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Winter Storm Watch 9, NWS Spokane, WA

February 28, 20145 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 28, 2014, 3:05 PM PST for 5 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Mar 2, 2014, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2014, 3:05 PM PST (23:05 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2014, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Mar 1, 2014, 3:07 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, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 2:53 PM PST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:53 PM PST, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 3:23 PM PST	Flash Flood Watch	OTX	Grant	69 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2014 Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2014 Every 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.