Stevens storm history

Periods of heavy rain and snow melt produces numerous road closures due to flooding and debris flows in Stevens County through the second half of March. Extensive flooding of fields near the Colville River occurred. The fire station at Hunters was closed due to flooding. Near Nor…

WSDOT reported trees blocking State Route 292. Time estimated by archived radar data.

A small metal roof ripped off a structure. A wind gust of 42 was recorded in Kettle Falls.

Thunderstorm resulted in multiple large trees falling across State Route 25. Road was fully blocked.

Downed trees blocking SB lane of US 395 near Orin Rice Road. A sensor recorded a max gust of 21 MPH around the time of report.

Thunderstorm damaged local power lines. Utility company estimated 300 customers lost power. Max gusts in the area were around 30 MPH.

Hail report of 2 inches 3 miles Southeast of Ford. It damaged roof panels.

Mud and water on State Route 291 near Swenson Road.

Utility company reported down lines in in between Deer Park and Tum Tum along Swenson Road. A thunderstorm was moving East to West through area during this time.

Observer estimated 50 MPH gust at 1707LST 2 miles NW of Orin. Kettle Falls Agrimet recorded an gust 41 at 1730LST. Several reports of downed trees and power lines across Stevens County. A large tree of 7.5 feet diameter was reported in Rice.

Wind uprooted large tree.

Hail damaged a sun shade.

Observer reported hail on social media. Other hail reports from the storm ranged from 1 to 1.5 inch near Addy.

Report was observed near Chewelah.

The report received at 1300 PDT Tuesday. Washout occurred along shoulder of SR-25 at MP 44.6.

Mingo Mtn Road has washout and debris from culvert on road.

Widow Road is affected by washout and debris from heavy rain.

Culvert and washout issues on Snyder Road on Swede Pass roadway from heavy rain/snowmelt.

Runoff caused culvert problems and washout on Blue Creek and Lock roads.

A collapsing thunderstorm brought outflow winds downing trees and power lines West of Springdale, Southeast of Tum Tum, and Northeast of Loon Lake. 1200 customers were without power for several hours.

Collapsing thunderstorms caused downed tree limbs and numerous power outages near Chewelah and areas to the southwest. Estimated over 2000 people were without power. Time estimated from radar. No observed gusts were recorded.

At least six inches of sand, mud, and debris on route 25 north of rice from flash flooding. There were two public reports of 2 of rain near Kettle Falls north of the flooded roadway.

A thunderstorm brought heavy rain and pea size hail. Most of the rain was over in 15 minutes.

Heavy rain of 0.30 fell in 30 minutes.

Lightning severely damaged several power poles, downed wires, and ignited a fire on a tree in Chewelah. Time estimated based on dispatch reports and radar.

Downed tree and wires reported near Tara Drive. Time estimated from radar.

Downed power lines and power outages reported in the Echo Valley area. It was reported social media. Time estimated from radar.

Observer measured 1.25 inch of rain since midnight.

Amount of 0.70 of rain lasted 40 minutes.

Observer measured 1.55 inches of rain.

A member of the public reported hail with a diameter of 1.5 inches from thunderstorms near Marcus.

A member of the public at Blue Moose Lodging reported hail with a diameter of 1.5 inches from thunderstorms near Marcus.

A hillside along route 231 near Valley began slowly sliding and compromising the road bed. Temporary traffic lights were installed to restrict traffic to one lane while highway crews stabilized the road bed.

A spotter reported one inch diameter hail from a thunderstorm near Colville. Time was estimated from radar.

Flood water flow undermined the western abutment of the Rockcut Road Bridge across the Kettle River near Orient. This erosion is considered critical by an inspecting engineering firm. The bridge remains open but with weight and speed restrictions.

Washington State Patrol reported a debris flow partially blocking Highway 25 twelve miles south of Kettle Falls.

Saturated soil conditions caused by periodic heavy rain and snow melt during the month of March and the first half of April produced extensive field flooding along the Colville River and debris flows through out the county. Flooding also damage area roads with the most notable ev…

An emergency manager reported that a thunderstorm brought down trees and powerlines between Addy and Chewelah, WA.

A trained spotter reported 4 large pine trees down 4 miles north northwest of Addy, Washington.

Law enforcement reported partial blockage of state route 25, south of Evans, WA which was due to a rock slide.

An emergency manager reported a treee fell over onto a house. Time was based off radar.

An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville. Numerous people were stranded at Flodelle Campground due to the fallen trees. Time was based off radar.

An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville, WA. Highway 20 closed from milepost 360 at Artman Gibson Road to milepost 379 at Beaver Lodge. It was reported that 5 to 6 homes were damaged by toppled trees.

An emergency manager relayed multiple reports 2 to 5 miles south and southwest of Northport, Washington along highway 25 of one inch size hail. Some areas accumulating this hail to a 1 to 1.5 inch depth.

A COOP observer reported 1.75 inch hail 2 miles south of Northport, WA.

A trained spotter reported one inch size hail 9 miles west southwest of Northport, WA.

A trained spotter reported one inch hail 8 miles southeast of Northport, Washington.

An emergency manager reported numerous cars damaged when large hail and gusty thunderstorm wind occurred in Arden, Washington.

Public report of multiple trees down. The downed trees destroyed two parked cars in driveway of home. Tree also clipped and damage eave of roof. The time of damage was estimated based on radar.

Law enforcement reported a small rock slide near Hunters, Washington.