264  
WWUS86 KOTX 200247  
SPSOTX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
747 PM PDT MON MAY 19 2025  
 
WAZ035-200330-  
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN WA-  
747 PM PDT MON MAY 19 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN ADAMS  
COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM PDT...  
 
AT 747 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
RITZVILLE, OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONNELL, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
RITZVILLE, RALSTON, PIZZRO, MARENGO, TOKIO, AND PAHA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 90 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 216 AND 230.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 395 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 96.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4692 11845 4708 11856 4723 11825 4699 11808  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 245DEG 10KT 4704 11842  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 

 
 
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