Thunderstorm Wind — Pend Oreille, Washington

2018-10-12 · near Diamond Lake, Pend Oreille, Washington

Event narrative

A spotter reported 4 trees uprooted and a few power poles snapped with power outages as a result of strong local outflow winds from a nearby thunderstorm. Time is estimated from radar data.

Wider weather episode

During the evening of October 12th a line of showers and thunderstorms produced damaging local outflow winds near the town of Diamond Lake in the northeast mountains of Washington.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 784425. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.