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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA

January 27, 20144 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 27, 2014, 3:22 PM PST for 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2014, 3:22 PM PST (23:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 28, 2014, 3:12 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

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

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 27, 3:03 PM PST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 3:03 PM PST, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 5:58 AM PST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014

IDZ001-026-027-WAZ031-032-037-038-043-281400-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR
LIGHT AT THIS TIME HOWEVER SNOW COVERED ROADS DURING THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE COULD LEAD TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND POTENTIAL DELAYS.
ON AND OFF SNOW SHOWERS AND POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY.

IDZ002>004-WAZ033-036-042-281400-
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MIX OF LIGHT SNOW
AND RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. THIS COULD LEAD TO A MESSY WEDNESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS MOUNTAIN
PASSES. THOSE WITH TRAVEL INTEREST ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
FORECAST AND PLAN ON WINTRY TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  ON AND OFF SNOW SHOWERS
AND POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY.

WAZ034-035-041-044-281400-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION STARTING TUESDAY
NIGHT AND CARRY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...
AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE LIGHT HOWEVER ROADWAYS COULD BE VERY
SLICK DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 3:22 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more49 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.