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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA

May 20, 20095 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this freeze warning at May 20, 2009, 2:45 PM PDT for 5 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at May 21, 2009, 4:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 4 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: May 20, 2009, 2:45 PM PDT (21:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2009, 4:00 AM PDT
Expired: May 21, 2009, 8:10 AM PDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at May 19, 4:42 PM PDT, 22 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 4:42 PM PDT, 22 hours 3 minutes before

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Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Washington, 2009 Freeze Warnings in Idaho, 2009 Every freeze warning in 2009

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.