Lincoln storm history

Local news reported Highway 21 closed north of Wilbur due to flooding.

Water over roadway on SR 25 both directions at milepost 3.5 reported.

Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to the closing of State Route 231 closed from Interstate 90 to Highway 2 due to flooding. 0.58 inches of rain was reported by a hydromet station in Davenport.

State crop report recorded penny to quarter size hail damaged crops in the area. Crop damage cost is estimated.

Multiple reports of crop damage from wind hail and flooding between Hartline and Almira. Hail size varied between half an inch to three quarters an inch.

Outflow gusts from thunderstorms downed power lines south of Davenport.

Cold air funnel cloud reported near Davenport with no damage.

The strong thunderstorm winds in Davenport damaged one home and over 40 poplar trees were uprooted. There were no known injuries.

The local fire department responded to approximately 30 power poles down which closed numerous roads and power outages in Mohler, Washington. There was no known damage other than downed power poles. The time of incident is estimated by radar.

A member of the public photographed a small funnel cloud north of Interstate 90 over uninhabited land in Lincoln County near the border with Spokane County.

Snow melt caused a portion of State Route 25 to close due to water and blocks of unmelted snow transported by the flooding over the roadway.

A funnel cloud was reported appending from a weak thunderstorm just west of Sprague.

On April 2nd a hillside along the Porcupine Bay Road near the Porcupine Bay recreation area gave way and cut the road, cutting off access to the campground. Three days later the hillside was still moving. Extensive debris was washed into Lake Roosevelt during this slide. The road…

Lincoln County experienced flooding issues from periodic heavy rain and low elevation snow melt through much of March. The county was included in a State of Emergency declaration due to this flooding. The town of Sprague experienced widespread flooding when Negro Creek overflowed…

A CoCoRaHS reported 1.34 inches of rain 15 miles north of Davenport, WA due to numerous showers and thunderstorms.

Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down on state route 231 between mile post 42 and 45.

One inch hail reported by trained spotter in Davenport, WA.

A small debris flow was observed over Rocklyn Road six miles southwest of Davenport, WA. Rainfall amounts were near one inch.

Water was flowing over the roadway half a mile east of Creston on Miles Creston Road.

Sustained winds of 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph knocked down trees in Harrington and produced a wall of dust across Lincoln County. Visibility was reduced below a mile along sections of Highway 2 as the storm moved through. A sensor at the Sevens Bay Marina clocked a wind gu…

Trained spotter three miles southwest of Miles estimated winds between fifty and sixty miles per hour. A secondary thunderstorm cell that developed along the gust front produced hail to the size of quarters briefly three miles southwest of Miles.

Numerous county roads damaged and culverts washed out. State Route 231 was closed from Reardan to the Stevens County line due to flooding over the roadway. State Route 223 was closed from milepost 44 to 66 due to water and mud over the road. A four foot section of a driveway was …

Numerous areas across Lincoln County dealt with flooding between the 12th and 14th. Some sections of highways that were flooded include SR 23 between mileposts 57 and 60 south of Harrington, SR 231 between mileposts 36 and 42 near Reardon, SR 231 between mileposts 18 and 19 near …

Large tree limb estimated at ten to twelve inches in diameter snapped off. Numerous other three to four inch diameter limbs down across the area. A metal roof was blown off of an enclosure.

A roof was blown off of a barn approximately eight miles southeast of Harrington.

Numerous trees either toppled over or tops snapped off at the Fort Spokane Campground.

In the town of Harrington, two large trees were split. One tree was located on the golf course and second on 5th and Sherlock. No damage was noted to the property. Widespread two to four inch branches were scattered on ground around town. The Odessa Agrimet Sensor clocked a peak …

A brief funnel cloud was observed on the base of a strengthening thunderstorm west of the Spokane WFO. The funnel cloud coincided with the timing of two merging cells.

Several farmers in the area reported wind gusting to approximately 60 miles per hour.