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Heavy Snow Warning 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this heavy snow warning at Mar 4, 2008, 3:29 AM PST for Lewis County, Nez Perce County, Idaho. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2008, 3:29 AM PST (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 2:45 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning 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 heavy snow warning went out at Mar 4, 2:53 AM PST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:53 AM PST, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 9:14 AM PST, 18 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 914 AM PST MON MAR 3 2008 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-038-041-043-044-041715- COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 914 AM PST MON MAR 3 2008 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-041715- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 914 AM PST MON MAR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL TRACK INTO THE REGION TODAY FOLLOWED BY AN UNSTABLE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FEATURES WILL RESULT IN THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. VALLEYS CLOSER TO THE BC BORDER WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY TODAY...WITH THE FOCUS SHIFTING TO THE SILVER VALLEY OF NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 30-40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF NORTH IDAHO THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. DRYING WILL DEVELOP LATER ON TUESDAY AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WAZ042-041715- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 914 AM PST MON MAR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ALTHOUGH SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR THE CREST COULD RECEIVE A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW TODAY...MOST OF THE SNOW WILL PILE UP ALONG THE CREST. BY LATE TONIGHT...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GENERALLY WEST OF PLAIN AND MAZAMA. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE AS THE UNSTABLE AIR MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. WEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.