Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 16, 2008, 2:51 PM PST for 10 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 17, 2008, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 45 hr. 60 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 16, 2008, 2:51 PM PST (22:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2008, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 17, 12:48 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 10 S Coeur D'Alene, ID | 7-8 INCHES NEW SNOW SINCE 7AM NEAR HARRISON. STILL SNOWING. ELEV 2700 |
| Dec 17, 1:12 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Spokane, WA | DOWNTOWN SPOKANE. |
| Dec 17, 1:12 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Plain, WA | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 500 AM. |
| Dec 17, 3:21 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 S Fernan Lake Village, ID | STORM TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. ELEV 2770 |
| Dec 17, 3:22 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | 2IN LAST HOUR 4IN SINCE 630AM. ELEV 900 |
| Dec 17, 3:22 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nw Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 17, 3:22 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 10 S Coeur D'Alene, ID | ESTIMATED 11-12INCHES SINCE THIS MORNING. ELEV 2700 |
| Dec 17, 3:31 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 3 W Chelan, WA | SINCE 4AM. ELEV 1400 |
| Dec 17, 3:31 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 S Liberty Lake, WA | ELEV 3000FT |
| Dec 17, 4:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 4 S Chattaroy, WA | ELEV 1820FT |
| Dec 17, 4:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hunters, WA | FROM STEVENS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
| Dec 17, 4:08 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nw Spokane, WA | 6 INCHES NEAR FIVE MILE DRIVE. |
| Dec 17, 4:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | W Newport, WA | IN TOWN. ELEV 2185 |
| Dec 17, 4:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 Nnw Hauser, ID | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 430PM. ELEV 2600 |
| Dec 17, 4:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Spokane, WA | 6 INCHES NEW SNOW. |
| Dec 17, 5:18 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 W Athol, ID | ELEV 2500 |
| Dec 17, 5:23 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 7 N Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 17, 5:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Blanchard, ID | HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR SINCE 4PM. |
| Dec 17, 6:27 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 8 W Chelan, WA | NEW SNOW PAST 12 HOURS. 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND. |
| Dec 17, 6:27 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 N Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 17, 6:27 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | Hayden, ID | |
| Dec 17, 7:14 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | St. John, WA | |
| Dec 17, 7:36 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Blanchard, ID | |
| Dec 17, 8:36 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Nw Hayden, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 3. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Colville, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 E Clayton, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Airway Heights, WA | MEASURED NEAR YOKES IN AIRWAY HEIGHTS |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Nw Spokane, WA | MEASURED IN THE SHADLE AREA. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 S Springdale, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 S Spokane, WA | MEASURED NEAR 57TH AND REGAL. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Hunters, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Spokane, WA | MEASURED AT CRESTLINE AND SPRAGUE. SPOTTER SPOKANE 36. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 2 S Spokane, WA | SOUTH HILL NEAR GLENROSE AND 29TH |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 5 Ne Clayton, WA | SPOTTER SPOKANE 16. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | 2 Wnw Deer Park, WA | SPOTTER SPOKANE 58. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | 6 E Spokane, WA | LOCATED IN SPOKANE VALLEY. SPOTTER SPOKANE 164. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 W Airway Heights, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Ene Spokane, WA | MEASURED 0.75 MILES WEST OF FELTS FIELD. SPOTTER SPOKANE 53. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Se Spokane, WA | DISHMAN / MICA RD AND 40TH |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Ene Kellogg, ID | SPOTTER SHOSHONE 24. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Nw Hayden, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 3. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 S Deer Park, WA | SPOTTER SPOKANE 36. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 4 Se Spokane, WA | SOUTH HILL NEAR 28TH AND RAY. SPOTTER SPOKANE 1. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Otis Orchards, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 Nw Spokane, WA | MEASURED ON EAST SIDE OF 5-MILE PLATEAU. |
| Dec 17, 8:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 5 Ese Coeur D'Alene, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 42. |
| Dec 17, 9:14 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 21 | 7 Ssw Newport, WA | REPORTED 9.0 INCHES AT 900AM AND HAS PICKED UP AN ADDITIONAL 12.0 INCHES UP TO 900PM THIS EVENING WITH A TOTAL OF 21.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 17, 9:22 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 3 W Chelan, WA | SPOTTER CHELAN 36. |
| Dec 17, 9:22 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.8 | 4 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | 5.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. STORM TOTAL IS 12.8 INCHES. |
| Dec 17, 9:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 7 Wnw Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 17, 9:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 6 Nw Spokane, WA | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 700AM. |
| Dec 17, 9:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 10 S Coeur D'Alene, ID | TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 14 AND 15 INCHES. SPOTTER KOOTENAI 81 IN HARRISON. |
| Dec 17, 9:32 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 6 W St. Maries, ID | SPOTTER BENEWAH 15. |
| Dec 17, 10:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 10 N Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 17, 10:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 6 Nw Spokane, WA | MEASURED ON 5-MILE PRAIRIE |
| Dec 17, 10:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 8 Ene Spokane, WA | MEASURED APPROX. 5 MILES NE OF FELTS FIELD. |
| Dec 17, 10:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 5 S Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 17, 10:28 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16.2 | Clayton, WA | |
| Dec 17, 10:50 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11.2 | 2 Sw Ford, WA | |
