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Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Spokane, WA

December 15, 2025Chelan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2025, 2:07 PM PST for Chelan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 16, 2025, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2025, 2:07 PM PST (22:07 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2025, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 16, 2025, 12:48 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

County Chelan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 15, 11:01 AM PST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 11:01 AM PST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 15, 12:34 PM PST, 1 hour 33 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
Dec 15, 2:28 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Chelan	12 hr
Dec 15, 11:16 AM PST	River Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan	38 hr

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.