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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
345 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026
WAZ049-142315-
WESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY WA-
345 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OKANOGAN
COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM PDT...
AT 345 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21
MILES EAST OF STEHEKIN, OR 30 MILES WEST OF OMAK, MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
TWISP AND BLACK PINE LAKE CAMPGROUND.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 20 IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 197
AND 207.
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 4831 12028 4837 12028 4848 12007 4830 11998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 251DEG 15KT 4835 12019
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
JCLEV
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