Thunderstorm Wind — Whitman, Washington

2022-08-11 · near Oakesdale, Whitman, Washington

$175K

Property damage

52 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds moved North from Oakesdale WA to Rockford WA. A weather station clocked gusts to 60 mph. It damaged or knocked down power lines and over 100 trees. It caused power outages around 3200 customers.

Wider weather episode

As the slow moving Low continued through the region, another round of thunderstorms over the Eastern Washington produced large hail and strong winds to the region. The storms impacted extreme Eastern WA and the North ID Panhandle. Thunderstorms developed along an axis of instability stretching along the border between WA and ID.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1054363. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.