Expires:201305172200;Remove:201305172200;297538
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.
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