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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

April 4, 2015Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington; 6 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Apr 4, 2015, 3:25 AM PDT for Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 5, 2015, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2015, 3:25 AM PDT (10:25 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2015, 9:00 PM PDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2015, 3:18 AM PDT
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, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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 Apr 4, 2:52 AM PDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:52 AM PDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 6:01 AM PDT, 21 hours 24 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
Apr 4, 3:09 PM PDT	Freeze Warning	OTX	Adams, Grant	15 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2015 Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2015 Every winter storm watch in 2015

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.