Washington, 2005

Hail in Washington, July 16, 2005

July 16, 2005 · NWS OTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 forecasters said that day

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 Jul 16, 10:00 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 10:00 AM PST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1100 AM PDT SAT JUL 16 2005

.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE
REGION TODAY...BRINGING WITH IT BREEZY WINDS AND A THREAT OF
MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL
BUILD IN ON SUNDAY BRINGING A SUNNY START TO THE COMING WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN SOUTHERN B.C. IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS
TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS TROUGH WILL BRING WITH IT SOME FAIRLY COLD
AIR ALOFT IN THE CORE OF THE LOW. AS THE CORE TRACKS ACROSS
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON WE WILL SEE CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN NE WA AND THE
NRN ID PANHANDLE. EXPECT SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN CASCADES AS WELL.
DONT EXPECT SHOWERS TO GET MUCH SOUTH OF SPOKANE.

MODERATE WEST TO EAST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE PAC NW
WILL ALSO CONTINUE BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND CONDITIONS
PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST SLOPE VALLEYS OF THE CASCADES AND CENTRAL
BASIN. WINDS WILL SLACKEN THIS EVENING.

OVERALL THIS TROUGH WILL COOL OUR MAX TEMPERATURES 10 DEGREES ON
AVERAGE FROM YESTERDAY.

AFTER THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO MONTANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THERE
WILL BE STEADY CLEARING AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM NORTHWEST.

UPDATED ZONES ADJUST SOME CLOUD COVER AND ADD A LITTLE BLOWING
DUST TO THE SOUTHERN BASIN AND PALOUSE AREAS. TC

&&

.AVIATION...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MVFR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST
AT KMWH AND KPUW DUE TO DRY AND WINDY FRONTAL PASSAGE DURING
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS TO
THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH SPOKANE AND COE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHT POSSIBILITY FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY
RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AT THE TAF SITES. WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE AS
NECESSARY. JL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        79  53  85  57  88  59 /  20   0   0   0   0   0
COEUR DALENE  79  54  83  54  87  56 /  40  10   0   0   0   0
PULLMAN        78  50  81  53  86  55 /  10   0   0   0   0   0
LEWISTON       87  59  89  61  94  63 /  10  10   0   0   0   0
COLVILLE       79  48  87  53  91  54 /  40  10   0   0   0   0
SANDPOINT      78  48  83  51  86  54 /  40  10   0   0   0   0
KELLOGG        80  51  83  52  86  56 /  40  10   0   0   0   0
MOSES LAKE     87  57  91  59  95  61 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
WENATCHEE      83  59  90  61  91  63 /   0   0   0   0   0   0
OMAK           83  58  92  58  95  58 /  10   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pend Oreille

When
July 16, 12:00 PM PST to 12:20 PM PST
Where
Pend Oreille County, Diamond Lake
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.133, -117.183

A severe thunderstorm moved through the town of Diamond Lake during the early afternoon hours. The storm dropped up to one inch diameter hail in a few locations in the town of Diamond Lake. There was an estimated amount of one thousand dollars for property damage due to hail damage.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5463752.