Weather Update! Severe Weather Statement from National Weather Service SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 316 PM PDT TUE JUN 3 2014 SPOKANE WA-PEND OREILLE WA-STEVENS WA- 316 PM PDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SPOKANE...SOUTH CENTRAL PEND OREILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES... AT 315 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEER PARK TO THE NORTHWEST...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 303 PM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SPRINGDALE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEER PARK...CLAYTON...LOON LAKE AND MILAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NOW... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM THE NORTHERN MOSES LAKE AREA AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN TO THE NORTHEAST MTNS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD AT 15 MPH THROUGH 430 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE SPOKANE AREA AND IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO SOME SMALL STREAM OR URBAN FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILBUR...DAVENPORT...CHEWELAH...COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...RUBY... BONNERS FERRY...AND SANDPOINT.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:22:58 +0000