A severe thunderstorm resulted in damaging winds in Priest River where at least eight to nine trees were blown down on structures and streets in town. Roof damage was also noted from the storm.
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A severe thunderstorm resulted in damaging winds in Priest River where at least eight to nine trees were blown down on structures and streets in town. Roof damage was also noted from the storm.
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 27, 9:45 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1045 PM PDT MON JUL 27 2009 .SYNOPSIS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY REDEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND CONTINUE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING TRIGGERED AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DESCENDING OUT OF CENTRAL ALBERTA. THERE IS SUFFICIENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY AIDED BY SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT TO PERPETUATE CONVECTION WELL INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STORM MOTION WILL BE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. RADAR IMAGERY AS OF 0530Z SUGGESTS THAT SOME OF THE STRONGEST CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HALF TO THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. /GKOCH && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MAJORITY OF EASTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY. THE WEATHER WILL BE MORE ACTIVE OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. ROUNDS OF SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...AND KELLOGG AREAS. CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST 10Z. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS OVER THE PANHANDLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 20Z. /GKOCH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 66 90 65 88 60 92 / 10 20 10 0 0 0 COEUR DALENE 61 88 60 87 55 90 / 10 20 10 0 0 0 PULLMAN 57 89 57 87 52 91 / 0 0 10 0 0 0 LEWISTON 66 96 68 94 62 97 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLVILLE 60 93 60 92 54 95 / 20 20 0 0 0 0 SANDPOINT 62 85 59 87 50 89 / 30 20 20 10 10 10 KELLOGG 61 86 61 84 57 88 / 20 20 20 10 10 10 MOSES LAKE 66 101 68 100 63 102 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 WENATCHEE 72 101 71 98 68 99 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 OMAK 65 101 67 99 62 100 / 0 0 0 10 10 0 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. WA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 614 AM PDT MON JUL 27 2009 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-281400- 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- 614 AM PDT MON JUL 27 2009 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1041 PM PDT MON JUL 27 2009
IDZ001-280630-
BONNER ID-BOUNDARY ID-
1041 PM PDT MON JUL 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOUNDARY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO
WEST CENTRAL BONNER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO
UNTIL 1130 PM PDT
AT 1039 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF NORDMAN..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COOLIN...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4835 11642 4818 11694 4843 11705 4862 11704
4868 11687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 333DEG 19KT 4855 11692
FRIESThe Spokane radar (KOTX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down after a severe thunderstorm passed through Priest River. Roof damage was also observed from the storm.
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