Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2005
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2005, 3:50 AM PST for 11 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 19, 2005, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 35 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
- Dec 19, 2005, 3:50 AM PST (11:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2005, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2005, 2:41 AM PST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry 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), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KOTX 191150 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 350 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...MAJOR AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CHANGE IN THE CURRENT DRY AND COLD WEATHER IMMINENT... .A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT COLD AND STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-192000- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.051220T0000Z-051221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0000Z-051220T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR... GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 350 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SERIES OF STORM SYSYTEMS WILL SCRUB LOWLANDS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON OF TRAPPED COLD AIR TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY TODAY AS LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN NEAR 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY...WITH THE DEEPEST POCKETS OF COLD AIR PERSISTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-042-043-192000- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.051220T0000Z-051221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0400Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE 350 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL SCRUB THE VALLEYS OF COLD AIR TRAPPED NEAR THE SURACE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TODAY AS LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN NEAR 8 PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 191836 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1036 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...MAJOR AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CHANGE IN THE CURRENT DRY AND COLD WEATHER IMMINENT... .A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT COLD AND STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. IDZ002-003-WAZ033>036-041-044-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0000Z-051220T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR... GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1036 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A SERIES OF STORM SYSYTEMS WILL SCRUB LOWLANDS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON OF TRAPPED COLD AIR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY TODAY AS LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN NEAR 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY...WITH THE DEEPEST POCKETS OF COLD AIR PERSISTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-042-043-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0400Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE 1036 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL SCRUB THE VALLEYS OF COLD AIR TRAPPED NEAR THE SURACE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TODAY AS LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN NEAR 8 PM THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-200000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.051219T1900Z-051220T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON 1036 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SCRUB THE COLD LOW LEVEL AIR MASS OUT OF THE AREA TODAY. INITIALLY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK AT MOST LOCATIONS THIS EVENING AND MELT THE EXPECTED LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND ROADS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 192259 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 259 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...MAJOR AND HAZARDOUS CHANGE IN THE CURRENT DRY AND COLD WEATHER IMMINENT... .A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS ARE BREAKING DOWN THE CURRENT COLD AND STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER SOME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. WAZ041-044-200700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0000Z-051220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.051220T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 259 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG AND MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THIS EVENING AND THEN FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY THE TIME FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TUESDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ WAZ042-200700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0400Z-051221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.051220T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP 259 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG AND MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE MOUNTAINS...IN THE VALLEYS SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THIS EVENING AND THEN FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. ONE QUARTER TO LOCALLY ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY THE TIME FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TUESDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-200700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0000Z-051220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.051220T0000Z-051220T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PULLMAN 259 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL ENVELOPE THE REGION TONIGHT. WHILE LOW LEVEL COLD AIR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SCRUBBED FROM THE AREA...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TURN OVER TO ALL RAIN BY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-200000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051220T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON 259 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE FREEZING. WHILE POCKETS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS ENDED. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-200700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ002-004-WAZ034>036-200700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0005.051220T0000Z-051220T1900Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE 259 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST TUESDAY. A SERIES OF STORM SYSYTEMS WILL SCRUB THE LOWLANDS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON OF TRAPPED COLD AIR TONIGHT. IN THE NORTH SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IN THE SOUTH SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THROUGHOUT THE REGION AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH... HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 200706 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1106 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...MAJOR AND HAZARDOUS CHANGE IN THE CURRENT DRY AND COLD WEATHER IMMINENT... .A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS ARE BREAKING DOWN THE CURRENT COLD AND STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER SOME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. WAZ041-042-044-201515- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1106 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY ... A STRONG AND MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY TUESDAY MORNING. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY THE TIME FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TUESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-201515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 1106 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY ... PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS SNOW GRADUALLY CHANGES OVER TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX BY TUESDAY MORNING. