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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

July 9, 2012Ferry County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2012, 1:25 PM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 9, 2012, 1:25 PM PDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2012, 2:15 PM PDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

County Ferry County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Jul 9, 10:53 AM PDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:53 AM PDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:12 AM PDT, 8 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:25 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
125 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

WAZ037-038-092115-
FERRY WA-STEVENS WA-
125 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
  NORTHEASTERN FERRY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON

UNTIL 215 PM PDT

AT 123 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF CURLEW..MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN FERRY COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4901 11819 4900 11806 4879 11830 4881 11840
      4901 11836 4901 11834 4901 11820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 196DEG 6KT 4882 11833

SB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 12:07 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Douglas	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:04 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan	25 hr
Jul 9, 1:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	34 min
Jul 9, 2:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Boundary	16 min

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Sources

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