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Winter Weather Advisory 39, NWS Spokane, WA

December 23, 201213 counties in Washington; 7 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 23, 2012, 4:55 AM PST for 13 counties in Washington; 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 23, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2012, 4:55 AM PST (12:55 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 24, 2012, 2:07 PM PST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 23, 4:08 AM PST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 4:08 AM PST, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 8:25 PM PST, 8 hours 30 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 23, 4:55 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Benewah, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone	33 hr

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.