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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Spokane, WA

March 27, 20087 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 27, 2008, 3:37 PM PDT for 7 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Mar 27, 2008, 8:51 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2008, 3:37 PM PDT (22:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 27, 2008, 8:51 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2008, 3:44 AM PDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 27, 3:03 PM PDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:03 PM PDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 6:12 AM PDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 11:27 AM PDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 27, 1:32 PM PDT, 2 hours 5 minutes 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
Mar 26, 9:45 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	18 hr
Mar 26, 9:45 PM PDT	Heavy Snow Warning	OTX	Lewis, Nez Perce	11 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2008 Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2008 Every winter storm watch 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.