Hail — Klickitat, Washington

2019-06-26 · near Brooks Mem St Pk, Klickitat, Washington

Event narrative

Nickel size hail was reported at Brooks Memorial Park.

Wider weather episode

A combination of marginal instability and strong shear brought strong to severe thunderstorms to Klickitat and Benton County producing hail up to nickel size near Goldendale and wind gusts up to 54 knots (62 mph) west of the Hanford Site on the afternoon of June 26th. This event was covered by a severe thunderstorm watch, the last watch that was issued for the Inland Northwest occurred 780 days prior.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 823391. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.