| Dec 17, 11:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 4 Sw Spokane, WA |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 162251 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM PASSAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND PASS OVER THE CURRENTLY ENTRENCHED ARCTIC AIRMASS LINGERING OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SNOWFALL WILL START UP OVER THE CASCADES NEAR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND ON INTO THURSDAY. WAZ041-044-170700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.081217T1200Z-081218T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T1500Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-170700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.081217T2100Z-081219T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ033-170700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.081217T2100Z-081219T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2200Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-170700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2200Z-081219T0300Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE... PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-170700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.081217T1200Z-081218T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.081217T1200Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR THE CREST...WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-170700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.081217T1500Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 251 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
15 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 170608 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1008 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM PASSAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND PASS OVER THE CURRENTLY ENTRENCHED ARCTIC AIRMASS LINGERING OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SNOWFALL WILL START UP OVER THE CASCADES NEAR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND ON INTO THURSDAY. WAZ041-044-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T1500Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1008 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1008 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-026-027-WAZ031>033-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2200Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-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...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1008 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE... PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.081217T1200Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1008 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR THE CREST...WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.081217T1500Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1008 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 171457 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 657 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM PASSAGE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND PASS OVER OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SNOWFALL WILL START ALONG THE CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND INTO THURSDAY. WAZ041-044-172300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T1500Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 657 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-172300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 657 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ003-004-026-027-WAZ031>033-172300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2200Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 657 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE... PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-172300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 657 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR THE CREST...WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-172300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.081217T1500Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 657 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 171622 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM PASSAGE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN ARCTIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND PASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SNOWFALL WILL START ALONG THE CASCADES AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND INTO THURSDAY. IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-180030- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2100Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY STARTED IN MANY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING. IT WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE NIGHT. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-180030- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081218T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY STARTED IN MANY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING. IT WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ON INTO THURSDAY. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING AT 4 PM WILL RESULT IN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-180030- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081218T1100Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES TODAY...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING AT AND AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ041-044-180030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ042-180030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR THE CREST...WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-180030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 822 AM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 172012 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-180415- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2012Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOWFALL IS OCCURRING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY AND CONTINUE ON INTO THURSDAY. 7 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE BY SUNDAY EVENING. 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-180415- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081217T2012Z-081219T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY. SNOWFALL HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE TO NEAR 10 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE...POTLATCH...AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND WASHINGTON NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED AS SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041-044-180415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-180415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081218T1100Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES TODAY...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING AT AND AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-180415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR THE CREST...WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-180415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1212 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 172148 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 WAZ041-044-180600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-180600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THURSDAY. 7 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE BY SUNDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-180600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THURSDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE TO NEAR 10 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND WASHINGTON NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED AS SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-180600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081218T1100Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES TODAY...