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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Pendleton, OR

February 22, 2011Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; Klickitat County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this winter storm watch at Feb 22, 2011, 2:10 PM PST for Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; Klickitat County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 23, 2011, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2011, 2:10 PM PST (22:10 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 23, 2011, 8:47 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Klickitat County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 22, 2:10 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:10 PM PST, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 22, 9:35 AM PST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
935 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 AM     HEAVY SNOW       1 S CLE ELUM            47.18N 120.94W
02/22/2011  E9.0 INCH        KITTITAS           WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST 18 HOURS. 6 INCHES OF
            NEW SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.

0900 AM     HEAVY SNOW       7 NNW EASTON            47.33N 121.24W
02/22/2011  E10.0 INCH       KITTITAS           WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
            SNOW IS OCCURING.

0930 AM     HEAVY SNOW       SSE EASTON              47.23N 121.18W
02/22/2011  E8.0 INCH        KITTITAS           WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OCCURED OVERNIGHT. BLOWING AND
            DRIFTING SNOW.

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DWEBER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 9:51 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Deschutes, Gilliam, Jefferson, Sherman, Umatilla, Union and 2 more	65 hr
Feb 22, 2:10 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow and 5 more	61 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Oregon, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2011 Every winter storm watch in 2011

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.