNDING (LOCATED BEHIND THE TROUGH AXIS) SHOWED A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE ABOVE 775 MB. BELIEVE THE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AS WE MOVE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND DRIER AIR ALOFT INVADES THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE ONE FLY IN THE OINTMENT COULD BE THE SHORTWAVE WITHIN THE TROUGH THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ORE AND IS SPREADING A LARGE BLOB OF RAIN INTO ERN ORE AND WESTERN-CENTRAL IDAHO. WOULD NOT RULE OUT SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY SKIRTING THE SE CORNER OF OUR FORECAST AREA NEAR KLWS LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. WILL GENERALLY LOWER POPS ACROSS MUCH OF ERN WA AND THE CENTRAL ID PANHANDLE...BUT MAY NEED TO RAISE POPS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON VALLEY TODAY. A ZONE UPDATE WILL BE FORTHCOMING. HANER ...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 083/053/082/054/077 22001 COE 080/050/081/052/076 22002 PUW 079/048/080/049/077 10000 LWS 086/058/086/057/086 30000 CQV 089/050/088/055/079 33102 SPT 082/050/081/052/074 43002 WWP 080/048/079/052/074 23002 EAT 086/059/087/060/081 00000 MWH 087/054/088/057/083 00000 .OTX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two workers were installing siding on a garden shed when lightning struck a nearby tree, arcing from the tree to the shed and the workers. Both men were briefly hospitalized.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 2002
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: 5315829.