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING AT AND AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-180600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE DEPOSITED WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE CREST AND MORE PRONE TO HEAVIER SNOWFALL SUCH AS PLAIN AND LEAVENWORTH MAY RECEIVE MORE IN THE RANGE OF A FOOT OR SO OF NEW SNOW WHILE UP TO TWO FEET MAY ACCUMULATE NEAR THE CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-180600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 148 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 180056 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 WAZ041-044-180900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BETWEEN INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-180900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-180900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE...TO NEAR 18 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 11 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-180900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081218T1100Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER TOWARD 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING AT AND AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-180900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. EXPECT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS...SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. ISOLATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS PLAIN AND LEAVENWORTH MAY RECEIVE 12 INCHES SNOW...WHILE UP TO TWO FEET MAY ACCUMULATE NEAR THE CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-180900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 456 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 180632 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 WAZ041-044-181200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE...TO NEAR 22 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 15 TO 22 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... BEFORE SNOWS START TO DECREASE LATER THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.081218T1100Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER TOWARD 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL STARTING AT AND AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-181200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. EXPECT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS PASSING STORM SYSTEM OVER LOCATIONS IN THE METHOW AND TWISP RIVER VALLEYS...SUCH AS TWISP AND WINTHROP. ISOLATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS PLAIN AND LEAVENWORTH MAY RECEIVE 12 INCHES SNOW...WHILE UP TO TWO FEET MAY ACCUMULATE NEAR THE CREST ABOVE 4000 FEET. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-035-038-043-181200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1032 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 181155 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 WAZ041-044-181300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.9999.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND THE WENATCHEE VALLEY. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-182000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.9999.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. EXPECT 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-182000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.9999.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE...TO NEAR 22 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 15 TO 22 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...BEFORE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-182000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.9999.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ034-042-043-181300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.9999.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THE CASCADES CREST...THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ035-038-182000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.9999.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 355 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 181546 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 746 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ 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 746 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE...TO NEAR 22 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 15 TO 22 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...BEFORE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 746 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. EXPECT 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 746 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ035-038-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 746 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 181848 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1048 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 WAZ035-038-182000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1048 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH LOCAL FURTHER MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1048 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 18 TO 22 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE...TO NEAR 30 INCHES FOR COEUR DALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 18 TO 32 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIER REMAINING SNOW FALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER IDAHO...WHILE DECREASING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH MINOR FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON OVER WASHINGTON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-190300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1048 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. EXPECT 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-190300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 1048 AM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION BY THIS EVENING. ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LOWEST VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR THE SNAKE RIVER INCLUDING LEWISTON BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 190117 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 517 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-190300- /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ 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 517 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A FURTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH ONLY LOCAL FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-190600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 517 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FURTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. A FURTHER 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. STEADY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING TO SCATTERED LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-190630- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 517 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 190244 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 644 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-190345- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 644 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE BOUNDARY THAT PRODUCED THE PROLONGED RECORED BREAKING 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. MINOR WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND BEHIND THIS EXITING BAND MAY BRING ABOUT A QUICK HIT AND MISS ONE TO THREE INCHES BUT SINCE MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA IT IS SAFE TO ALLOW THIS WINTER STORM WARNING TO EXPIRE. