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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Spokane, WA

December 16, 2015Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 16, 2015, 2:38 AM PST for Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 17, 2015, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2015, 2:38 AM PST (10:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2015, 7:00 AM PST
Expired: Dec 16, 2015, 1:53 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 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 16, 2:29 AM PST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 2:29 AM PST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 1:56 PM PST, 12 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service SPOKANE WA
156 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2015

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-162200-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
156 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2015

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho...
North Central Idaho...Central Washington...East Central
Washington...North Central Washington...Northeast Washington and
Southeast Washington.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A weak but cold weather system will move through the area tonight
bringing light snow to most locations.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A stronger storm system will bring more widespread and possibly
heavy snow to the region on Thursday night and Friday. Snow will
start in the Cascades Thursday morning and spread eastward during
the day, reaching the Idaho Panhandle by late afternoon. The storm
will exit the region on Friday.  Be ready for snowy travel on
Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.

Additional snowy weather systems are expected for Sunday and
possibly next week.

Please see our Weather Stories at
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=otx

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 16, 5:25 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	5 hr
Dec 16, 1:53 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	14 hr
Dec 16, 1:53 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more	53 hr
Dec 16, 1:53 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	37 hr

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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.