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Snow Advisory 10, NWS Spokane, WA

January 28, 20085 counties in Washington; 5 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this snow advisory at Jan 28, 2008, 3:30 PM PST for 5 counties in Washington; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2008, 3:30 PM PST (23:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2008, 1:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 29, 2008, 3:00 PM PST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 Jan 28, 3:11 PM PST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:11 PM PST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 5:30 AM PST, 10 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 3:30 PM PST	Heavy Snow Warning	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	37 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Washington, 2008 Snow Advisories in Idaho, 2008 Every snow advisory in 2008

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.