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ002-004-WAZ034>036-201515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051220T1900Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE 1106 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST TUESDAY ... A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THROUGHOUT THE REGION AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...HOWEVER WITH SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND SURFACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-201500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051220T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PULLMAN 1106 PM PST MON DEC 19 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WEST OF A LINE FROM LACROSSE TO COLFAX WILL GRADUALLY TURN OVER TO ALL RAIN BY MORNING...BUT NOT BEFORE MAKING SURFACES SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 201102 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 302 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY... .A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS ARE BREAKING DOWN THE CURRENT COLD AND STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER SOME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. WAZ034-035-201915- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY... WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY 302 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. THROUGH OUT THE REGION AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY AND CONDITIONS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WAZ041-042-044-201915- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 302 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... AN ICE STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY. SNOW THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-201915- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 302 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH. HOWEVER WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ002-004-WAZ036-201900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051220T1900Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SPOKANE 302 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. THROUGH OUT THE REGION AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITONS ON ROADWAYS. CONDITONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMEPRATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-201500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051220T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PULLMAN 302 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WEST OF A LINE FROM LACROSS TO COLFAX WILL TURN OVER TO ALL RAIN THIS MORNING. EXPECT AREAS OF SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 201509 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 709 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY... .A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS ARE BREAKING DOWN THE CURRENT COLD AND STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER SOME AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. IDZ003-WAZ033-201615- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051220T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...PULLMAN 709 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS TODAY SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. $$ WAZ041-042-044-202315- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 709 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... AN ICE STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY. SNOW THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IDZ001-WAZ034-035-037-038-043-202315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR... GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 709 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN ALONE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH. HOWEVER WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN THE COMBINATION WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IDZ002-004-WAZ036-201900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051220T1900Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SPOKANE 709 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. THROUGH OUT THE REGION AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITONS ON ROADWAYS. CONDITONS WILL IMPROVE AS TEMEPRATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 201906 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1106 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 IDZ002-004-WAZ036-210000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SPOKANE 1106 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME CLIMBING THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN VERY LIGHT SO FAR THIS MORNING IT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...HAVE EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY...BUT SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF ALL RAIN. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER INCH...BUT WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITONS ON ROADWAYS. CONDITONS SHOULD IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS EVENING. $$ WAZ041-042-044-210000- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1106 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... AN ICE STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE TODAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ IDZ001-WAZ034-035-037-038-043-210000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR... GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 1106 AM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON BELOW 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET. AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 202255 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 255 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 WAZ041-042-044-210000- /O.CAN.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 255 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF. SO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING AS BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE. $$ IDZ002-004-WAZ034>036-043-210000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE 255 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PRECIPITATION HAS REMAINED LIGHT. SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING AS RAIN. HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING AS BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-210700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 255 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING BELOW 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. COLD AIR REMAINS TRAPPED IN THE VALLEYS BELOW AROUND 3000 FEET SO A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY USE EXTRA CAUTION AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDTIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 210430 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 830 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 IDZ001-WAZ037-038-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 830 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... WITH COLD AIR TRAPPED IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SANDPOINT...TO COLVILLE AND REPUBLIC. TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE FAVORED NORTH OF THIS LINE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY USE EXTRA CAUTION AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ WAZ043-211200- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.051221T0430Z-051221T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 830 PM PST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE SURFACES VERY SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 97 FROM OMAK NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER. SNOW WILL BE MORE COMMON CLOSER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER...WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH BEFORE SNOW CHANGES TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FARTHER SOUTH...SNOW AND SLEET AROUND OMAK WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 211041 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 241 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 IDZ001-WAZ037-038-211145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051221T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 241 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WEATHER DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT THE LATEST ROUND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA HAS MOVED INTO CANADA. WHILE LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ WAZ043-211145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051221T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE 241 AM PST WED DEC 21 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WEATHER DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT THE LATEST ROUND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA HAS MOVED INTO CANADA. WHILE LIGHT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$
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 19, 2:35 AM PST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 2:35 AM PST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
235 AM PST MON DEC 19 2005
.SYNOPSIS...SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE WEATHER WILL OCCUR OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BREAKS DOWN.
