WWUS30 KSEA 311843 LSRSEA PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1145 AM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 TIME(PDT) CITY LOCATION STATE EVENT/SPOTTER/REMARKS COUNTY 1040 AM FREELAND WA HEAVY RAIN 5/31/97 ISLAND ISLAND 4 1.02" IN 24 HRS. 0.38 IN LAST 2 HRS. RAIN HAS ENDED. 1050 AM TACOMA NARROWS WA HEAVY RAIN 5/31/97 PIERCE PIERCE 20 1.29" SINCE MIDNIGHT. 1.75 SINCE NOON YDA. RAIN HAS ENDED.  581 WWUS30 KSEA 311908 LSRSEA PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1210 AM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 TIME(PDT) CITY LOCATION STATE EVENT/SPOTTER/REMARKS COUNTY 1155 AM STARTUP WA HEAVY RAIN 5/31/97 SNOHOMISH SNOHOMISH 19 1.25" IN PAST 8 HOURS. 1200 PM CARNATION WA HEAVY RAIN 5/31/97 KING KING 10 1.56" FROM 945AM YDA TO 940 AM TDA. 0.80" FELL FROM 6-940 AM TDO.  742 WWUS32 KSEA 311933 SLSWA WAC001-003-005-013-017-019-021-023-025-043-047-051-063-065-071- 075-010200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 368 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 700 PM PDT. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ADAMS ASOTIN BENTON COLUMBIA DOUGLAS FERRY FRANKLIN GARFIELD GRANT LINCOLN OKANOGAN PEND OREILLE SPOKANE STEVENS WALLA WALLA WHITMAN A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR A TORNADO TO FORM BUT NO TORNADOS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. $$  081 WWUS30 KSEA 312030 LSRSEA PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 130 PM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 TIME(PDT) CITY LOCATION STATE EVENT/SPOTTER/REMARKS COUNTY 100 PM STARTUP WA HEAVY RAIN 5/31/97 KING KING 9H 1.04" FROM 450 AM TO 1259 PM TDA.  833 WWUS35 KSEA 312215 SPSSEA WAZ024>038-010030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 315 PM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 ...THE WASHINGTON STATE PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 368 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN PARTS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON HAS ENDED AS THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE STATE. BUEHNER  970 WWUS34 KSEA 312246 SVSSEA WAZ007-008-312345- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 345 PM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 ...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN THE TACOMA AREA... A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN THE TACOMA AREA AROUND 320 PM. A FUNNEL CLOUD IS A ROTATING CLOUD NOT...REPEAT NOT...TOUCHING THE GROUND. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM KENT TO GRAHAM IN PIERCE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE MAPLE VALLEY...ENUMCLAW...AND EATONVILLE THROUGH 430 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING. BUEHNER  801 WWUS34 KSEA 010109 SVSSEA WAZ003-010130- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 608 PM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 ...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NORTHEAST OF LAKE STEVENS THIS EVENING... A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER NORTHEAST OF LAKE STEVENS NEAR 6 PM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTHWEST OF DARRINGTON. A FUNNEL CLOUD IS A ROTATING CLOUD NOT...REPEAT NOT...TOUCHING THE GROUND. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM ALSO PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING...OR IF IN AN OPEN AREA...A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM ISOLATED TREES. BUEHNER  893 WFUS1 KSEA 010122 TORSEA WAC061-010150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 622 PM PDT SUN MAY 31 1981 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST WASHINGTON ...NORTHEASTERN SNOHOMISH COUNTY A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WEST OF VERLOT AT 600 PM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. AT 615 RADAR INDICATES CIRCULATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGNATURE SOUTHWEST OF DARRINGTON IN THE BOULDER CREEK WILDERNESS AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS HIGHWAY 530 JUST NEAR DARRINGTON BY 645 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. GROSS/BUEHNER  093 WWUS34 KSEA 010158 SVSSEA WAZ003-010130- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 655 PM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST SNOHOMISH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE POTENTIAL TORNADO SIGNATURE HAS WEAKENED AS THE STORM CROSSED THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTHWEST OF DARRINGTON. IN ADDITION...NO REPORTS OF A TORNADO HAVE BEEN NOTED. HENCE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BUEHNER  177 WWUS30 KSEA 010212 LSRSEA PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 710 PM PDT SAT MAY 31 1997 TIME(PDT) CITY LOCATION STATE EVENT/SPOTTER/REMARKS COUNTY 600 PM LAKE STEVENS WA FUNNEL CLOUD/HEAVY RAIN 5/31/97 SNOHOMISH SNOHOMISH 37 .25" IN 4 MINUTES 320 PM TACOMA WA POSSIBLE TORNADO 5/31/97 PIERCE PUBLIC REPORTS PHONED TO POLICE AND FIRE DPTS TREES DOWN/ROOFS DAMAGED/ CARS DAMAGED/POWER LINES DOWN