Funnel Cloud — Pend Oreille, Washington

2020-06-24 · near Blueslide, Pend Oreille, Washington

Event narrative

A member of the public reported a funnel cloud from State Route 20 near Blueslide.

Wider weather episode

A weak cold front passing through the Pacific Northwest brought mostly dry and windyconditions across the eastern half of Washington on June24th. By early afternoon, isolatedshowers and thunderstorms moved into the northernmountains. With afternoonconvection, there were numerousstrong thunderstorm cells forming in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties. These thunderstorms brought gusty winds, brief heavy downpours, isolated hail, and a funnel cloud. There were reports of hail sizing from 0.25 to 1.5 inches in diameter. With the hail, some locations received an additional rain up to 1 inch that afternoon. The winds, with gusts up to 55 mph, resulted in trees down. Other locations within eastern Washington only received a trace to 0.03 inch of rain. There were widespread winds with gusts reaching 25-40 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 904678. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.