1 funnel cloud, 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 Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:05 PM PST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 305 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A COOL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MEANDER ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH TUESDAY...BRINGING COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER...AND A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY WHEN TROUGH SHIFTS EAST AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN MILD TEMPERATURES AND A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDWEEK. && .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MOST VIGOROUS ACTIVITY OVER PUGET SOUND AND THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. ONLY A COUPLE OF STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKES SO FAR EAST OF TACOMA. ECHO TOPS HAVE SLOWLY GONE UP FROM AROUND 15K TO 17K. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE AND A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. NAM MODEL SEEMED TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS TODAY...EVEN SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS. THE UPPER LOW CENTER IS STILL JUST OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. PROGS BRING IT OVERHEAD MONDAY. WITH THE COLDEST AIR ALOFT TOMORROW EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO BE A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE AND PERHAPS START A LITTLE EARLIER. NAM/ETA CONVECTIVE TEMPS REMAIN NEAR 55 WITH 850-500MB LAPSE RATES NEAR 7C/KM. NO WAY TO TARGET THE BEST AREAS AT THIS POINT SO WILL STICK WITH BLANKET COVERAGE FOR WESTERN WA OUT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN LOW CENTER SHIFTS EAST TUESDAY...BUT A WEAK SECONDARY LOW HANGS BACK NEAR THE NW OREGON COAST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. PORTLAND OFFICE EXTENDED LIKELY POPS INTO TUESDAY EVENING SO HAVE EXTENDED THE LIKELY POPS IN THE TUE AFTERNOON GRIDS A FEW HOURS TO BLEND IN. BOTH 12Z GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A WEAK RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE UPPER LOW. THIS LATEST RUN IS A LITTLE STRONGER WITH THE RIDGE THAN THE 00Z OR 06Z GFS. CONFIDENCE IN THE PROGS STILL ISNT THE HIGHEST THOUGH. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN 20 POPS FOR SHOWERS THOUGH WED/THU WILL LIKELY BE DRY FOR MOST AREAS. BOTH GFS/ECMWF AGREE ON MORE ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FRIDAY-SUNDAY...AROUND AN UPPER LOW CENTERED NEAR THE GULF OF AK. WITH THE DOOR WIDE OPEN TO ANY WEAK SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN 20 POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. 12Z GFS HAS A WEAK TROUGH REACHING THE AREA FRIDAY...BUT APPARENTLY HAS JUMPED AROUND A LITTLE ON TIMING. 500 MB HEIGHTS ARE HIGHER SO IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE WARMER. KAM && .AVIATION...UPR TROF WILL STALL OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MULTIPLE CLOUD LAYERS BETWEEN 3000 AND 8000 FEET WITH CEILINGS LOCALLY LOWER IN HEAVIER SHOWERS UNTIL 04Z. AMS SLIGHTLY UNSTBL THIS EVENING WITH ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE UNTIL 04Z. KSEA...S/SWLY WIND ARND 10 KT THIS EVENING BECOMING 5KT OR LESS LATER TONIGHT. && .SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && .KATX...VCP12/CSR21 OPERATIONAL.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
441 PM PDT SUN JUN 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM HAIL 4 WNW OLYMPIA 47.06N 122.98W
06/05/2005 0.50 INCH THURSTON WA TRAINED SPOTTER
3/8TH INCH HAIL. GROUND COVERED.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud descended 1/3 way to ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, June 2005
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: 5455051.