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Snow Advisory 30, NWS Spokane, WA

December 17, 20075 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this snow advisory at Dec 17, 2007, 2:49 PM PST for 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 17, 2007, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2007, 2:49 PM PST (22:49 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2007, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 18, 2007, 8:11 AM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 2:17 PM PST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 2:17 PM PST, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 5:54 AM PST, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
554 AM PST MON DEC 17 2007

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-181400-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
554 AM PST MON DEC 17 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UNSETTLED WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD
SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN THUS LIMITING ACCUMULATION
TO A THIN LAYER OF SLUSH OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE COLUMBIA
BASIN AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SERIES OF WINTER STORMS WILL STRIKE THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS
WEEK. THE NEXT WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY. ANOTHER POTENTIALLY STRONG
STORM IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORE
STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE WEEKEND. EACH STORM COULD
POTENTIALLY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS EXTENDING FROM THE CASCADES TO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-90 COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE
APPRECIABLE SNOWS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY BE A CONCERN ACROSS
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS OF
THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.

STAY TUNED TO FUTURE FORECAST UPDATES AND REVISED WINTER WEATHER
HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 17, 10:47 AM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:16 AM PST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 3:54 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchOTXDouglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens18 hr
Dec 17, 7:51 AM PSTDense Fog AdvisoryOTXAdams, Grant4 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Washington, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.