The National Weather Service of Spokane (NWSS) announced that Wednesday’s winter storm set a record for daily snowfall in Spokane! As of 4:30 pm, NWSS had recorded 7.5 inches of snowfall since midnight at the Spokane International Airport.

The previous record for this date was 5.4 inches, set in 1990.

Forecasts predicted the snow would continue to fall throughout the rest of the night and into Thursday.

https://www.khq.com/news/spokane-sets-daily-snowfall-record-with-7-5-inches-and-counting/article_eb41781e-4aff-11eb-af06-4798cd413c6e.html

Total snow accumulation of up to 9 inches were expected.

This warning is issued for Downtown Spokane, Spokane Valley, Airway Heights, Cheney, Davenport, Rockford and Fairfield.

Travel was expected to be difficult.

https://www.khq.com/news/spokane-now-expecting-6-9-inches-of-snow-by-thursday/article_e1b79c84-4acc-11eb-baad-3f51eca833f9.html

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January 1, 2021 at 02:23PM