Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Watches in 2015
Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 11, 2015, 3:25 AM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 12, 2015, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2015, 3:25 AM PST (11:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2015, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2015, 2:55 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 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 Dec 11, 2:20 AM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 2:20 AM PST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 23 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:55 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2015Every 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.