030  
WWUS86 KOTX 130535  
SPSOTX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
1035 PM PDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
WAZ037-130630-  
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WA-  
1035 PM PDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL  
STEVENS COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM PDT...  
 
AT 1035 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEWELAH, OR 42 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPOKANE, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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.  
 
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL  
STEVENS COUNTY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 395 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201  
AND 204.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4807 11797 4817 11811 4838 11791 4820 11766  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 224DEG 8KT 4818 11793  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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