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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

August 3, 2010

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2010, 4:28 PM PDT. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2010, 4:28 PM PDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2010, 5:30 PM PDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 2:28 PM PDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:28 PM PDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 2:21 AM PDT, 14 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
221 AM PDT TUE AUG 3 2010

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>037-041100-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-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-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
221 AM PDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WAZ042-041100-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
221 AM PDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO INCREASED RUNOFF OVER THE STEEP
TERRAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WAZ038-041-043-044-041100-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
221 AM PDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:49 PM PDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:56 PM PDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:28 PM PDT, 0 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
Aug 3, 2:21 AM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan	19 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Washington, 2010 Every special weather statement in 2010

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.