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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Spokane, WA

January 4, 2016Douglas County, Ferry County, Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 4, 2016, 6:36 PM PST for Douglas County, Ferry County, Okanogan County, Washington. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2016, 6:36 PM PST (02:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 5, 2016, 8:17 AM PST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 4, 2:38 PM PST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 2:38 PM PST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 1:22 PM PST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 4, 1:10 PM PST, 5 hours 26 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
Jan 5, 3:04 PM PST	Freezing Rain Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more	20 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.