Alert archive / Washington / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind chill warning at Dec 13, 2008, 2:41 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 37 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2008, 2:41 PM PST (22:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2008, 10:32 AM PST
- In force
- 37 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, 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
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 10:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Nne Waterville, WA | ELEVATION 2640 FEET |
| Dec 13, 10:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Wnw Mansfield, WA | ELEVATION 2274 FEET |
| Dec 14, 12:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 E Wenatchee, WA | EAST WENATCHEE. STORM TOTAL SNOW. ELEV 874 FT |
| Dec 14, 12:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 5 Nne Brewster, WA | STORM TOTAL. ELEV 1300 FT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 132241 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE WASHINGTON/OREGON BORDER THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE...THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FOR LEWISTON AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. INCREASING STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SPOKANE- COEUR DALENE AREAS. IDZ002-WAZ036-140645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081214T0600Z-081216T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST PLAINS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-140645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081214T0600Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-043-132345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS SUCH THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ035-042-132345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE SNOW TO THE AREA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS SUCH THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ034-041-132345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO THE AREA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS SUCH THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ044-140645- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN BANKS LAKE AND WATERVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON ROUTE 17. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ004-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT... CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 195...HIGHWAY 12 AND LOCAL COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ026-027-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 140622 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE WASHINGTON/OREGON BORDER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE...THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FOR LEWISTON AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. INCREASING STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. WAZ044-141200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN BANKS LAKE AND WATERVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON ROUTE 17. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ004-141200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT... CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 195...HIGHWAY 12 AND LOCAL COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST PLAINS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ026-027-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 141248 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. WAZ034-035-038-043-044-142000- /O.EXB.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE...MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY. $$ IDZ004-142000- /O.EXA.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY IN THE SILVER VALLEY OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...IN MULLAN...WALLACE...AND KELLOGG. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-142000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-141800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND POMEROY TODAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 195...HIGHWAY 12 AND LOCAL COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAYS STORM RANGED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND AROUND POMEROY. EAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 MPH AND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-142000- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ026-027-142000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES MAY FALL ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF WINCHESTER AND NEZPERCE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 141743 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... ...BLOWING SNOW AFFECTING SOME TRAVEL ROUTES IN THE CENTRAL BASIN AND PALOUSE... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DECREASING SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...15 TO 25 MPH WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY CONTRIBUTING TO DRIFTING ACROSS THE ROAD. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAYBE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORTS FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT STATE ROUTE 21 IS CLOSED FROM ODESSA TO WILBUR CITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. OTHER REPORTS AS FAR NORTH AS REARDAN INDICATE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH DRIFTING ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ031-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ035-150145- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WIND TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ036-150145- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WEST OF SPOKANE PROPER ON THE WEST PLAINS NEAR REARDAN AND DAVENPORT EXPECT 15 TO 25 MPH WIND WITH BLOWING SNOW POTENTIALLY IMPACTING MAJOR TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS HIGHWAY 2. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ037-150145- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-038-043-044-150145- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 141745 CCA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... ...BLOWING SNOW AFFECTING SOME TRAVEL ROUTES IN THE CENTRAL BASIN AND PALOUSE... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO DECREASING SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...15 TO 25 MPH WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY CONTRIBUTING TO DRIFTING ACROSS THE ROAD. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAYBE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORTS FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT STATE ROUTE 21 IS CLOSED FROM ODESSA TO WILBUR CITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. OTHER REPORTS AS FAR NORTH AS REARDAN INDICATE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH DRIFTING ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ031-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ035-150200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WIND TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ036-150200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WEST OF SPOKANE PROPER ON THE WEST PLAINS NEAR REARDAN AND DAVENPORT EXPECT 15 TO 25 MPH WIND WITH BLOWING SNOW POTENTIALLY IMPACTING MAJOR TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS HIGHWAY 2. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ037-150200- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-038-043-044-150200- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 142239 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WAZ031-142345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THERE WILL BE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BUT LITTLE OR NO FURTHER SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ WAZ035-150645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE CENTRAL BASIN. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ036-150645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER SPOKANE COUNTY INCLUDING SPOKANE. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-033-142345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ037-150645- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-038-043-044-150645- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 150014 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 414 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-150815- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 414 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-044-150815- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 414 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 150630 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1030 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ034>038-043-044-151500- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1030 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED INTO MONDAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS...AS WELL AS THE OMAK...WATERVILLE ...GRAND COULEE...MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 151451 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 651 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ034>038-043-044-152300- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 651 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK... AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS...AS WELL AS THE OMAK...WATERVILLE ... GRAND COULEE...MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 151832 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1032 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 IDZ001-002-004-WAZ034>038-043-044-151945- /O.CAN.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1032 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 18 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TODAY. ALTHOUGH QUITE COLD...THESE VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE WARNING THRESHOLD...WHICH IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.....FOR MOST POPULATED AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Dec 13, 2:38 PM PST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:38 PM PST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
238 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT. SNOW WILL
LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY. A
BIGGER CONCERN WILL BE THE COLDER AIR AND BITING NORTH WINDS
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH SOME OF THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS.
