Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 26, 2008, 5:13 AM PST for 7 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 26, 2008, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 3 days. 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 26, 2008, 5:13 AM PST (13:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2008, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 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 27, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | Wsw Pullman, WA | COCORAHS WA-WH-4 |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1. SNOW DEPTH...27 INCHES |
| Dec 27, 6:18 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 3 Nnw Hauser, ID | NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. ELEV 2600 FT |
| Dec 27, 6:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 5 S Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-4. SNOW DEPTH...25.0 INCHES |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 1 Ssw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-13. |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 W Anatone, WA | ASOTIN 13. ELEVATION...3800 FT |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Nne Metaline Falls, WA | PEND OREILLE 22. ELEVATION...2250 FT |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | W Newport, WA | PEND OREILLE 24. ELEVATION...2185 FT |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-4. SNOW DEPTH...24 INCHES |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Sandpoint, ID | BONNER 49. ELEVATION...2100 FT. |
| Dec 27, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 6 Nw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-3. SNOW DEPTH...23.0 INCHES |
| Dec 27, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 11 N Airway Heights, WA | SPOKANE 36...NEAR NINE MILE FALLS. ELEVATION...1879 FT |
| Dec 27, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 Sse St. John, WA | WHITMAN 70. STEPTOE TO ST. JOHN. ELEVATION...2230 FT. |
| Dec 27, 7:53 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Northport, WA | NHPW1. SNOW DEPTH...19 INCHES |
| Dec 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 3 Se Clark Fork, ID | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 Nw Moscow, ID | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Bonners Ferry, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 24 Ne Colville, WA | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 8 AM |
| Dec 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 2 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING 8 AM |
| Dec 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Nnw Post Falls, ID | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 8:05 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 4 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | KOOTENAI 76. ELEVATION...2290 FT. |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nne Loon Lake, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Chewelah, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL... 20 ON THE GROUND |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Gifford, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL... 28 ON THE GROUND |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 5 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 6 Nw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Springdale, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL... 30 ON THE GROUND |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nne Colfax, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ione, WA | 24 HOUR EVENT... 28 ON THE GROUND |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Ne Coeur D'Alene, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 9:04 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 7 S Liberty Lake, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Pullman, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 W Pullman, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Nw Blanchard, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nw Naples, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Clark Fork, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 W Coeur D'Alene, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Nne Sandpoint, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.3 | Ssw Athol, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 E Spirit Lake, ID | OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 11:34 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nnw Hauser, ID | 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BETWEEN 615 AND 1130 |
| Dec 27, 12:06 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Sandpoint, ID | NEW SNOW BETWEEN 7 AM AND NOON. 12 INCH STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 12:50 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 5 W St. Maries, ID | SNOW TOTAL OVERNIGHT |
| Dec 27, 12:50 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 S Fernan Lake Village, ID | OVERNIGHT SNOW TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 6:02 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | W Sandpoint, ID | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 330 PM |
| Dec 27, 6:02 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Nw Blanchard, ID | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 3 PM |
| Dec 27, 6:02 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Rosalia, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ENDING AT 11AM |
| Dec 27, 6:02 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | Sandpoint, ID | FINAL STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 6:02 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 2 Ne Athol, ID | FINAL STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 6:02 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 5 N Kendrick, ID | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 7:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Nne Metaline Falls, WA | STORM TOTAL. ELEVATION 2350 FEET. ID PE-22. |
| Dec 27, 8:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 W Anatone, WA | STORM TOTAL. ELEVATION 3800 FEET. ID ASOTIN-13. |
| Dec 28, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.6 | 3 Se Clark Fork, ID | COCORHS, ID-BR-2 |
| Dec 29, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 Sw Anatone, WA | NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. SPOTTER ASOTIN 13, ELVEATION 3800FEET. |
| Dec 29, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 9 Nw Spokane, WA | LOCATED AT NINE MILE FALLS. |
| Dec 29, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | W Davenport, WA | SNOW FELL IN 2.5 HOURS. SPOTTER LINCOLN 6, ELEVATION 2417 FEET. |
| Dec 29, 10:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Spokane, WA | SNOWFALL WINCE 7 AM PST. |
| Dec 29, 10:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Spokane, WA | NEW SNOW THIS MORNING. |
| Dec 29, 11:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Loon Lake, WA | NEW SNOW THIS MORNING. SPOTTER STEVENS 45, ELEVATION 2544 FEET. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 261313 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 513 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS FRIDAY EVENING. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-262330- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0014.081227T0600Z-081228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0600Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 513 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FOR KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A TIME ON SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW EARLY ON SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-262330- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0200Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 513 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-262330- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0600Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 513 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT 5 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE AS LOW AS 2000 FEET... BUT WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4000 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-262330- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0014.081227T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.081227T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 513 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...AND CASHMERE ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ033-036-262330- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.081227T0200Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 513 AM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND IN THE SPOKANE AREA. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BECOME LOCALLY GUSTY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER WIND PRONE PORTIONS OF THE PALOUSE...AND OVER THE WEST PLAINS. DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO BECOME A PROBLEM ALONG THE HIGHWAY 195 CORRIDOR...OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF SPOKANE...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
