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Heavy Snow Warning 6, NWS Spokane, WA

March 4, 2008Lewis County, Nez Perce County, Idaho

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.

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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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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.

Nearby

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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.