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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Spokane, WA

February 7, 20178 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho

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, Feb 6, 2:39 PM PST, 13 hours 2 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 7:38 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningOTXAsotin3 hr
Feb 7, 3:30 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan and 3 more49 hr
Feb 7, 3:30 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOTXAdams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane42 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.