000
FPUS76 KOTX 172300
NOWOTX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WAZ034-035-180030-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 530 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOSES LAKE AREA AND UPPER
COLUMBIA BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWN POURS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL ALONG A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE AREA OF LIND...SPRAGUE...COULEE
DAM...AND EPHRATA.

$$

WAZ037-038-180030-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 530 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEARLY
STATIONARY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWN POURS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AREAS THAT MAY IMPACTED BY THESE
THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...RUBY...METALINE
FALLS...CHEWELAH...COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...INCHELIUM...AND REPUBLIC.

$$

000
FPUS76 KOTX 171959
NOWOTX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1259 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WAZ035-037-038-041>044-172200-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...
WILBUR...COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...
WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...
BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD
1259 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.NOW...

THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...WATERVILLE
PLATEAU...AND WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF DOWNPOURS BRINGING
UPWARDS OF A TENTH OF RAINFALL...AND PEA-SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS
ARE PULSING AND WILL TYPICALLY BE SHORT-LIVED BUT WIDELY SCATTERED
IN COVERAGE.

$$