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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 7, 2017, 3:41 AM PST for 8 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 8, 2017, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2017, 3:41 AM PST (11:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2017, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 3:30 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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 7, 2:16 AM PST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:16 AM PST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 239 PM PST MON FEB 6 2017 WAZ041-043-044-072245- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 239 PM PST MON FEB 6 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN ON OR ABOUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-072245- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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- 239 PM PST MON FEB 6 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE PALOUSE AND WEST PLAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND THE LEWISTON AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAY RECEIVE MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW DURING THIS STORM. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-042-072245- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 239 PM PST MON FEB 6 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY PRODUCING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN ON OR ABOUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 6, 10:02 PM PST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 7:38 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Asotin | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan and 3 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 42 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2017Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2017Every winter storm watch in 2017
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.