Thunderstorms dropped up to 1/2 inch diameter hail and produced lightning. Lightning struck a tree near Sedro Woolley and the current hit 5 people sheltering under a gazebo next to the tree.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
Thunderstorms dropped up to 1/2 inch diameter hail and produced lightning. Lightning struck a tree near Sedro Woolley and the current hit 5 people sheltering under a gazebo next to the tree. All five were taken to the hospital.
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 Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 2:45 PM PST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 345 PM PDT MON JUN 24 2007 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THEN MOVE INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL GO OFFSHORE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A THERMALLY INDUCED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST. THE LOW WILL SHIFT INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SET UP OFF THE COAST LATER WEDNESDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS RETURNING TO THE FORECAST AT THAT TIME. && .SHORT TERM...TRANSITION TO OFFSHORE FLOW IN PROGRESS THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CU FIELD OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. ACARS SOUNDINGS SHOW THE WINDS BETWEEN 850 AND 700 MB HAVE GONE EASTERLY. KOTH-KSEA SURFACE GRADIENT DOWN TO -4 MB AND KUIL-KBLI BELOW -1MB AT 22Z. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING 140W CONTINUING TO DIG A LITTLE. THIS IS INCREASING THE AMPLITUDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NEAR 130W. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT WITH THE RIDGE AXIS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WARM QUICKLY WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE NEAR 0 THIS MORNING WARMING TO 12-14C BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE A THERMALLY INDUCED TROUGH ALONG THE OREGON COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT NORTH OVER THE WASHINGTON COAST TONIGHT. ALL THIS ADDS UP TO A MUCH WARMER DAY ON TUESDAY WITH MANY PLACES GETTING INTO THE 80S FOR HIGHS. THE WARM UP WILL BE SHORT LIVED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS AND THE THERMALLY INDUCED TROUGH MOVING EAST OF THE CASCADES TUESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE GRADIENTS TURN BACK ONSHORE WHICH WILL DROP MAX TEMPS BACK DOWN TO WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ONCE AGAIN TAKES UP RESIDENCE OFF THE COAST ON THURSDAY WITH THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES SPINNING OUT OF THE TROUGH OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON. WE HAVE SEEN THIS PATTERN NUMEROUS TIMES SO FAR THIS MONTH. THE SHORTWAVE THAT MOVES THROUGH IS FAIRLY WEAK BUT NOT WEAK ENOUGH TO KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OUT OF THE FORECAST. FELTON .LONG TERM...EXTENDED MODELS PRETTY CONSISTENT EARLY ON WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFFSHORE KICKING WEAK SHORTWAVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. SOME CHANGES IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE EXTENDED WITH THE GFS KICKING THE TROUGH OUT TO THE EAST WHILE THE EURO AND CANADIAN KEEPS WESTERN WASHINGTON IN THE WEAK TROUGH POSITION. GIVEN THE CURRENT PATTERN AND THE LACK OF CONSENSUS IN THE EXTENDED MODEL WILL STAY WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. FELTON && .AVIATION...THE CU WILL CONTINUE TO EVAPORATE. CIRRUS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT. THE LIGHT SOUTHERLY BREEZE AT SEA TAC WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND THEN NORTHERLY LATER THIS EVENING. WE MAY SEE AN EAST WIND FOR A FEW HOURS TUE MORNING WITH OFFSHORE FLOW/THERMAL TROF. MM && .SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/SEW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
314 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL 5 WSW TACOMA 47.21N 122.56W
06/24/2007 M0.25 INCH PIERCE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR DUPONT WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
&&
CERNIGLIAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
409 PM PDT SUN JUN 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL PUYALLUP 47.18N 122.28W
06/24/2007 M0.25 INCH PIERCE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER PONDING ON ROADS.
0347 PM HAIL 4 SSE PUYALLUP 47.13N 122.27W
06/24/2007 M0.25 INCH PIERCE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL SIZE BETWEEN 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH.
&&
GRUBThe Seattle radar (KATX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Skagit county sheriff reported that 5 people were injured and taken to the hospital after lightning struck a tree near Sedro Woolley and the current hit the five sheltering under a gazebo near to the tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, June 2007
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: 39103.