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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

June 21, 2018Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2018, 6:26 PM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2018, 6:26 PM PDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2018, 7:15 PM PDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

County Spokane County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:27 PM PDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:01 PM PDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:23 PM PDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:26 PM PDT, 0 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
Jun 21, 5:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	48 min
Jun 21, 5:56 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane	111 min
Jun 21, 7:03 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 22, 12:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
Jun 22, 1:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	42 min
Jun 22, 1:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	39 min
Jun 22, 1:24 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	111 min
Jun 22, 1:28 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	32 min
Jun 22, 1:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	42 min
Jun 22, 1:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
Jun 22, 2:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	34 min
Jun 22, 2:32 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Stevens	28 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	41 min
Jun 22, 2:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 22, 2:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	52 min
Jun 22, 2:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX		50 min
Jun 22, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	41 min
Jun 22, 3:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	38 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	46 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	51 min
Jun 22, 4:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	48 min
Jun 21, 6:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	52 min
Jun 21, 7:19 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Kootenai	116 min
Jun 21, 7:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Benewah	40 min
Jun 21, 8:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Latah	52 min
Jun 22, 12:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	35 min
Jun 22, 3:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	42 min
Jun 22, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	37 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	50 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	48 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	27 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	51 min

Nearby

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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.