Thunderstorm Wind, Bonner
- When
- June 2, 12:29 PM PST
- Where
- Bonner County, 1 mi S of Priest River
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.167, -116.900
Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 2, 2006
Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm blew down several trees along Priest River Road.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 OTX wrote it up.
Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm blew down several trees along Priest River Road.
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 Jun 2, 9:28 AM PST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 9:28 AM PST, 3 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1028 AM PDT FRI JUN 2 2006 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. A MORE ORGANIZED SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING... THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS INLAND NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. UPDATED FORECAST TO PUSH BACK TIMING OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF CWA PER SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS. LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS WILL ARRIVE IN SPOKANE-CDA AREA AROUND LUNCH AND EXPECT AN UNSETTLED AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS AROUND. EARLY LOOK AT NEW MODELS STAYS ON TRACK WITH NEXT SYSTEM TO ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH A DECENT SHOT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF CWA. CR && .AVIATION...CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH THE PERIOD. BIGGER PUSH OF WET WEATHER EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 16Z AND 00Z. MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST...WITH AN INCREASE IN WIND IN THE 00-06Z TIME PERIOD. JL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 75 50 74 53 70 48 / 100 50 0 70 70 20 COEUR DALENE 74 50 74 52 70 47 / 100 50 0 70 70 20 PULLMAN 74 49 72 52 69 47 / 100 60 10 60 60 10 LEWISTON 74 54 79 58 74 52 / 70 50 10 50 60 10 COLVILLE 69 50 76 50 69 44 / 100 50 0 70 80 30 SANDPOINT 72 49 73 49 67 44 / 70 60 10 70 70 40 KELLOGG 72 51 73 53 68 45 / 80 70 10 70 70 30 MOSES LAKE 66 52 79 56 74 49 / 50 10 0 60 40 10 WENATCHEE 63 54 78 57 74 52 / 70 10 0 50 40 10 OMAK 66 49 80 52 72 49 / 70 20 0 70 60 20 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. WA...NONE. &&
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2 to 4, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 2, 2006
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 2, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 2006
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: 5515806.