22 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 262149 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-270600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0600Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FOR KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY... HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN WITH AN EVEN BRIEFER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN VERY LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW EARLY ON SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-270600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0200Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-270600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0600Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT 5 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE AS LOW AS 2000 FEET... BUT WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4000 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-270600- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.081227T1200Z-081228T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL WITH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALONG WITH THE SNOW THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ042-270600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.081227T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...AND CASHMERE ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ033-036-270600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.081227T0200Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 149 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND IN THE SPOKANE AREA. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN FOR AN EVEN BRIEFER PERIOD...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BECOME LOCALLY GUSTY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER WIND PRONE PORTIONS OF THE PALOUSE...AND OVER THE WEST PLAINS. DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO BECOME A PROBLEM ALONG THE HIGHWAY 195 CORRIDOR...OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF SPOKANE...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 270551 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-271500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0600Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND SANDPOINT... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FOR KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY... HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN WITH AN EVEN BRIEFER PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN VERY LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW EARLY ON SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-271500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SNOW ON FRIDAY EVENING WILL DIMINISH BUT REDEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-271500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.081227T0600Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT 5 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW FRIDAY EVENING WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT REDEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE AS LOW AS 2000 FEET... BUT WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4000 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-271500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.081227T0900Z-081228T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ042-271500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...AND CASHMERE ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ033-036-271500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 951 PM PST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND IN THE SPOKANE AREA. SNOW FRIDAY EVENING WILL DIMINISH BUT REDEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN FOR AN EVEN BRIEFER PERIOD...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BECOME LOCALLY GUSTY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER WIND PRONE PORTIONS OF THE PALOUSE...AND OVER THE WEST PLAINS. DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO BECOME A PROBLEM ALONG THE HIGHWAY 195 CORRIDOR...OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF SPOKANE...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 270953 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 WAZ033-036-271800- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES IN THE PULLMAN...CHENEY...AND SPOKANE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER WIND PRONE PORTIONS OF THE PALOUSE...AND OVER THE WEST PLAINS. DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO BECOME A PROBLEM ALONG THE HIGHWAY 195 CORRIDOR...OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF SPOKANE...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS MORNING...WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR BETWEEN 4 AM AND NOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY THIS MORNING...WITH HOURLY ACCUMULATION RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR BETWEEN 3 AM AND 10 AM. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT 5 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW LEVELS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE AS LOW AS 2000 FEET...BUT WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4000 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ042-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 153 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND LEAVENWORTH... PLAIN...AND CASHMERE ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 271450 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 WAZ041-043-044-271600- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...THE WENATCHEE AREA...AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING AND INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-272315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...KELLOGG...AND ST MARIES...THE SNOW WILL FALL THE HARDEST THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS ON HIGHWAY 95 FROM COEUR DALENE TO BONNERS FERRY TODAY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-272315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY THIS MORNING...WITH HOURLY ACCUMULATION RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR THROUGH NOON. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-272315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3500 FEET...LIKE ANATONE...CAN EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4500 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO 3500 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ033-036-272315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES IN THE PULLMAN...CHENEY...AND SPOKANE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 AM. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AROUND COLFAX...OAKESDALE...AND TEKOA MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHWAYS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW ARE HIGHWAY 195 FROM PULLMAN TO ROSALIA...AND HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ034-035-038-272315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A QUICK BURST OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN THIS MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 9 AM AROUND RITZVILLE...WILBUR...AND HARRINGTON. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AROUND MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...BUT MAY CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ042-272315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 650 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 271831 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 WAZ034-035-038-271945- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THOUGH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE DAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW NOT EXPECTED EXCEPT FOR AN INCH OR TWO IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AROUND MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. $$ WAZ033-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO BECOME MORE SHOWERY...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM PULLMAN NORTH TOWARDS SPOKANE. IN ADDITION...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AROUND COLFAX...OAKESDALE...AND TEKOA MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHWAYS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW ARE HIGHWAY 195 FROM PULLMAN TO ROSALIA...AND HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-280245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...KELLOGG...AND ST MARIES...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS ON HIGHWAY 95 FROM COEUR DALENE TO BONNERS FERRY TODAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN NEAR THE SPOKANE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE...WITH HOURLY ACCUMULATION RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS...AND WILL LIKELY MIX WITH RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-280245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3500 FEET...LIKE ANATONE... CAN EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4500 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO 3500 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ036-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE AREA. THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO MIDDAY...THOUGH THE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. EXPECTED THE SNOW TO MIX OR CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ042-280245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1031 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES INTO TONIGHT. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 271931 AAB WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 WAZ033-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO BECOME MORE SHOWERY...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM PULLMAN NORTH TOWARDS SPOKANE. IN ADDITION...