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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
413 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025
WAZ037-222345-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WA-
413 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL STEVENS
AND SOUTHWESTERN PEND OREILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM PDT...
AT 412 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEWELAH, OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRIEST RIVER,
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 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. CAN'T RULE OUT A FUNNEL CLOUD OR TWO WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUSICK AND USK.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 20 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 410
AND 421.
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 4847 11756 4851 11735 4832 11719 4825 11755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 346DEG 17KT 4841 11742
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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