Alert archive / Washington / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this snow advisory at Jan 6, 2008, 2:43 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 6, 2008, 8:00 PM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2008, 2:43 PM PST (22:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2008, 8:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 2:44 PM PST
- In force
- 19 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, Ferry 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 062243 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 243 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 IDZ001-WAZ037-070700- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.080107T0400Z-080107T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 243 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WINTER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERALLY DROP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER POCKETS OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE UNSTABLE NATURE OF THIS STORM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MONDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH AND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-070700- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.080107T0400Z-080107T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 243 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WINTER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERALLY DROP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER POCKETS OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE UNSTABLE NATURE OF THIS STORM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH AND ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ IDZ004-070700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 243 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-070700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 243 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041>044-070700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 243 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 070616 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1016 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 IDZ001-WAZ037-071430- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1016 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 12 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 12 PM PST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WINTER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW THIS EVENING WILL TAPER OFF BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN MONDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERALLY DROP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER POCKETS OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MONDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-071430- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1016 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 12 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 12 PM PST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WINTER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERALLY DROP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MONDAY MORNING...HOWEVER POCKETS OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MONDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ IDZ004-071430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1016 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-071430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1016 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041>044-071430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1016 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 071318 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 518 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 IDZ001-WAZ037-072130- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 518 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ONE WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...WHILE ANOTHER WINTER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS SYSTEM WILL GENERALLY AMOUNT TO 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER POCKETS OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MONDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-072130- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080107T2000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 518 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WINTER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERALLY DROP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...HOWEVER POCKETS OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MONDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ IDZ004-072130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 518 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-072130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 518 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041>044-072130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 518 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 071821 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 IDZ004-080230- /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON EXPECT A FURTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A BREAK IN ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...THEN A SECOND AND STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-080230- /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS A WEAK WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT A FURTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE SNOW SHOWERS TAPER OFF LATE TODAY. A BREAK IN THE WEATHER TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER STRONGER STORM TOMORROW. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-080000- /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF OVER THE REGION...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PALOUSE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES IN SOME OF THESE SNOW SHOWERS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-080230- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A FURTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-080230- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A FURTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...A STRONGER COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ WAZ041>044-080230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1021 AM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTENSIFY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 072244 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 IDZ002-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0002.080108T1800Z-080109T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ IDZ001-004-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0002.080108T1800Z-080109T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 12 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT TO MIDDLE WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ037-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080110T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0002.080108T1800Z-080109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ003-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0002.080108T1800Z-080109T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE. $$ WAZ038-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0005.080108T1400Z-080109T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ WAZ036-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0005.080108T1800Z-080109T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ033-081030- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0005.080108T1800Z-080109T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ041>044-081030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.080108T1200Z-080109T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0005.080108T1400Z-080109T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 244 PM PST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG...COLD AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD STEADY SNOW OVER THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF LET UP IN SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE CASCADES MOUNTAINS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Jan 6, 12:27 PM PST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 12:27 PM PST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1227 PM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 .SYNOPSIS... WINTER WILL RETURN TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AS SNOW LEVELS RETURN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND A WEAK STORM SYSTEM BRINGS LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. PERIODS OF MORE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN MONDAY AND LAST WELL INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... REST