Alert archive / Washington / Snow Advisories in 2007

Snow Advisory 23, NWS Spokane, WA

December 2, 2007Spokane County, Whitman County, Washington; Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this snow advisory at Dec 2, 2007, 4:42 AM PST for Spokane County, Whitman County, Washington; Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2007, 4:42 AM PST (12:42 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2007, 9:16 AM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2007-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 2, 2:44 AM PST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:44 AM PST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 6:42 AM PST, 22 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
642 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007

IDZ001-002-004-WAZ035>038-041>044-021500-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...KELLOGG...
ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...
CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...
WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
642 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   SEAWSWOTX  /WWUS46 KOTX/

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE FIRST OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON
TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL IN THE
WENATCHEE...OMAK...REPUBLIC...COLVILLE...COULEE CITY...AND SPOKANE
AREAS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS...BUT UP TO A FOOT OF
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN CASCADES...THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON NEAR THE
CANADIAN BORDER...AND THE OKANOGAN VALLEY.

IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>034-021500-
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...
LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...
OTHELLO...QUINCY
642 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING LOCALLY TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE
TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDTIONS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOSES LAKE...
RITZVILLE...AND PULLMAN AREAS ON SATURDAY. A TRANSITION FROM SNOW
TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE OVER THE
COLUMBIA BASIN EAST THROUGH THE PALOUSE WILL BE RAIN.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 1, 11:30 PM PST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 4:42 AM PSTHeavy Snow WarningOTXLincoln, Spokane5 hr
Dec 2, 10:08 AM PSTWind AdvisoryOTXLewis, Nez Perce23 hr
Dec 2, 2:40 PM PSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryOTXLewis, Nez Perce14 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Washington, 2007Snow Advisories in Idaho, 2007Every snow advisory in 2007

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.