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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
444 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025
WAZ037-230015-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WA-
444 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL STEVENS
AND SOUTHWESTERN PEND OREILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM PDT...
AT 444 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES EAST OF CHEWELAH, OR 22 MILES WEST OF PRIEST RIVER, MOVING
SOUTH 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. A FUNNEL CLOUD OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT OF THE
PICTURE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUSICK, SACHEEN LAKE, USK, AND DALKENA.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 20 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 417
AND 428.
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 4838 11755 4838 11730 4813 11713 4810 11755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 341DEG 15KT 4829 11738
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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