Alert archive / Washington / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind chill warning at Dec 20, 2008, 6:06 AM PST for Douglas County, Okanogan County, Washington. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2008, 6:06 AM PST (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2008, 11:00 AM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Douglas County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 201406 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 606 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ041-042-044-202215- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.10000.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 606 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS.* 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-202215- /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0002.081220T1406Z-081220T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 606 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW ZERO. BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PETS ARE ALSO SUSPECT TO COLD WEATHER. KEEP PETS INDOORS OR IN A SAFE SHELTER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY GENERALLY FROM OMAK SOUTHWARD WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ034-035-202215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 606 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. 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...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-202215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 606 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THEN AGAIN SUNDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031>033-202215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 606 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE... LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 201749 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SPREADING SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ041-042-044-210200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-210200- /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0002.081220T1749Z-081220T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE BY LATE THIS MORNING RESULTING IN RELATIVELY WARMER WIND CHILL VALUES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEYS BETWEEN THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...HOWEVER A SMALL NORTHWARD DEVIATION IN THE STORM TRACK COULD BRING EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE AREA. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ034-035-210200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-210200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. 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. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031>033-210200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE... LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 201852 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SPREADING SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ043-210300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081220T1900Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE ZERO AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING RESULTING IN RELATIVELY WARMER WIND CHILL VALUES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEYS BETWEEN THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... HOWEVER A SMALL NORTHWARD DEVIATION IN THE STORM TRACK COULD BRING EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WAZ041-042-044-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ034-035-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. 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...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031>033-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE... LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 9 days |
| Dec 20, 9:49 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:41 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 43 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.