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AROUND COLFAX...OAKESDALE...AND TEKOA MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHWAYS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW ARE HIGHWAY 195 FROM PULLMAN TO ROSALIA...AND HIGHWAY 27 IN RURAL WHITMAN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-280345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...KELLOGG...AND ST MARIES...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS ON HIGHWAY 95 FROM COEUR DALENE TO BONNERS FERRY TODAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN NEAR THE SPOKANE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-003-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA AND OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE...WITH HOURLY ACCUMULATION RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS...AND WILL LIKELY MIX WITH RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-280345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS NEAR 3500 FEET...LIKE ANATONE... CAN EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4500 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO 3500 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ036-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE AREA. THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE WETTER AND HEAVIER THAN THE SNOW FROM RECENT STORMS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO MIDDAY...THOUGH THE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. EXPECTED THE SNOW TO MIX OR CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ027-280345- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE REGION ABOVE 2500 FEET. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES WILL BE COMMON. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ042-280345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1131 AM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES INTO TONIGHT. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 272315 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-280015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THOUGH THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES...SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO BETWEEN 2500 FT AND 3000 FEET AND HAS ALLOWED THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO RAIN FOR MOST TOWNS. EVEN THOUGH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ABOVE ABOUT 2800 FEET TONIGHT BEFORE SNOW LEVELS FALL ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY. $$ IDZ004-280630- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES COMMON. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-280630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CLOSER TO THE SPOKANE AREA WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES FALLING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ031-280630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE FALLING TO 3500 FEET LATE SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE REGION ABOVE 3000 FEET. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES WILL BE COMMON. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ042-280630- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 315 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE CASCADE CREST...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 280446 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 846 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 WAZ031-280600- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 846 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO NEAR 5000 FEET AND WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ004-281300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 846 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. TOTAL EVENING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES COMMON. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 846 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CLOSER TO THE SPOKANE AREA WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES FALLING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 846 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE CASCADE CREST...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ027-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER 846 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES WILL BE COMMON. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 280539 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 939 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 IDZ027-280645- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER 939 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING REDUCING THE THREAT FOR BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SNOW LEVELS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RISE TO NEAR 4500 FEET. $$ IDZ004-281345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 939 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. TOTAL EVENING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES COMMON. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 939 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CLOSER TO THE SPOKANE AREA WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES FALLING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 939 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE CASCADE CREST...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 280624 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1024 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 IDZ004-281430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1024 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. TOTAL EVENING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES COMMON. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1024 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTH IDAHO...WITH 5 TO 11 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. TOWNS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CLOSER TO THE SPOKANE AREA WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES FALLING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1024 PM PST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE CASCADE CREST...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 280858 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1258 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 IDZ004-281600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1258 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL EVENING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TOWNS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FALLING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES COMMON. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1258 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 11 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTH IDAHO...WITH 5 TO 11 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. TOWNS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CLOSER TO THE SPOKANE AREA WILL SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN OR POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES FALLING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-041-044-281400- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.081228T0858Z-081228T1400Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1258 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE MOSES LAKE...WENATCHEE AREA...AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING ON ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND TREES EARLY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM VANTAGE TO GEORGE TO MOSES LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...AND OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END PRIOR TO SUNRISE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ042-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1258 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT CLOSE TO THE CASCADE CREST...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES OF PLAIN...STEHEKIN...AND MAZAMA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE PASS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 281219 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 419 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 WAZ042-281330- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 419 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE CASCADE CREST WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY. $$ IDZ004-281800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 419 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND AVERY CAN EXPECT A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN TODAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR VALLEY SNOW WILL BE EAST OF WALLACE TOWARD MULLAN. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH AN INCH PER HOUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 419 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO WILL BE UP TO AN INCH THIS MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL AROUND METALINE FALLS...COLVILLE...AND KETTLE FALLS. