Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- August 10, 9:30 PM PST
- Where
- Benton County, Kennewick
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.240, -119.511 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in Washington, August 10, 2000
Strong winds from a dry microburst downed 10 mature trees on Goose Gap Road during the late evening. The roots of one tree severed an irrigation pipe.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Strong winds from a dry microburst downed 10 mature trees on Goose Gap Road during the late evening. The roots of one tree severed an irrigation pipe. Around 600 concrete blocks were knocked off a wall under construction on Tapteal Drive. On West 19th Street, a downed tree slightly damaged a residence. Wind gusts were measured at 55 mph nearby in Benton City at 10:30 pm PDT.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5173832.