WIDESPREAD WINTRY MIX PRECIPITATION AND A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL
BEGIN TO INFLUENCE THE REGION ON MONDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LONGWAVE PATTERN CHANGE INVOLVES
DECREASING WAVELENGTH AND NARROWING OF THE LONGWAVE RIDGE ON
PERIPHERY OF ITS AXIS ALONG WITH THE AXIS MIGRATION EASTWARD TO
WESTERN MONTANA IN THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THIS CHANGE OPENS UP A STORM
TRACK IN WHICH PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEMS RIDE UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE
RIDGE AXIS IN A SOUTH/SOUTHWEST TO NORTH/NORTHEAST TRAJECTORY. THE
FIRST WARM FRONT TO TAKE THIS PATH MONDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL
BE COUPLED WITH A SURFACE LOW OFF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COAST
WHICH WILL ALLOW AGEOSTROPHIC NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS TO KEEP COLD
AIR DAMMED IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE WHILE THE WARMER AIR OVERRUNS IT
ALOFT. THIS SCENARIO WILL RESULT IN A MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT
RANGING FROM SNOW...TO SLEET...THEN FREEZING RAIN...THEN RAIN...AND
SHOULD OCCUR IN THAT ORDER. DEPTH OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
NEAR SURFACE WILL BE THE KEY TO THE PRECIP TYPE. MORE FRONTAL
PASSAGES WILL SWEEP UP IN THIS SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST PATH IN A
SIMILAR MANNER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT THE OFFSHORE SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE PATTERN...AND THE CONTINUED EROSION OF THE DENSER COLD
AIR DOME AT THE SURFACE...WILL ALLOW FOR A SWITCH TO MORE
WARMER SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE. PRECIP TYPE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A NUISANCE FORECAST FOR THAT PERIOD...BUT FOR NOW WILL FOCUS ON
THE FIRST INCOMING WAVE BY PULLING THE TRIGGER ON WATCHES AND
UPGRADING THEM TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS DUE TO THE DANGEROUS MIX OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY THE FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET. FORECAST TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS PERIOD WILL LIKELY NOT
SHOW A DIURNAL VARIATION...IN FACT TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN
THE SAME OR RISE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT MONDAY DUE TO THE WARM AIR
ADVECTION. SAME THING MAY OCCUR AS WELL TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ALL THE
WARM SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FLOW OVERHEAD. THIS WORDING MAY OR MAY NOT
MAKE IT INTO THE ZONE FORECAST AS THE MAIN FORECAST DANGER WILL BE
THE OCCURRENCE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...OVERALL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BE
VERY ACTIVE WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW EACH DAY. ALL
MODELS SEEM TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH KEEPING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST RATHER STORMY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR
NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...WARM ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COLD AIR IN PLACE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THERE WILL BE PIECES OF ENERGY AND MOISTURE
WORKING ITS WAY NORTH ACROSS THE ENTRENCHED COLD AIR CAUSING SOME
SNOW THIS MORNING AND A MIXTURE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.
AVIATIONS CONCERNS WILL MOSTLY BE THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION.
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE IFR AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT
WITH MOUNTAINS BECOMING OBSCURED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 23 23 34 30 36 31 / 70 80 80 40 30 30
COEUR DALENE 22 22 34 31 38 32 / 70 80 80 40 40 30
PULLMAN 25 25 38 33 41 34 / 60 80 30 30 20 30
LEWISTON 27 27 42 35 44 32 / 40 80 30 30 20 30
COLVILLE 19 19 29 27 34 30 / 60 80 80 60 50 50
SANDPOINT 22 22 29 28 37 31 / 40 80 80 50 50 50
KELLOGG 23 23 34 32 39 32 / 40 80 80 40 40 50
MOSES LAKE 26 26 32 32 35 31 / 70 80 30 40 30 20
WENATCHEE 26 26 33 30 35 29 / 70 80 40 60 40 30
OMAK 23 23 32 29 35 31 / 60 80 80 50 40 30
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM TUESDAY FOR
COEUR DALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE. WINTER STORM WARNING
FROM 8 PM MONDAY TO 4 PM TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET FOR
NORTHERN PANHANDLE...CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM
TUESDAY FOR WASHINGTON PALOUSE...MOSES LAKE AREA...UPPER
COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AREA...WENATCHEE AREA...
WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 PM
MONDAY TO 4 PM TUESDAY BELOW 3000 FEET FOR NORTHEAST
MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...EAST SLOPES NORTHERN
CASCADES...OKANOGAN VALLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 2:48 PM PST, 13 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
248 PM PST SUN DEC 18 2005
IDZ001>004-WAZ033>038-041>044-191300-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
248 PM PST SUN DEC 18 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON.
THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
SEAWSWOTX /WWUS46 KOTX/
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE IS A WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
FOR MIXED WINTERY PRECIPIATION...INCLUDING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR DETAILS ON THIS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER SITUATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 10:36 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:59 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.