Thunderstorm Wind — Benewah, Idaho

2019-08-10 · near St Maries, Benewah, Idaho

Event narrative

The Benewah County Sheriff reported two trees blown down by thunderstorm winds near St. Maries. Trees were blocking a road.

Wider weather episode

The weather pattern on August 10th featured a very moist and unstable air mass with a passing upper level low pressure. These elements promoted widespread afternoon and evening thunderstorms with heavy rain across north Idaho with scattered reports of large hail and damaging downburst winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 852987. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.