&&
...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING.
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS AND LOWS NEAR
ZERO TO BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR 10-15 MPH AND PRODUCE
WIND CHILLS NEAR OR COLDER THAN -20 F ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WA AND
NORTHERN IDAHO...
.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT...THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BOTH ALOFT AND AT THE
SURFACE IS SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. THE ASSOCIATED
ARCTIC FRONT IS CURRENTLY DRAPED FROM ABOUT ST MARIES ID TO ABOUT
OTHELLO WA. THE DEFORMATION BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW
HAS BEEN THE FOCUSING POINT FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. MODELS
ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THE THE LOW SLOWLY SAGGING
THROUGH THE PALOUSE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO NORTHERN OREGON THIS
EVENING. AS SUCH THE BEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS MY SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST ZONES. PRECIPITATION AS ALL SNOW AND AMOUNTS WARRANT
KEEPING WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE PALOUSE. THE WINDS ON THE
CAMAS PRAIRIE NEVER DO TURN NORTHWEST AND KEPT SNOW AMOUNTS IN
ADVISORY CRITERIA THERE. MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING IN SOUTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW AND KEPT THAT HIGHLIGHT THERE AS WELL. AND FINALLY
SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON THE WATERVILLE HAS
KEPT VISIBILITIES LOW AND DECIDED TO KEEP A HIGHLIGHT THERE AS WELL.
BEHIND THE FRONT THERE IS STILL SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...BUT NOT
MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AND STORM WARNINGS
WERE DROPPED.
ALSO BEHIND THE FRONT THE WINDS ARE ON THE INCREASE AS VERY COLD
ARCTIC AIR SLIDES INTO THE REGION. WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING ZERO OR COLDER
WARRANTS THE ISSUANCE OF WIND CHILL WARNINGS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
AND NORTH PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SPOKANE-COEUR DALENE
AREA. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. /TOBIN
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE FORECAST CHALLENGE DURING THE PERIOD
SHIFTS FROM SNOW AMOUNTS TO TEMPERATURES AND DETERMINING HOW COLD
IT WILL GET. A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH A VERTICALLY STACKED SURFACE LOW OFF THE WA
COAST AND STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE
RESULTING IN A STRONG EAST TO WEST PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS WILL
MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE TO ADVECT ARCTIC AIR FROM EAST OF THE
DIVIDE. SUNDAY MORNING...850MB TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM -22/-24
CELSIUS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TO -15 CELSIUS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
BASIN...LOOKING EVEN CLOSER TO GROUND DUE TO THE SHALLOW NATURE OF
ARCTIC AIR...WE SEE 925MB TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM -14 TO -23
CELSIUS WHICH EQUATES 7 TO -7 FAHRENHEIT RESPECTIVELY WHICH IS
CLOSE TO SUNDAYS MORNING FORECAST. A SECONDARY WAVE WILL PIVOT
SOUTHWEST AROUND THE OFFSHORE TROF ON SUNDAY ALLOWING THE HEART OF
THE ARCTIC AIR TO SLIDE DOWN ALONG THE DIVIDE INTO WESTERN MT
NOTED BY THE 1044MB SURFACE HIGH DROPPING SOUTH. COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE TO INTRUDE IN THE CWA WITH 850MB TEMPS COOLING AN
ADDITIONAL DEGREE OR TWO BOTTOMING IN THE MINUS TWENTIES ALONG OUR
CANADIAN AND MONTANA BORDER AND MINUS MID TO UPPER TEENS INTO THE
BASIN. SAMPLING THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PANHANDLE EVEN SHOWS VALUES
NEAR -30 CELSIUS. TWO FACTORS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING
WHICH WILL WORK AGAINST STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF OF RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES WILL BE...FIRST...A
SHORTWAVE WILL BE EJECTING OUT OF THE MAIN LOW DROPPING SOUTH
ALONG THE WA COAST. THIS WAVE IS FORECAST BY ALL GUIDANCE TO SWING
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH QPF FROM MODEL
GUIDANCE IS GENERALLY 0.02 OR LESS...SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS WILL
BE NEAR 25:1 AND THIS COULD YIELD A FEW TENTHS OF LIGHT SNOW AND
ALSO KEEP SKIES GENERALLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. THE SECOND FACTOR
WORKING AGAINST RECORD LOWS WILL BE THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM WESTERN MONTANA TO
WESTERN WA WILL BE NEAR 20MB RESULTING IN WINDS PERSISTING NEAR 10
KTS OR HIGHER OVER THE PERIOD.
