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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

August 19, 2014Bonner County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2014, 3:58 PM PDT for Bonner County, Idaho. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 19, 2014, 3:58 PM PDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

County Bonner County, ID

The radar

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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 Aug 19, 2:33 PM PDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:33 PM PDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 1:24 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
124 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2014

IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>036-041>044-202030-
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
124 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

IDZ001-WAZ037-038-202030-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
124 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. GUSTY WINDS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS. ANY STORMS SHOULD
BE SHORT-LIVED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY
BECOME STRONG PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR COLLAPSING
THUNDERSTORMS. ANY STORMS SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:22 PM PDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:58 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
358 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2014

IDZ001-WAZ037-200000-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE ID-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WA-
358 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BONNER AND
SOUTHEASTERN PEND OREILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM PDT...

AT 358 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEWPORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRIEST RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COCOLALLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4805 11715 4813 11716 4821 11657 4805 11658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 259DEG 16KT 4809 11706

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 3:22 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln53 min
Aug 19, 4:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXPend Oreille51 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXSpokane62 min
Aug 19, 2:22 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXShoshone38 min
Aug 19, 4:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBonner58 min

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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.