Thunderstorm Wind — Asotin, Washington

2019-07-01 · near Clarkston Hgts, Asotin, Washington

Event narrative

A grass fire was reported near Silcott caused by power lines blown down by thunderstorm winds. Time estimated from radar data. The local Utility Company reported 2400 customers without power in the Lewiston and Clarkston area as a result of thunderstorm winds bringing down power lines in and around the cities.

Wider weather episode

During the evening of July 5th thunderstorms formed over northeast Oregon and moved into extreme southeast Washington and the southern Idaho Panhandle. Scattered reports of trees down and power outages were received from these areas before these storms dissipated later in the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 833946. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.