BY MONDAY...THE UPPER-LEVEL TROF WILL REMAIN FIXED OFF THE COAST
AND THE REGION REMAINS IN A WEAK UPPER- LEVEL COL. EXPECT VARIABLE
CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED FLURRIES WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING COLD
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ARCTIC AIR. /BODNAR
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...THE GENERAL PATTERN OVER THE
NEXT WEEK SUGGESTS CONTINUED REGULAR INFLUXES OF COLD AIR INTO THE
CWA WITH NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS THE NORM FOR ALMOST THE
ENTIRETY OF THE WEEK. BY MONDAY NIGHT A SYSTEM THAT DROPS DOWN THE
PACIFIC COAST STARTS TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE MAIN UPPER
TROUGH...BRINGING THE BEST LIFT AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO
WESTERN WASHINGTON AND THEN DOWN IN TO OREGON...LARGELY BYPASSING
OUR CWA. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TO REINFORCE THE
COLD AIR THAT IS BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA AT THE MOMENT.
STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS THAT ALREADY EXIST BETWEEN
SPOKANE AND THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES WILL BE EXTENDED FARTHER
WEST...SUPPORTING A LONG FETCH CONTINENTAL AIRMASS PUSH TOWARD THE
PACIFIC COAST. WITH DRIER SURFACE AIR COMING OVER THE CWA AS A
RESULT...COLD AND CLEAR CONDITIONS WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER TYPE THROUGH PROBABLY AT
LEAST WEDNESDAY.
BY WEDNESDAY A CLIPPER LIKE SYSTEM DROPS DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN A NEAR DUE NORTH TO SOUTH TRAJECTORY ON THE
GFS AND ECMWF. THE GFS AND DGEX BOTH SHOW A RATHER COHERENT
VORTICITY MAXIMUM THAT ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER
THE CWA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH AN INFLECTION POINT IN ITS
TRAJECTORY SOMEWHERE OVER THE EASTERN OR SOUTHEASTERN CWA. THE NET
RESULT IS A BIT LONGER DURATION OVER THE CWA THAN WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN LIKELY...AND WITH DECENT FRONTOGENETICAL LIFT DUE TO
THE TERTIARY ARCTIC PUSH BEHIND IT...NOT TO MENTION GOOD ICE
MICROPHYSICS WITH LIFT IN THE DENDRITIC ZONE...AND AROUND 0.3 QPF
AS THE SYSTEM DEFORMATION ZONE CROSSES THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...ADVISORY TYPE SNOWS SEEM RATHER LIKELY AT THIS
POINT FOR MANY OF THE VALLEYS ZONES OF THE CWA IF THE TRACK OF THE
GFS IS CORRECT. THE ECMWF TAKES A MORE DISORGANIZED APPROACH TO
THE SYSTEM AS IT DROPS IT SOUTH AND SHEARS IT OUT AS IT ROUNDS THE
BASE OF THE TROUGH...YIELDING A MUCH WEAKER PUSH OF THE TERTIARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CWA. THE WEAKER PUSH OF THE ECMWF
ALLOWS THE BOUNDARY TO LINGER WITH LIFT PERSISTING ACROSS THE CWA
FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE ECMWF ALSO SENDS ADDITIONAL
LITTLE VORT MAXIMA DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MEAN LONG WAVE
TROUGH...REACTIVATING LIFT ALONG THAT REMNANT BOUNDARY. AS A
RESULT...WHILE THE DYNAMICS OF THE ECMWF ARE LESS IMPRESSIVE...IT
WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE A BIT MORE SNOW THAN THE GFS.
