614  
WWUS86 KOTX 222238  
SPSOTX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
338 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
 
WAZ037-222315-  
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WA-  
338 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS  
AND CENTRAL PEND OREILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM PDT...  
 
AT 338 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20  
MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEWELAH, OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRIEST RIVER,  
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...  
RUBY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 20 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 398  
AND 417.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4853 11757 4863 11747 4850 11712 4833 11734  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 308DEG 13KT 4853 11744  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 
 
 
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