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-190600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 644 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. EXPECT 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS...CONCENTRATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PULLMAN UP TO WALLACE. 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-191045- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 644 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES...BECOMING HEAVIER THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST LOWER ELEVATION AND VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 190324 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 724 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-190730- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 724 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 MORE INCHES BEFORE ARE TO BE EXPECTED UNDERNEATH THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM. ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SLOW MOVING RECORED SNOWFALL PRODUCING WINTER STORM SYSTEM AS IT SLOWLY EXITS INTO CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-190600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 724 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...ON TOP OF THE RECORD BREAKING 24HOUR STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN SPOTS...WILL OCCUR UNTIL THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA AND MOVES INTO CENTRAL IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA. VERY SMALL WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVING BEHIND THIS EXITING STORM SYSTEM MAY DEPOSIT A VERY SPOTTY...HIT AND MISS...1 TO 3 INCHES ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 4 PRODUCED BY THE EXITING STORM FRONT. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS AMOUNT IS NEGLIGIBLE IN COMPARISON THE NEAR TWO FEET OF SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IN MANY LOCATIONS THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 190549 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 949 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-190700- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 949 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR AS SMALLER DISTURBANCES PASS THROUGH THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE RECORD BREAKING STORM SYSTEM EXIT...BUT SINCE THESE AMOUNTS PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND MAY NOT AFFECT ALL LOCATIONS THIS WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-191200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 949 PM PST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH SNOWFALL RATES AS HIGH AS ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR UNTIL THE STORM SYSTEM CLEARS THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 191200 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 400 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR SNOW TO ALL LOCATIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...WENATCHEE VALLEY...AND ACROSS THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. IDZ026-027-WAZ032-191300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-081219T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... CLARKSTON...POMEROY 400 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOWFALL HAS TAPERED OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOWFALL...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ WAZ042-192000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 400 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 7 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CASCADE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ041-044-192000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 400 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ034-035-192000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 400 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN ON SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 16, 2:22 PM PST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 2:22 PM PST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
222 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
AFTER A QUIET BUT CONTINUED COLD NIGHT TONIGHT...ANOTHER WINTER
STORM WILL ENVELOP THE INLAND NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY
AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. THEN ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL
INVADE THE REGION AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS FRIDAY. BITTER COLD
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH THE NEXT SNOW
STORM APPROACHING THE REGION ON OR ABOUT SUNDAY OR MONDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT...FORECAST AREA IS IN A BREAK PERIOD BETWEEN TWO WEATHER
SYSTEMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE BROAD SATELLITE VIEW INDICATES
CIRCULATION OFF OF CALIFORNIA WHERE A CLOSED LOW RESIDES...AND
ANOTHER TROUGH DIVING DOWN THE CANADIAN PACIFIC COAST WHICH WILL
BEDEVIL THE REGION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. IN THE MEAN
TIME...NAMELY TONIGHT...EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO WILL
SIT UNDER A SHORT LIVED UPPER LEVEL FLOP OVER RIDGE. THIS WILL
PROMOTE GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SIT
OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE LOW LEVEL GRADIENT PROVIDED BY THIS
HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIKELY ALLOW LESS STRATUS OVER THE PALOUSE
REGION TONIGHT...BUT INCREASE THE THREAT OF LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY
FOG OVER THE SPOKANE-CDA AREA AND THE ZONES TUCKED UP AGAINST THE
CASCADES. LATE TONIGHT MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO THICKEN
UP ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER ZONES IN ADVANCE OF THE
INCOMING TROUGH. THESE INCREASING CLOUDS AND A WEAK DOWNSLOPE
BREEZE ON THE PALOUSE MAY HELP KEEP OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES
FROM PLUMMETING BELOW ZERO AGAIN OVER MOST BASIN LOCATIONS...BUT
IN ANY EVENT STILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. LATE OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT THE FIRST FLAKES OF THE NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN OVER
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN ZONES AND HIGHER CASCADES...BUT THE MAIN
EVENT WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL DAYLIGHT WEDNESDAY OVER MOST OF
THE REGION. /FUGAZZI
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NEXT WINTER STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. IT IS CURRENTLY VISIBLE ON
SATELLITE IMAGERY AS A LOW TO MODERATELY ENHANCED BAROCLINIC BAND
DROPPING DOWN SOUTHWARD THROUGH BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES ON IR IMAGERY AS WATER VAPOR SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT AREA
OF DARKENING BEHIND THE BAND WHICH SHOULD EVENTUALLY START
CYCLOGENESIS ON THIS BAND AS IT MAKES ITS WAY TO THE SOUTH AND
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. NUMEROUS MODEL RUNS ARE CONSISTENT IN
PASSING THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THROUGH THE AREA WHICH ALONE WOULD
UPGLIDE OVER THE COLD ARCTIC AIR CURRENTLY MAINTAINING POSITION
OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. WHAT IS EXPECTED IS
FORCING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE
SURFACE LOW WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES
APPROACHING 9 DEG C/KM OVERHEAD. ADDITIONALLY SNOW WATER
EQUIVALENT RATIOS...OR THE AMOUNT OF SNOW PRODUCED PER UNIT OF
WATER... HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT AS SOME MODEL SCENARIOS
START THE SNOW OUT A HIGHER AND COLDER AIRMASS WHICH SUPPORTS
SECTOR PLATE SNOW PRODUCTION WITH LOWER RATIOS OF ABOUT 10 TO
1...THAT THEN GET TO THE LOWER AND WARMER NEAR -15C AREA THAT
SUPPORTS DENDRITES WHICH WOULD BE FLUFFIER 22 TO 25 TO 1 RATIOS.
