1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 10:00 AM PST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
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 Spokane radar (KOTX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
During the early afternoon hours, a severe thunderstorm moved across a small area four miles north of the town of Rockford. The storm dropped up to three quarter of an inch diameter hail in a very small area. There was an estimated one thousand dollars property damage due to the hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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