WHILE THE SYSTEM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY IS THE MAIN PLAYER
AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION GOES...IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE COLD
WILL BE THE BIG STORY. MODEL 850 MB TEMPERATURES DURING THE ENTIRE
INTERLUDE EXCEPT FOR A SHORT PERIOD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM THURSDAY
REMAIN LARGELY BELOW -15C ON THE ECMWF AND BELOW -20C ON THE GFS
FOR THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE CWA. THAT BRIEF INTERLUDE AHEAD OF
THE SYSTEM MID-WEEK WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE
TO ASCEND WHERE THE MAIN SYSTEM LIFT IS...BUT IT WILL NOT REALLY
ALLOW FOR MUCH SURFACE TEMPERATURE IMPROVEMENT...EXCEPT MAYBE FOR
HIGHS REACHING INTO THE TEENS RATHER THAN THE SINGLE DIGITS. IN
FACT...THE MOST INTERESTING TEMPERATURE FORECAST IS MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DURING THAT TIME...MODEL RH PLOTS SHOW A
VERY GOOD AMOUNT OF CLEAR SKY WILL BE AROUND DURING THE PERIOD.
ALSO...WINDS WILL BE SUBSIDING SIGNIFICANTLY. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS
FROM THE GFS SUPPORT HIGHS AROUND -6F AT SPOKANE TUESDAY...WHILE
MOS IS NEAR +10F. WHILE THE GFS IS LIKELY A BIT COLD GIVEN
COMPARISONS TO OTHER MODELS...HIGHS NEAR ZERO WITH LOWS -10 TO
-20F BEING VERY COMMON ACROSS THE CWA WILL LIKELY MAKE THIS PERIOD OF
THE FORECAST THE COLDEST ONE IN SEVERAL YEARS IN THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. /FRIES
&&
.AVIATION...
WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS
TO ALL TERMINALS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS TAPERING OFF
ACROSS THE KGEG-KCOE-KSFF CORRIDOR TO SHOWERS AS AN ARCTIC FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH...HOWEVER...GUSTY EAST/NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL
BRING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED MVFR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
THE MAIN SNOW BAND AND IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY
MOVING INTO KPUW-KLWS AND WILL REMAIN LINGERING OVER THE
REGION THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS
CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER KMWH-KEAT CREATING THE MOST
CHALLENGING FORECAST. EXPECT ON AND OFF SNOW THROUGH
00Z BEFORE THE ARCTIC FRONT PUSHES THROUGH HOWEVER...THE
COLD AIR WILL LIKELY DAM ALONG THE CASCADES AND MAY NOT CLEAR
KMWH TIL AFT 03Z.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 2 6 -7 4 -13 1 / 40 20 20 10 10 0
COEUR DALENE 1 6 -8 2 -12 3 / 40 20 20 10 0 0
PULLMAN 11 13 -1 8 -1 6 / 90 30 30 10 10 0
LEWISTON 15 19 7 15 7 10 / 90 40 20 10 10 0
COLVILLE 0 7 -7 4 -10 4 / 20 20 20 10 0 0
SANDPOINT -3 3 -10 0 -16 2 / 30 20 20 10 0 0
KELLOGG -1 3 -8 0 -13 4 / 60 30 20 10 10 10
MOSES LAKE 9 11 -2 10 -6 4 / 50 30 20 10 10 0
WENATCHEE 10 11 -2 9 -3 6 / 50 30 20 10 10 0
OMAK 10 12 -3 8 -12 7 / 20 20 20 10 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR IDAHO PALOUSE.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY
FOR COEUR DALENE AREA...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR LEWIS AND
SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...LEWISTON AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE
MOUNTAINS.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR LOWER GARFIELD
AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY
FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SPOKANE AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR WATERVILLE
PLATEAU.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR NORTHEAST BLUE
MOUNTAINS.
