A line of thunderstorms moved through the area bringing areas of hail and strong winds. The areas impacted included Southern Bonner County and Northern Kootenai County.
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A line of thunderstorms moved through the area bringing areas of hail and strong winds. The areas impacted included Southern Bonner County and Northern Kootenai County.
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 10, 2:04 PM PST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
304 PM PDT Mon Jul 10 2023
.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front is bringing thunderstorms with locally heavy rain and
frequent lightning to portions of the Inland Northwest this
afternoon, though coverage is expected to decrease tonight. Shower
and isolated thunderstorm chances will linger near the Canadian
border Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures will not be as hot,
with highs in the 80s and low 90s.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight through Wednesday night:
As low pressure tracks northeastward into tonight, we will see
scattered showers and thunderstorms across east WA and north ID.
Red Flag Warnings (to account for the frequent lightning) and a
Flood Watch (to account for potential flooding in the lee of the
northern Cascades) remain in effect into this evening. Storms
today commonly caused wind gusts of 30-40+ mph along with brief
heavy downpours. With ample cloud cover this morning and then
much of region receiving rain, daytime temps have been markedly
cooler today than we've seen over the last several days.
Storm coverage and intensity is likely to decrease as we head into
the late evening and overnight hours. For Tuesday and Wednesday,
daytime temps will rebound, generally a smidge (about 1-4 degrees)
above normal for most locations. Diurnal chances for showers will
persist for areas up near the Canadian border. A disturbance
will move across northern WA Wednesday and Wednesday night, though
the main impacts from this feature will be from locally breezy
west winds. /KD
Thursday through Monday:
Ridging strengthens Thursday as an area of low pressure extends
from the Gulf of Alaska south towards the Washington Coast. This
pattern allow for a persistent and gradual warming and drying
trend, accompanied by mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will
gradually increase each day, with the warmest temperatures
expected Sunday with highs in the 90s to low 100s. Winds will also
be breezy on Sunday, causing a concern for increased fire
behavior. Ensembles suggest an increased chance of the ridge axis
shifting eastward into northwestern montana, as a negatively
tilted trough traverses through it on Sunday night. As a result,
there is increase uncertainty later this weekend. /KM
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAFs: Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the
aviation area until about 04Z Tuesday as a weather disturbance
moves thru the region. Some of the thunderstorms could be strong,
with gusty winds, heavy rain, and frequent lightning. Primarily
VFR conditions are forecast, but any heavier storms could briefly
produce MVFR cigs/vis. Storm chances after 00Z are forecast to be
35% or less across TAF sites into the evening. TAF sites forecast
to remain dry during the daytime hours Tuesday. /KD
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 56 85 56 86 58 86 / 30 0 0 0 0 0
Coeur d'Alene 57 83 55 85 57 86 / 30 0 0 0 10 0
Pullman 50 81 50 84 53 83 / 20 0 0 0 0 0
Lewiston 62 91 61 93 64 93 / 10 0 0 0 10 0
Colville 50 84 51 86 50 86 / 50 10 0 10 10 10
Sandpoint 55 81 53 84 53 84 / 30 10 0 0 10 0
Kellogg 58 79 58 82 58 81 / 20 0 0 0 10 0
Moses Lake 54 89 56 89 56 91 / 20 0 0 0 0 0
Wenatchee 60 87 62 87 61 89 / 10 0 0 0 0 0
Omak 57 90 61 90 60 92 / 40 0 0 10 10 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...Red Flag Warning until 8 PM PDT this evening for Eastern
Columbia Basin -Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708)-
Foothills of Northeast Washington (Zone 701)-Western
Columbia Basin (Zone 707).
Flood Watch until 11 PM PDT this evening for Okanogan Highlands-
Okanogan Valley-Upper Columbia Basin-Western Okanogan
County.
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</html>The Spokane radar (KOTX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:11 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One inch hail reported in Blanchard. The thunderstorm wind also knocked down trees and powerlines near Kelso Lake Road near Spirit Lake and Barrett Road near Priest River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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