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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

January 7, 20146 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 7, 2014, 2:51 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 8, 2014, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2014, 2:51 PM PST (22:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2014, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 8, 2014, 4:34 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jan 7, 2:20 PM PST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 2:20 PM PST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 2:37 PM PST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
237 PM PST TUE JAN 7 2014

IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-041-043-044-082245-
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
237 PM PST TUE JAN 7 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

A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA AND RESULT IN LIGHT SNOW...RAIN AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN
TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SERIES OF PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION BEGINNING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN VALLEY
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. THE STRONGEST STORM EXPECTED ON SATURDAY
MAY PROMOTE VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA
BASIN.

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-042-082245-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
237 PM PST TUE JAN 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA AND RESULT IN LIGHT SNOW...RAIN AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN
TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SERIES OF PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION BEGINNING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN VALLEY
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. A STORM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BRING
HEAVY SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. A STRONGER STORM ON
SATURDAY MAY BRING AS MUCH AS 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE IDAHO
PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND 1 TO 2 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 12:12 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more16 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2014Every winter storm watch in 2014

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.