CHOSE INSTEAD TO JUST GO WITH AN OVERALL 20:1 RATIO (20 INCHES OF
SNOW FOR EVERY 1 INCH OF LIQUID WATER) AS FAR AS GENERATING SNOW
AMOUNTS. SO DESPITE THE LOW LIQUID QPF THE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE
IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO UPGRADE MOST OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO
WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR SNOW...WITH REMAINING LOCATIONS
HIGHLIGHTED WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR SNOW GENERALLY IN
THE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING TIME PERIOD.
WARRANTS REPEATING THAT EVENT CANT BE DISCOUNTED BECAUSE THE PAST
EVENT OF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF LAST WEEK HAD SIMILAR STRUCTURE
AND EVOLUTION IN MODEL DEPICTION BUT DID NOT PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW
IN THE SPOKANE/COEUR D ALENE METRO AREA BECAUSE OF ITS LAST
MINUTE UNFORESEEN CHANGE IN TRAJECTORY. /PELATTI
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...OVERALL FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN
THE LONG WAVE PATTERN IS GOOD THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASES
INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WHERE MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE.
GIVEN THE MODEL DISAGREEMENT FROM SATURDAY NIGHT ONWARD LEANED
MORE TOWARDS THE 12Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN. FOR THU NGT THROUGH
SAT...LEANED MORE TOWARDS THE NAM GIVEN ITS BETTER TERRAIN
RESOLUTION WITH HANDLING THE SECOND SURGE OF COLD AIR COMING DOWN
FROM CANADA.
FOR THU NGT/FRI NAM SHOWS A COLD 500MB CLOSED LOW TRACKING ACROSS
SOUTHERN BC/NORTHERN WA WITH 500MB TEMPS AS COLD AS -43C. OTHER
SHORT TERM GUIDANCE CLOSELY SUPPORTS THE NAM. THIS VERY COLD AIR
ALOFT AIDES IN STEEPENING THE 850-500MB TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES
WHICH NEAR 8C/KM OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON. THIS WILL
YIELD TO CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE PALOUSE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...AND
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD INCREASE
COVERAGE OF SNOW SHOWERS. FOR FRI NIGHT/SAT...THE CLOSED LOW PULLS
AWAY FROM THE AREA BRINGING A DRYING TREND. HOWEVER...NORTHERLY
FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW WILL BRING ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD
ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA. GFS IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE SOLUTION WITH
THIS IDEA WITH A 1051MB SFC HIGH...BUT THINK IT IS OVERDONE GIVEN
OFFSHORE RIDGE AXIS NOSING TOWARDS THE AREA AND WITH HIGHER RES
NAM NOT QUITE AS COLD OR AS STRONG WITH THE SFC HIGH. STILL WILL BE
VERY COLD THOUGH WITH FRESH SNOW COVER ON THE GROUND. CLOUD COVER
WILL ALSO BE ON THE DECREASE FRI NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY...BUT
GFS AND NAM SHOW BANDS OF WRAP AROUND CLOUDS OVER EASTERN WA/N
IDAHO WHICH MAY HELP TEMPS FROM BOTTOMING OUT TO THEIR MAX
POTENTIAL. STILL THOUGH SHOULD SEE WIDESPREAD TEMPS BETWEEN 0 AND
-10F WITH LOCALLY COLDER READINGS LIKELY WHERE WIND DIES OFF AND SKIES
CLEAR.
