High winds with gusts to 47 mph damaged a house in Deer Park.
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The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
High winds with gusts to 47 mph damaged a house in Deer Park.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 24, 1:03 PM PST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON 103 PM PST WED MAR 24 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN A COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. A RIDGE RETURNS WITH WARM AND DRIER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CLEARING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS CLEARING WAS MORE THAN ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER... PARTLY CLOUDY IS STILL WARRANTED SINCE CUMULUS FIELD IN FILLING IN AS HEATING IS TRIGGERING CONVECTION. IN ADDITION TO SKY COVER CHANGES...A MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INCLUDED FOR THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND NORTHERN OKANOGAN VALLEY. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CASCADES IS MAKING A BEE-LINE FOR THIS AREA. OTHERWISE ALL OTHER PARAMETERS ARE ON TRACK. /LERICOS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 057 036 054 034 052/ 50 50 40 40 30 COEUR DALENE 056 035 054 033 049/ 50 50 40 40 30 PULLMAN 059 037 054 036 052/ 40 40 40 40 30 LEWISTON 064 042 061 041 054/ 40 40 40 40 30 COLVILLE 064 034 058 033 054/ 50 50 40 40 30 SANDPOINT 055 034 054 032 050/ 40 40 40 40 40 WALLACE 050 034 055 032 051/ 50 50 40 40 40 MOSES LAKE 063 038 060 035 056/ 30 30 40 40 30 WENATCHEE 062 036 056 036 054/ 40 30 40 40 30 OMAK 059 033 056 035 054/ 30 30 40 40 30 && .OTX... ID...NONE. WA...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 532 AM PST WED MAR 24 2004 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-251430- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 532 AM PST WED MAR 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE. .DAY ONE... TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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