649  
WWUS86 KOTX 222353  
SPSOTX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
453 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
 
IDZ004-230030-  
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS ID-  
453 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN  
SHOSHONE, NORTHEASTERN BENEWAH AND SOUTHEASTERN KOOTENAI COUNTIES  
THROUGH 530 PM PDT...  
 
AT 452 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
ST. MARIES, 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...  
ST. JOE.  
 
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 4729 11657 4742 11643 4729 11619 4713 11638  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 313DEG 13KT 4731 11644  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 

 
 
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