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Snow Advisory 29, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this snow advisory at Dec 14, 2006, 10:46 AM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 14, 2006, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2006, 10:46 AM PST (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2006, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2006, 2:43 PM PST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Dec 14, 9:51 AM PST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 9:51 AM PST, 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 5:59 AM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
559 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
IDZ026-027-WAZ041-043-151400-
LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...WENATCHEE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE
559 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
IDAHO AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING RAIN...HIGH ELEVATION SNOW AND
WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE FORECAST AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE STORM WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS
AND A CHANCE OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW. THE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN INTO THE WEEKEND.
IDZ002-003-WAZ031>033-035-036-151400-
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE...
COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...
COULEE CITY...SPOKANE
559 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
PST FRIDAY.
PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SEANPWOTX /WWUS76 KOTX/
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
TODAY...BRINGING RAIN AND LOCALIZED SNOW. BY THIS EVENING A COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS
WITH WIND SPEEDS REACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE STORM WILL LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY AND WILL BRING RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS TO0 THE FORECAST AREA. THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
SETTLE DOWN INTO THE WEEKEND.
WAZ034-038-044-151400-
MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
559 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON.
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET.
PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SEANPWOTX /WWUS76 KOTX/
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
TODAY...BRINGING RAIN AND LOCALIZED SNOW. BY THIS EVENING A COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS
WITH WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE STORM WILL LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY AND WILL BRING RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS TO0 THE FORECAST AREA. THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
SETTLE DOWN INTO THE WEEKEND.
IDZ001-004-WAZ037-151400-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS
559 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO
AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST FRIDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET.
PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SEAWSWOTX /WWUS46 KOTX/
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN LOW ELEVATION RAIN AND SNOW...ABOVE 3500 FEET SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BY THIS EVENING A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
THE FORECAST AREA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS WITH WIND SPEEDS
APPROACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE STORM WILL LINGER INTO EARLY FRIDAY AND WILL BRING CONTINUED
SNOW RAIN AND STRONG WINDS TO THE FORECAST AREA. THE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN INTO THE WEEKEND.
WAZ042-151400-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP
559 AM PST THU DEC 14 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN LOW ELEVATION RAIN AND SNOW...ABOVE 3500 FEET
MAINLY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. BY THIS EVENING A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WILL BRING BREEZY STRONG WINDS AND SNOW
SHOWERS MAINLY NEAR THE CREST.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
BREEZY WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY.
THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN INTO THE WEEKEND.In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 14, 9:07 AM PST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:56 AM PST | High Wind Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 42 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:43 PM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 21 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.