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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA

February 25, 2011Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington; 6 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 25, 2011, 2:31 PM PST for Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2011, 2:31 PM PST (22:31 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2011, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 26, 2011, 11:28 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 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 Feb 25, 2:31 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:31 PM PST, 0 minutes before
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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.