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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

April 2, 202210 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this high wind watch at Apr 2, 2022, 2:36 AM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 4, 2022, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2022, 2:36 AM PDT (09:36 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2022, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2022, 12:04 PM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 1, 9:56 PM PDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 9:56 PM PDT, 4 hours 40 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
Apr 2, 12:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	52 min

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Washington, 2022 High Wind Watches in Idaho, 2022 Every high wind watch in 2022

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.