Thunderstorm Wind — Bonner, Idaho

2020-06-24 · near Hope, Bonner, Idaho

Event narrative

The broadcast media reported that a 21 foot boat with 10 people capsized on Lake Pend Oreille with 1 fatality. There were high waves due to a passing thunderstorm with an estimated 30 mph wind gusts.

Wider weather episode

A weak cold front passing through the Pacific Northwest brought mostly dry and windyconditions across the Idaho Panhandle on June24th. By mid-day, isolatedshowers and thunderstorms moved into the northernIdaho Panhandle. With afternoonconvection, there were numerousstrong thunderstorm cells forming in Bonner and Boundary counties. These thunderstorms brought gusty winds, brief heavy downpours, and produced isolated hail. There were reports of hail sizing from 0.25 to 1.5 inches in diameter. With the hail, some locations received an additional rainfall up to 1 inch that afternoon. The winds, with gusts up to 55 mph, resulted in trees down, power outages, and rough lake conditions, especially at Lake Pend Oreille and Priest Lake. Other locations within the Idaho Panhandle, 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 906034. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.