Thunderstorm Wind — Latah, Idaho

2017-04-07 · near Moscow, Latah, Idaho

$80K

Property damage

52 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

The Latah County Emergency Manager reported broken tree branches and downed power lines in Latah County. The Moscow area was impacted with several large trees down, at least one tree falling on a house, and at least two cars damaged by falling trees.

Wider weather episode

In the early morning hours of April 7th a cold front with showers and a few embedded thunderstorms moved through the Idaho Panhandle. A bow echo on radar formed along the Idaho/Washington border between Coeur D'Alene and Lewiston and tracked through the Idaho Palouse region and Lewiston area. Numerous trees were toppled in the Moscow, Idaho area with damage and scattered power outages noted through out the Idaho Palouse region.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 692067. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.