OF TODAY...POTENT SHORTWAVE TROFS HAVE NOW MOVED INTO WESTERN MONTANA...ENDING THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWS FOR THE DAY. WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY ENDED ALL WINTER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE TIME BEING. FX && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1116 AM PST SUN JAN 6 2008/ SYNOPSIS... WINTER WILL RETURN TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AS SNOW LEVELS RETURN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND A WEAK STORM SYSTEM BRINGS LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. PERIODS OF MORE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN MONDAY AND LAST WELL INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK. DISCUSSION... REST OF TODAY...PAIR OF COMPACT VORT LOBES CONTINUE TO WORK THEIR WAY STEADILY NE THIS MORNING. AS OF 18Z...ONE WAS FOCUSING BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN TIP OF IDAHO NORTH OF SANDPOINT. THE OTHER WAS NEAR KELLOGG...PRODUCING ITS HEAVY SNOW GENERALLY ALONG THE I90 CORRIDOR FROM MULLAN INTO THE NORTHERN TIP OF SHOSHONE COUNTY. THESE VORT LOBES SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MONTANA BEFORE 21Z...ENDING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOWS FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. WE HAVE EXTENDED THE SNOW ADVISORIES FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ID MOUNTAIN ZONES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOWS HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA. OTHER THAN UPDATES FOR SNOW...WE HAVE ADJUSTED MAX TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND INTO THE CASCADE VALLEYS. THESE AREAS SAW CLEARING LAST NIGHT WHICH LED TO LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM SCHEDULED TO COME INTO THESE AREA DURING THE EVENING WE WILL SEE AN INCREASING CLOUD TREND. MEANWHILE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENTS IN THESE AREAS WILL ALSO LED TO SHALLOW COLD AIR DAMMING. THE SNOW FROM THIS PAIR OF VORTICITY CENTERS HAS BEEN FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE WITH A LARGE RANGE OF SNOWFALL MEASURED OVER SMALL DISTANCES. SOUTHERN PARTS OF SPOKANE HAD AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW...WHEREAS THE WEST PLAINS AND NORTH SPOKANE GENERALLY CAME IN AROUND 4 INCHES. FARTHER NORTH AND WEST...AROUND COLVILLE...WEBCAMS SUGGESTED ALMOST NO SNOW FELL. SNOW RATIOS WERE GENERALLY AROUND 18/20 TO 1...WHICH IS FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE AND SUPPORTS THE HUGE VALUES OF OMEGA OR LIFT COMBINED WITH THE DEEP INSTABILITY FORECAST BY THE MODELS YESTERDAY. FX AVIATION... A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND THROUGH 18Z MONDAY WITH GENERALLY 2 TO 4 HOUR PERIODS OF IFR CEILING AND VISIBILITY SNOW PUNCTUATED BY 4 TO 6 HOUR PERIODS OF MAINLY MVFR CEILINGS AND VFR VISIBILITIES BEFORE THE NEXT DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THE HIGH CASCADES AND THE MOUNTAINS NORTHEAST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL REMAIN OBSCURED IN CLOUDS AND PCPN THROUGH 18Z MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 32 23 31 26 31 29 / 20 60 90 60 100 80 COEUR DALENE 33 24 30 26 31 30 / 90 60 90 50 100 90 PULLMAN 34 26 33 28 34 30 / 20 60 90 30 90 60 LEWISTON 41 31 37 30 38 34 / 10 50 60 20 60 30 COLVILLE 33 23 31 24 30 30 / 10 70 60 80 100 90 SANDPOINT 33 24 30 24 30 31 / 90 50 70 60 100 90 KELLOGG 32 24 32 25 30 29 / 90 50 90 40 100 90 MOSES LAKE 31 21 34 26 33 28 / 10 50 30 60 70 40 WENATCHEE 31 22 34 27 30 25 / 10 40 30 70 100 40 OMAK 26 18 30 26 26 23 / 10 70 10 80 100 70 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE WA...NONE &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:35 AM PST, 9 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 535 AM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 IDZ002>004-WAZ033-071345- COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 535 AM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THE OREGON/WASHINGTON BORDER TODAY AND BRING SNOW TO THE PALOUSE...AROUND COEUR D ALENE...AND THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE NEXT SIGNIFCANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. IDZ001-026-027-WAZ031-032-034>038-041>044-071345- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 535 AM PST SUN JAN 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORINNG CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR SPOKANE AND INTO THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...BEFORE BECOMING SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE NEXT SIGNIFCANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 6, 10:25 AM PST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1025 AM PST SUN JAN 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 NW SPOKANE 47.68N 117.43W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 1900 FT. LIGHT SNOW STILL
FALLING.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 N SPOKANE 47.69N 117.41W
01/06/2008 M4.3 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2000 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 S AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.63N 117.58W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SPOKANE INTL AIRPORT. ELEVATION 2356 FT. SNOW FELL
OVERNIGHT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.68N 117.63W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SPOKANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
ELEVATION 2387 FT.
&&
SBODNARLocal storm report, Jan 6, 10:28 AM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1028 AM PST SUN JAN 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 NW SPOKANE 47.68N 117.43W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 1900 FT. LIGHT SNOW STILL
FALLING.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 N SPOKANE 47.69N 117.41W
01/06/2008 M4.3 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2000 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.68N 117.63W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SPOKANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
ELEVATION 2387 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.64N 117.58W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OTHER FEDERAL
FAIRCHILD AFB. ELEVATION 2462 FT. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
&&
SBODNARLocal storm report, Jan 6, 11:45 AM PST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1145 AM PST SUN JAN 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 NW SPOKANE 47.68N 117.43W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 1900 FT. LIGHT SNOW STILL
FALLING.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 N SPOKANE 47.69N 117.41W
01/06/2008 M4.3 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2000 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.68N 117.63W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SPOKANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
ELEVATION 2387 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.64N 117.58W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OTHER FEDERAL
FAIRCHILD AFB. ELEVATION 2462 FT. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 SE COEUR DALENE 47.64N 116.69W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2770 FT. SPOTTER KOOTENAI
19.
1105 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 NE SPOKANE 47.73N 117.32W
01/06/2008 M5.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2051 FT. SPOTTER SPOKANE
49.
&&
SBODNARLocal storm report, Jan 6, 1:18 PM PST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
118 PM PST SUN JAN 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 N SPOKANE 47.69N 117.41W
01/06/2008 M4.3 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2000 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.68N 117.63W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SPOKANE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
ELEVATION 2387 FT.
0918 AM HEAVY SNOW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.64N 117.58W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH SPOKANE WA OTHER FEDERAL
FAIRCHILD AFB. ELEVATION 2462 FT. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT.
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 SE COEUR DALENE 47.64N 116.69W
01/06/2008 M4.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2770 FT. SPOTTER KOOTENAI
19.
1105 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 NE SPOKANE 47.73N 117.32W
01/06/2008 M5.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ELEVATION 2051 FT. SPOTTER SPOKANE
49.
1200 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 N MOSCOW 46.80N 117.00W
01/06/2008 M6.0 INCH LATAH ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER LATAH 5. ELEVATION 2960 FT.
&&
SBODNARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 24 hr |
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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.