&&In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 13, 11:36 AM PST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1136 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 W BOYDS 48.71N 118.19W
12/13/2008 M12.0 INCH FERRY WA TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 3360 FT.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 N REPUBLIC 48.71N 118.73W
12/13/2008 M5.5 INCH FERRY WA PUBLIC
COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 2916 FT.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW SPRINGDALE 48.06N 117.75W
12/13/2008 M4.0 INCH STEVENS WA AMATEUR RADIO
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW CHEWELAH 48.29N 117.73W
12/13/2008 M6.0 INCH STEVENS WA AMATEUR RADIO
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 16 NNW LEAVENWORTH 47.81N 120.80W
12/13/2008 M8.5 INCH CHELAN WA PUBLIC
COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 1983 FT.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 WSW DEER PARK 47.95N 117.47W
12/13/2008 M6.5 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 2123 FT.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW INCHELIUM 48.34N 118.25W
12/13/2008 M5.0 INCH FERRY WA AMATEUR RADIO
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 SSW PESHASTIN 47.50N 120.64W
12/13/2008 M4.8 INCH CHELAN WA PUBLIC
COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 1566 FT.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW CUSICK 48.33N 117.29W
12/13/2008 M10.0 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2090 FT.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW IONE 48.74N 117.42W
12/13/2008 M9.0 INCH PEND OREILLE WA AMATEUR RADIO
IONE EAST.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW OROVILLE 48.94N 119.43W
12/13/2008 M4.0 INCH OKANOGAN WA PUBLIC
COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 1157 FT.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW CLARK FORK 48.15N 116.18W
12/13/2008 E8.5 INCH BONNER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2309 FT.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW SPIRIT LAKE 47.97N 116.87W
12/13/2008 M9.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2550 FT.
0840 AM HEAVY SNOW METALINE FALLS 48.86N 117.37W
12/13/2008 M8.0 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2350 FT.
0845 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 W OMAK 48.41N 119.55W
12/13/2008 M5.5 INCH OKANOGAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 1200 FT.
0845 AM HEAVY SNOW MOLSON 48.98N 119.19W
12/13/2008 M9.0 INCH OKANOGAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 3795 FT.
0915 AM HEAVY SNOW NORTHPORT 48.92N 117.78W
12/13/2008 M8.3 INCH STEVENS WA CO-OP OBSERVER
NORTHPORT CO-OP
0915 AM HEAVY SNOW PORTHILL 48.99N 116.49W
12/13/2008 M10.5 INCH BOUNDARY ID CO-OP OBSERVER
PORTHILL CO-OP
0915 AM HEAVY SNOW 9 N METALINE FALLS 48.99N 117.37W
12/13/2008 M11.5 INCH PEND OREILLE WA CO-OP OBSERVER
BOUNDARY DAM REPORTED RECORD SNOWFALL FOR 24 HOURS ENDING
9AM ON DEC 13
0930 AM HEAVY SNOW BONNERS FERRY 48.69N 116.32W
12/13/2008 M10.0 INCH BOUNDARY ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 1864 FT.
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW NAPLES 48.57N 116.39W
12/13/2008 M16.0 INCH BOUNDARY ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2022 FT.
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW HAUSER 47.77N 117.01W
12/13/2008 M5.5 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2600 FT.
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW MICA 47.55N 117.21W
12/13/2008 M5.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
MICA PEAK. ELEV. 3000 FT.
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW 13 W NAPLES 48.57N 116.67W
12/13/2008 M13.0 INCH BOUNDARY ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2300 FT.
1015 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 W LOON LAKE 48.06N 117.67W
12/13/2008 M8.0 INCH STEVENS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
ELEV. 2544 FT.
1123 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 SW INCHELIUM 48.27N 118.38W
12/13/2008 M12.0 INCH FERRY WA TRAINED SPOTTER
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Wind Chill Warnings in Washington, 2008Wind Chill Warnings in Idaho, 2008Every wind chill warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.