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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

July 18, 202413 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 18, 2024, 4:56 PM PDT for 13 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 20, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 57 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2024, 4:56 PM PDT (23:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 22, 2024, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

All 21 counties

Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary 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, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 18, 3:04 PM PDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:04 PM PDT, 1 hour 52 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
Jul 17, 6:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	27 min
Jul 17, 6:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	28 min
Jul 17, 7:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 17, 7:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	32 min
Jul 17, 8:31 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	OTX	Adams, Grant, Lincoln	59 min
Jul 18, 4:56 PM PDT	Heat Advisory	OTX	Chelan	3 days

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Washington, 2024 Excessive Heat Warnings in Idaho, 2024 Every excessive heat warning in 2024

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.