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WWUS86 KOTX 230012
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
512 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025
IDZ001-WAZ037-230045-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE ID-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WA-
512 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN BONNER,
NORTHWESTERN KOOTENAI, NORTHEASTERN SPOKANE AND SOUTHEASTERN PEND
OREILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM PDT...
AT 509 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF NEWPORT, OR 17 MILES WEST 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...
PRIEST RIVER, NEWPORT, OLDTOWN, SACHEEN LAKE, AND DIAMOND LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN IDAHO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
U.S. HIGHWAY 20 IN WASHINGTON NEAR MILE MARKER 436.
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 4813 11741 4823 11734 4818 11688 4795 11704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 298DEG 12KT 4814 11728
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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