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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

August 21, 2014Douglas County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2014, 6:11 PM PDT for Douglas County, Washington. It was in force for 64 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 21, 2014, 6:11 PM PDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2014, 7:15 PM PDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

County Douglas County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 6:11 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

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<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 6:00 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	3 hr
Aug 21, 6:16 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Chelan, Douglas	19 min
Aug 21, 6:37 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Stevens	113 min
Aug 21, 6:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	24 min
Aug 21, 7:15 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	3 hr
Aug 22, 8:10 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane, Stevens	50 min
Aug 22, 4:51 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	3 hr
Aug 21, 7:15 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Bonner	3 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.