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Winter Storm Watch 15, NWS Spokane, WA

December 2, 20125 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 2, 2012, 2:31 PM PST for 5 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 3, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2012, 2:31 PM PST (22:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 3, 2012, 2:48 PM PST
In force
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 22:32 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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 2, 2:20 PM PST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:20 PM PST, 11 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
Dec 2, 1:12 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Latah	6 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2012 Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2012 Every winter storm watch in 2012

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.