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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA

August 29, 2025Pend Oreille County, Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2025, 1:54 PM PDT for Pend Oreille County, Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2025, 1:54 PM PDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2025, 2:19 PM PDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 29, 10:43 AM PDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 10:43 AM PDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 1:48 PM PDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
148 PM PDT Fri Aug 29 2025

IDZ001-WAZ037-292115-
Northern Panhandle ID-Northeast Mountains WA-
148 PM PDT Fri Aug 29 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Boundary, northwestern Bonner and eastern Pend Oreille Counties
through 215 PM PDT...

At 147 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles north of Nordman, moving south at 25 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...
Beaver Creek Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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.

If on or near Upper Priest Lake, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4890 11711 4892 11694 4868 11677 4865 11709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 353DEG 22KT 4881 11701

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

AS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 5:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	24 min
Aug 28, 5:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	26 min
Aug 29, 1:28 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	2 hr
Aug 29, 2:03 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	117 min
Aug 29, 2:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
Aug 29, 3:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	30 min
Aug 29, 3:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	34 min
Aug 29, 4:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	28 min
Aug 29, 4:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	27 min
Aug 29, 4:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	37 min
Aug 29, 4:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	34 min
Aug 29, 1:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	27 min
Aug 29, 3:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	36 min
Aug 29, 3:12 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Bonner	33 min
Aug 29, 3:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	29 min
Aug 29, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	40 min
Aug 29, 3:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	32 min
Aug 29, 3:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	27 min
Aug 29, 3:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	31 min
Aug 29, 4:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	27 min
Aug 29, 4:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	25 min
Aug 29, 4:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	37 min
Aug 29, 4:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Bonner	37 min
Aug 29, 4:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	35 min
Aug 29, 4:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	34 min
Aug 29, 4:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	36 min
Aug 29, 4:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	32 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.