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 2500 FEET AND 3000 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-041-044-281400- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081228T1400Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 419 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING ON ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND TREES EARLY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM VANTAGE TO GEORGE TO MOSES LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...AND OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END PRIOR TO SUNRISE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 281357 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 557 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 WAZ034-041-044-281500- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081228T1400Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 557 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE WENATCHEE AREA AND THE MOSES LAKE AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BAND OF PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED EAST OF THE MOSES LAKE AND WENATCHEE AREAS. SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING MAY LINGER UNTIL 8AM ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GEORGE TO MOSES LAKE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. AT 515 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CHELAN COUNTY REPORTED THAT LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WERE CAUSING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE WENATCHEE AREA. AS OF 515 AM...THE PRECIPITATION HAD CHANGED FROM FREEZING RAIN TO LIGHT SNOW. $$ IDZ004-281900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 557 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG... WALLACE...AND AVERY CAN EXPECT A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN TODAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR VALLEY SNOW WILL BE EAST OF WALLACE TOWARD MULLAN. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH AN INCH PER HOUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 557 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO WILL BE UP TO AN INCH THIS MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL AROUND METALINE FALLS...COLVILLE...AND KETTLE FALLS. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 2500 FEET AND 3000 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 281849 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1049 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 IDZ001-WAZ037-282000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081228T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1049 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME SCATTERED THE REST OF TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE COMMON...WITH ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ IDZ004-290000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081229T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1049 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG... WALLACE...AND AVERY CAN EXPECT A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN TODAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR VALLEY SNOW WILL BE EAST OF WALLACE TOWARD MULLAN. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM EAST OF COEUR DALENE TO THE MONTANA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 282335 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 335 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 IDZ001>003-WAZ037-290645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0014.081229T1800Z-081230T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 335 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER MOUNTAINS BEGINNING MONDAY AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-290645- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 335 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. DECREASING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN MONDAY...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED. IN THE VALLEYS...EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEGINNING MID MORNING MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF NOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ042-290645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1800Z-081230T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 335 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP...EAST OF THIS LINE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ033-036-290645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1800Z-081230T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 335 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY MONDAY MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 290526 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 IDZ001>003-WAZ037-291330- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0014.081229T1200Z-081230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER MOUNTAINS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-291330- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS. IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ035-291330- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1200Z-081230T0600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ038-291330- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1200Z-081230T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 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. $$ WAZ042-291330- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1200Z-081230T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LEAVENWORTH TO TWISP... EAST OF THIS LINE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ036-291330- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1200Z-081230T0600Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ033-291330- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.081229T1200Z-081230T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 926 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY MONDAY MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. HOWEVER LESS ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BELOW 2500 FEET WHERE THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. GUSTY WIND WILL ADD TO THE HAZARD BY PRODUCING SNOW DRIFTS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291305 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 IDZ001>003-WAZ037-292200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IN THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF BONNERS FERRY...COLVILLE... PRIEST RIVER...AND DEER PARK...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND INCREASE BY MID DAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-292200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF WALLACE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-292200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SNOW LEVELS BELOW 3000 FEET BY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS FOR ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 3000 FEET AND 4000 FEET WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. $$ WAZ042-292200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF MAZAMA...STEHEKIN...AND WINTHROP. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SNOW AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FURTHER EAST OF THE CASCADE CREST LIKE CASHMERE...CARLTON...AND TWISP WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON CONTRIBUTING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE THROUGH STEVENS PASS ON HIGHWAY 2 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ036-292200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SPOKANE...CHENEY...AND DAVENPORT AREAS. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER...AND FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...LIKE MICAH PEAK. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BE HEAVY FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH CONTRIBUTING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. AREAS MOST PRONE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE OVER THE WEST PLAINS...AROUND AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE... DAVENPORT...AND CHENEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ033-035-292200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...AND ROSALIA. FURTHER WEST...RITZVILLE...HARRINGTON...SPRAGUE...AND WILBUR WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET TODAY...AND PLACES LIKE LA CROSSE MAY RECEIVE VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH CONTRIBUTING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF PULLMAN AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...ALONG THE ROUTE 27 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ038-292200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 505 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE REPUBLIC AND INCHELIUM AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING...AND BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS AREA INCLUDES SHERMAN PASS. 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. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291718 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 WAZ036-300130- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SPOKANE...CHENEY...AND DAVENPORT AREAS. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER...AND FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...LIKE MICAH PEAK. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BE HEAVY FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH CONTRIBUTING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. AREAS MOST PRONE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE OVER THE WEST PLAINS...AROUND AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE... DAVENPORT...AND CHENEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001>003-WAZ037-300130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 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. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IN THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF BONNERS FERRY... COLVILLE... PRIEST RIVER...AND DEER PARK...