Thunderstorm Wind — Lincoln, Washington

2013-08-25 · near Downs, Lincoln, Washington

Event narrative

In the town of Harrington, two large trees were split. One tree was located on the golf course and second on 5th and Sherlock. No damage was noted to the property. Widespread two to four inch branches were scattered on ground around town. The Odessa Agrimet Sensor clocked a peak wind gust of 57 miles per hour. Several trees were downed in Davenport but no property damage was reported. One tree did land on a powerline leading to 29 power outages. A large tree was blown down at the Sherman Cemetary. A greenhouse was destroyed on a property located seven miles north of Reardan. The Spring Canyon RAWS located three miles southeast of Coulee Dam clocked a wind gust of 65 miles per hour. The storm also knocked down multiple trees at the Lakeview Terrace mobile home park. Two mobile homes were damaged.

Wider weather episode

A stationary trough of low pressure along the Pacific Northwest Coastline resulted in moist, unstable, southwesterly flow over the Inland Northwest. A shortwave embedded within the flow, triggered thunderstorms during the afternoon hours of August 25, 2013. The storms originated in the Lower Columbia Basin and quickly moved through the Basin and into the northern mountain regions of Washington and the Idaho Panhandle. A strong squall line emerged from this activity which created damaging winds resulting in a dust storm and numerous downed trees and power lines. There was one fatality and one injury at campground from a large tree falling on a tent. Several other areas experienced property damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 465273. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.