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Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

August 28, 2025Chelan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2025, 5:21 PM PDT for Chelan County, Washington. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 28, 2025, 5:21 PM PDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2025, 5:45 PM PDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Chelan County, WA

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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.

NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 28, 2:54 PM PDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 2:54 PM PDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:25 PM PDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:28 PM PDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:30 PM PDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:21 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
Aug 28, 5:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	26 min
Aug 29, 1:28 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	2 hr
Aug 29, 1:54 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
Aug 29, 2:03 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	117 min
Aug 29, 2:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
Aug 29, 3:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	30 min
Aug 29, 3:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	34 min
Aug 29, 4:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	28 min
Aug 29, 4:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	27 min
Aug 29, 4:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	37 min
Aug 29, 4:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	34 min
Aug 29, 1:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	27 min
Aug 29, 3:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	36 min
Aug 29, 3:12 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Bonner	33 min
Aug 29, 3:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	29 min
Aug 29, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	40 min
Aug 29, 3:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	32 min
Aug 29, 3:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	27 min
Aug 29, 3:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	31 min
Aug 29, 4:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	27 min
Aug 29, 4:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	25 min
Aug 29, 4:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	37 min
Aug 29, 4:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Bonner	37 min
Aug 29, 4:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	35 min
Aug 29, 4:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	34 min
Aug 29, 4:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	36 min
Aug 29, 4:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	32 min

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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.