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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 10, 2014, 2:52 PM PST for 6 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Feb 11, 2014, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2014, 2:52 PM PST (22:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2014, 1:49 PM 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, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 10, 2:20 PM PST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:20 PM PST, 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1124 AM PST MON FEB 10 2014 IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-111930- IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 1124 AM PST MON FEB 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON TUESDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY. WAZ042-111930- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1124 AM PST MON FEB 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR TOWNS LOCATED NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON TUESDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-111930- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 1124 AM PST MON FEB 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ALL WEEK AS THE VALLEYS MIX WITH RAIN. IDZ002-WAZ034>036-041-043-044-111930- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1124 AM PST MON FEB 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON TUESDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 10, 1:10 PM PST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 5:44 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 40 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:58 PM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2014Winter 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.