Hail, Douglas
- When
- July 5, 4:45 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Douglas County, Orondo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5.9 million
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 47.617, -120.233
Hail in Washington, July 5, 2006
Large hail led to extensive crop damage in the Orondo area in Douglas county. 64 million dollars worth of damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $5.9 million
- 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.
Large hail led to extensive crop damage in the Orondo area in Douglas county. Apples were hit hardest with an estimated $3.64 million dollars worth of damage. Other crops damage included cherries, pears, peaches, and nectarines. The time of the event and hail size are estimated based on nearby hail reports from a thunderstorm in Chelan county.
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 5, 3:47 PM PST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:47 PM PST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
447 PM PDT WED JUL 5 2006
.SYNOPSIS...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL
MAINTAIN A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...BEFORE DRIER AND MORE
STABLE AIR SPREADS WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE TONIGHT...AND
ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FOR TWO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALONG THE CASCADES...STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY SPARKED ACROSS THE SPIN OF THE CASCADES
WITH A COUPLE OF SEVERE STORMS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH STORMS TRACKING TO THE NORTH.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVEL0P OVER THE BLUES...AND LIFT INTO SE
WA AND THE PORTIONS OF SRN IDAHO PANHANDLE AFTER 00Z. THESE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOXES
HAVE BEEN POSTED. RFOX.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS ALL OF
EASTERN WA AND NORTH IDAHO THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. THE MAIN AVIATION
CONCERNS WILL REVOLVE AROUND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE AREA.
THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE CASCADES AND IN SE WA AND
THE SRN PORTION OF THE ID PANHANDLE. THESE STORM WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE ACTIVITY WILL TAPER
OFF AFTER 06Z. RFOX
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 63 85 55 83 56 89 / 50 20 20 0 0 0
COEUR DALENE 61 85 53 84 52 90 / 50 40 30 0 0 0
PULLMAN 59 81 50 81 52 88 / 50 30 20 0 0 0
LEWISTON 65 89 60 91 61 97 / 40 30 20 0 0 0
COLVILLE 58 88 52 85 48 91 / 50 30 30 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 59 82 54 81 52 87 / 50 40 30 0 0 0
KELLOGG 59 84 53 83 55 89 / 60 40 30 0 0 0
MOSES LAKE 63 89 57 87 56 93 / 30 10 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 64 87 59 86 61 92 / 40 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 63 90 56 88 56 94 / 40 10 10 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY FOR IDAHO
PALOUSE...CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...LEWISTON AREA...LEWIS
AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES.
WA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHEAST
BLUE MOUNTAINS...LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...
WASHINGTON PALOUSE...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...WENATCHEE AREA...EAST
SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES...OKANOGAN VALLEY...WATERVILLE
PLATEAU.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:42 PM PST, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 542 PM PDT WED JUL 5 2006 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-061700- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...MOSCOW... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE... PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY... WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 542 PM PDT WED JUL 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A CHENEY TO WASHTUCNA AS WELL AS ACROSS WESTERN OKANOGAN...CHELAN...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:51 PM PST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
451 PM PDT WED JUL 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL DRYDEN 47.54N 120.56W
07/05/2006 E1.25 INCH CHELAN WA PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
&&
RMILLERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 4:22 PM PST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
522 PM PDT WED JUL 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 14 NW ENTIAT 47.82N 120.43W
07/05/2006 E1.00 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
&&
RMILLERThe radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Washington, July 5, 2006
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 5, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 5, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 5 to 6, 2006
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 5, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, July 5, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, July 5, 2006
- Lightning Strike in New York, July 5, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, July 5, 2006
More
Every storm in Washington in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, July 2006
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: 5524594.