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND INCREASE BY MID DAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-300130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF WALLACE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ042-300130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF MAZAMA...STEHEKIN...AND WINTHROP. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SNOW AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FURTHER EAST OF THE CASCADE CREST LIKE CASHMERE...CARLTON...AND TWISP WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON CONTRIBUTING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE THROUGH STEVENS PASS ON HIGHWAY 2 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 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. $$ WAZ033-035-300130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...AND ROSALIA. FURTHER WEST... RITZVILLE...HARRINGTON...SPRAGUE...AND WILBUR WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET TODAY...AND PLACES LIKE LA CROSSE MAY RECEIVE VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH CONTRIBUTING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF PULLMAN AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...ALONG THE ROUTE 27 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ038-300130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE REPUBLIC AND INCHELIUM AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING...AND BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS AREA INCLUDES SHERMAN PASS. 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. $$ WAZ031-300130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 918 AM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SNOW LEVELS BELOW 3000 FEET BY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS FOR ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 3000 FEET AND 4000 FEET WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 292022 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 IDZ001>003-WAZ036-037-300430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 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. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SPOKANE AREA. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AROUND 3 PM AND THEN THE WINDS WILL PICK UP... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF BONNERS FERRY... COLVILLE... PRIEST RIVER...AND DEER PARK...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST STARTING AT AROUND 3 PM. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-300430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF WALLACE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ042-300430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF MAZAMA...STEHEKIN...AND WINTHROP. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITIES FURTHER EAST OF THE CASCADE CREST LIKE CASHMERE...CARLTON...AND TWISP WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON CONTRIBUTING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO DRIVE THROUGH STEVENS PASS ON HIGHWAY 2 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 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. $$ WAZ033-035-300430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND OVER NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL END BY MID AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH CONTRIBUTING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE MOST LIKELY NORTH OF PULLMAN AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...ALONG THE ROUTE 27 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ038-300430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE REPUBLIC AND INCHELIUM AREAS. FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS... ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS AREA INCLUDES SHERMAN PASS. 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. $$ WAZ031-300430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1222 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SNOW LEVELS BELOW 3000 FEET BY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS FOR ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 3000 FEET AND 4000 FEET WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 292247 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 IDZ003-300000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM FOR STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ WAZ033-035-038-300000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND WASHINGTON PALOUSE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. $$ WAZ042-300000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-300700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T0200Z-090101T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF BONNERS FERRY... COLVILLE... PRIEST RIVER...AND DEER PARK...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FURTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-300700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T0200Z-090101T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF WALLACE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...AND AVERY...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FURTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW TAPERED OFF BY MID AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PICK UP BY 4 PM... ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED AREAS OF THE SPOKANE WEST PLAINS... SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY... THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND THE I-95 CORRIDOR IN KOOTENAI COUNTY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ031-300700- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T1200Z-090101T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 247 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SNOW LEVELS BELOW 3000 FEET BY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS FOR ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 3000 FEET AND 4000 FEET WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AND LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A FURTHER 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 300602 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1002 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 IDZ001-WAZ037-301415- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T0200Z-090101T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1002 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ONLY MINOR LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FURTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS IS POSSIBLE WITH NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-300715- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1002 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED. STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW ARE ABATING WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED BY MORNING. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT. $$ IDZ004-301415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T0200Z-090101T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1002 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IN ADDITION WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESH SNOW FALL AND CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FURTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-301415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T1200Z-090101T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1002 PM PST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS FOR ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 3000 FEET AND 4000 FEET WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE SPOTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY AND LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A FURTHER 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 301223 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 423 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2008 IDZ004-302300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T0200Z-090101T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 423 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...WALLACE...ST MARIES...AND AVERY CAN EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON WEDNESDAY. RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED SPOTS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE MOST PRONE TO THE GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-302300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T1200Z-090101T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 423 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY ON WEDNESDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST. GUSTS OF 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON ON WEDNESDAY OVER THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM. 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...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-302300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0015.081231T0200Z-090101T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 423 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SANDPOINT...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND PRIEST LAKE AREAS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED AREAS WILL BE MOST PRONE TO GUSTS OF 25 MPH TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 5:07 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 47 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:13 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 47 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.