1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 7, 7:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON 830 PM PDT SUN JUL 7 2002 THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD OVER THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT AS A WAVE MOVED OVER THE AREA. THIS WAVE WILL EXIT THE AREA DURING THE MORNING WITH ONLY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE AREA FOR HOT DRY WEATHER INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES MIDWEEK EXPECTED TO REACH 100 TO 105 IN SOME OF THE WARMER SPOTS. BREEZY OVER MUCH OF THE CWA TODAY. ...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 075/048/085/055/093 50000 COE 074/047/084/055/094 50000 PUW 073/046/083/054/092 50000 LWS 080/052/091/058/100 50000 CQV 076/044/090/049/099 50000 SPT 070/045/085/053/093 61000 WWP 072/045/086/053/094 62000 EAT 078/052/088/059/095 30000 MWH 081/049/091/055/098 30000 .OTX...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR MOST FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IDZ001>004-WAZ033>038-080800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD UGC CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
755 PM PDT SUN JUL 7 2002
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1 AM PDT MONDAY
FOR PORTIONS OF EAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTH IDAHO...
BOUNDARY...BONNER...NORTHWESTERN SHOSHONE...KOOTENAI...BENEWAH AND
LATAH.
IN EAST WASHINGTON THIS WATCH INCLUDES
GRANT...LINCOLN...ADAMS...WHITMAN...SPOKANE...EASTERN OKANOGAN
...STEVENS...PEND OREILLE AND FERRY.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BONNERS FERRY...COEUR DALENE...DALTON GARDENS...HAYDEN...POST
FALLS...PRIEST RIVER...RATHDRUM...SANDPOINT...ST. MARIES
...CHENEY AND SPOKANE.
A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A direct hit by lightning set a two-story home on Johnson Road ablaze, completely destroying the home and its contents. The family living in the home escaped without injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, July 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: 5315832.