FOR SAT NGT THROUGH TUESDAY...UNCERTAINTY INCREASES TO ABOVE
AVERAGE IN THE FORECAST DETAILS. MODELS DO AGREE THAT PACIFIC
MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO UNDERCUT THE BLOCKING RIDGE AS IT CLOSES
OFF OVER THE YUKON ALLOWING INCREASED MOISTURE OFF THE PACIFIC TO
ADVECT INTO THE AREA. HOWEVER THE 12Z GFS KEEPS MOST OF THE ENERGY AND
DYNAMICS FROM A CLOSED LOW FROM THE CASCADES WESTWARD ON SUNDAY
AND MONDAY AS THE LOW DROPS SOUTH ALONG THE COAST. THE 12Z ECMWF
IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN SENDING PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AS
EARLY AS SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN AGREEING MORE WITH
THE ECMWF SOLUTION SO DID NOT USE THE OPERATIONAL 12Z GFS.
FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD IS FOR MAINLY CHANCE POPS WITH SNOW
LEVELS DOWN TO THE SFC EVERYWHERE. FOR TUESDAY THE 12Z GFS
ENSEMBLE MEAN REBUILDS A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE OFF THE COAST WITH A
COLD TROUGH OVER THE WEST PERSISTING...WHILE THE 12Z ECMWF SHOWS A
STRONG PACIFIC STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA. HOWEVER THIS IDEA IS
DIFFERENT COMPARED TO ITS PREVIOUS RUN...SO TO MAINTAIN FORECAST
CONTINUITY WENT WITH THE COLDER AND DRIER GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN FOR
TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. JW
&&
.AVIATION...
SOME LINGERING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE NEAR THE PALOUSE WILL RESULT
IN PERIODS OF OF FOG/STRATUS WITH CIGS DROPPING DOWN BELOW 1K FT AT
TIMES IN THE VICINITY OF KPUW...KLWS. OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z. AFTER 00Z SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
INCREASE SURFACE MOISTURE AND ALLOW THE FORMATION OF FOG/STRATUS
AROUND THE KGEG-KCOE CORRIDOR...THE BASIN AND LOWER EAST SLOPES
AFFECTING KMWH AND KEAT WITH IFR CIGS/VIS ARE POSSIBLE. AFTER 12Z
WEDNESDAY THE NEXT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD LIGHT
SNOW OVER THE REGION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 2 15 11 13 3 9 / 10 80 80 80 60 30
COEUR DALENE 3 15 11 14 5 7 / 10 80 80 80 70 30
PULLMAN 5 18 12 16 7 13 / 10 70 80 80 70 30
LEWISTON 8 23 12 23 10 16 / 10 50 80 80 60 30
COLVILLE -1 14 10 12 0 14 / 20 80 80 80 50 10
SANDPOINT 3 13 10 11 6 9 / 20 80 80 80 70 30
KELLOGG 4 15 5 13 -1 5 / 10 80 80 80 70 40
MOSES LAKE 0 15 12 15 1 9 / 10 70 80 20 30 10
WENATCHEE 3 17 11 14 1 10 / 10 80 80 20 20 10
OMAK 3 16 8 10 0 9 / 10 80 60 20 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE...LEWIS AND
SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...LEWISTON AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR COEUR DALENE AREA...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY
FOR MOSES LAKE AREA...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...OKANOGAN
VALLEY...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...NORTHEAST BLUE
MOUNTAINS...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SPOKANE AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY
FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY
FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 5:47 AM PST, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 547 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 IDZ001>004-WAZ033-036-037-171400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 547 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST...WITH SINGLE DIGITS LOWS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. FRIGID TEMPERATURES WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. WAZ041-042-044-171400- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 547 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST...WITH SINGLE DIGITS LOWS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING THE THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CASCADES THROUGH WATERVILLE PLATEAU. FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-034-035-038-043-171400- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- 547 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST...WITH SINGLE DIGITS LOWS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE BASIN AND LEWISTON- CLARKSTON VALLEY AND CAMAS PRAIRIE. FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2:51 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 44 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.