1 heavy rain, 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 9, 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 MON JUN 9 2003 .SYNOPSIS...MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER IS ON THE WAY TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. AFTER LAST WEEKENDS MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS SLOWLY ESTABLISHING ITS PRESENCE. ALONG WITH THE COOL-DOWN THERE WILL BE SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES THAT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE COUNTIES THAT BORDER CANADA. .DISCUSSION... .TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...AS SHORTWAVE APPROACHES INLAND NW THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWING INCREASING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT SHOWERS AND TSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA TONIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THE SHORTWAVE WILL STAY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE SPOKANE METRO AREA. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL AGAIN SKIRT THE CWA ON TUESDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE STABLE...BUT WILL STILL KEEP A MENTION OF THUNDER IN NE WA AND N IDAHO. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD JUST FALL AS BRIEF SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO COOL OFF SEVERAL MORE DEGREES AS WELL. A STRONGER PACIFIC TROF BEGINS TO MOVE TOWARD THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...BUT NOT BEFORE A DRY AND WARM DAY WITH TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO TUESDAYS READINGS. COOLER WEATHER STARTS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY. CR .FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT IN KEEPING SOME SORT OF TROUGH OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS EACH DAY AND TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. CC ...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 052/078/049/077/050/076 221111 COE 051/076/048/076/049/075 221111 PUW 050/079/047/077/048/075 02--11 LWS 054/086/051/083/054/080 01---- CQV 053/081/048/079/048/077 33--11 SPT 051/079/044/075/044/076 431111 WWP 050/075/044/074/044/072 431221 MWH 054/084/050/083/050/081 -100-- EAT 057/086/053/082/051/079 -1---- OMK 054/084/050/081/050/080 21---- .OTX...NONE.
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-101330- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 547 AM PDT MON JUN 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
During the late afternoon of June 9th a thunderstorm dumped up to 1/3 of an inch of rain in a short period of time. Minor urban flooding of storm drains and culverts resulted. Highway 2 between Wenatchee and Cashmere was closed briefly due to water ponding over all four lanes of the road.
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