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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2008, 2:24 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 4, 2008, 9:13 PM PST. It was in force for 25 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2008, 2:24 PM PST (22:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2008, 9:13 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 9:45 PM PST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Ford, WA | SNOWFALL TOTAL TODAY SO FAR. EL. 1600 FT. STE. 26. |
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 Se Tum Tum, WA | BETWEEN SUNCREST AND TUMTUM |
| Feb 5, 4:51 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Hauser, ID | SNOWFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY. NORTH END HAUSER LAKE. EL.2600FT. KOT. 65. |
| Feb 5, 7:35 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 Ne Elk, WA | SNOWFALL TOTAL TODAY. EL. 2400 FT. PON. 21. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 042224 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 WAZ037-050630- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES WHERE UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. 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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ001-004-050630- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ038-050630- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0015.080205T1500Z-080206T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES IN SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FERRY COUNTY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ WAZ031-050630- /O.NEW.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080205T2100Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-050630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM...AND RELATIVELY STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF IT...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR FREEZING AS THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL SHOULD BE GENERALLY LIMITED TO AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH MEANS JUST ABOVE THE LEVEL OF DOWNTOWN SPOKANE. HOWEVER...THIS DOES INCLUDE THE MAJORITY OF SPOKANES SOUTH HILL AND THE WEST PLAINS AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COEUR DALENE AREA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES AT THIS TIME...WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN AREAS BELOW 2000 FEET. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-050630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 224 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM...AND RELATIVELY STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF IT...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING AS THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL SHOULD BE GENERALLY LIMITED TO AREAS ABOVE 2500 FEET...WHICH MEANS THAT AREAS ALONG THE U.S. HIGHWAY 195 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION. AT THIS TIME...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR THESE AREAS...WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LESS ACCUMULATION BELOW 2500 FEET. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 050513 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 IDZ003-WAZ033-051315- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T2000Z-080206T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TUESDAY NIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON...AND INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ABOVE 2000 FEET BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS IN THE AREA TUESDAY 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...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-051315- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 10 AM...AND INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS ON EXPOSED LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE WEST PLAINS...RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ037-051315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE TUESDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES WHERE UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. 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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ001-004-051315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ027-051315- /O.EXB.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080206T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY. MODERATE SNOW BEGIN TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY...INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ031-051315- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080205T2100Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ038-051315- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0015.080205T1500Z-080206T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 913 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST TUESDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES IN SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FERRY COUNTY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 051254 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 WAZ037-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES WHERE UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ001-004-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY ...INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED 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...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...AND INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS ON EXPOSED LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE WEST PLAINS...RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T2000Z-080206T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON...AND INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ABOVE 2000 FEET BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS IN THE AREA 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...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$ WAZ031-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080205T2100Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080206T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ038-052100- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0015.080205T1500Z-080206T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 454 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ANOTHER PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES IN SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FERRY COUNTY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 051723 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 WAZ037-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 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. A PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES WHERE UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. 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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ001-004-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 3 TO 7 INCHES FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY ...INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T1800Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 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. A WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES THIS MORNING...AND INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES PRIMARILY IN OUTLYING AREAS OF KOOTENAI COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS ON EXPOSED LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE WEST PLAINS...RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. 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...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.080205T2000Z-080206T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2000 FEET. A WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON...AND INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ABOVE 2000 FEET BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SCATTERED LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$ WAZ031-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080205T2100Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A PACIFIC WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080206T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ038-060130- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080206T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 923 AM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A PACIFIC STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES IN SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FERRY COUNTY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 052001 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 WAZ037-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES WHERE UP TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER MOST BARE PAVEMENT AND ROADWAYS WITH WITH 3 TO 5 OVER GRASSY SNOW COVERED AREAS AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ001-004-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES THIS MORNING...HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL NOT BEGIN TO DEVELOP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ENCROACHES ON THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER PARTIALLY BARE PAVEMENT AND ROADWAYS WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES FOR GRASSY AND SNOW COVERED AREAS IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY ...INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED 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...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ON PARTIALLY BARE PAVEMENT AND ROADWAYS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ABOVE 2500 FEET AND PRIMARILY CONFINED TO SNOW COVERED GRASSY TERRAIN. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MICA...WORLEY... STATE HIGHWAY 97...SPOKANE SOUTH HILL...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. UP TO TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON PARTIALLY BARE PAVEMENT AND ROADWAYS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WILL STILL OCCUR BUT WILL BE CONFINED PRIMARILY TO OUTLYING SNOW COVERED GRASSY AREAS ABOVE 2500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS ON EXPOSED LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE WEST PLAINS...RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. 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...MICA...WORLEY... STATE HIGHWAY 97...SPOKANE SOUTH HILL...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ031-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080205T2100Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES AND FOCUSED PRIMARILY ABOVE 3000 FEET MSL. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.080206T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES AND FOCUSED PRIMARILY ABOVE 3000 FEET. ADDITIONALLY... INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN EXPOSED AND ELEVATED AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ038-060300- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080206T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1201 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A PACIFIC STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES IN SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER FERRY COUNTY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 060100 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 WAZ038-060200- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080206T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE THREAT WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WAZ037-060600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF COLVILLE. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTH FACING MOUNTAINS. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF CHEWELAH DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH. THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY LATER THIS EVENING. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL HEAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY DUMP ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE VALLEYS WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ001-004-060900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF I90. SOUTHWARD FACING MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WITH LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER EXPOSED PEAKS. THE SNOW WILL WIND DOWN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BREAK IN THE WEATHER WILL BE BRIEF AS ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD DELIVER SIGNIFICANT SNOWS TO THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-060800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE OUTLYING AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE DURING THE EVENING. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL HEAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS STORM COULD DUMP ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS AGAIN EXPECTED OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-060600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MICA...WORLEY... STATE HIGHWAY 97...SPOKANE SOUTH HILL...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE OUTLYING AREAS...INCLUDING THE WEST PLAINS AND EXTREME EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE LATE IN THE EVENING. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL HEAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS STORM COULD DUMP ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD ALSO BECOME A PROBLEM ON THURSDAY. 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...MICA...WORLEY... STATE HIGHWAY 97...SPOKANE SOUTH HILL...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ031-060900- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. YET ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS STORM COULD DROP ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE REGION WITH MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-060900- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 500 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THROUGH THE NIGHT. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL HEAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS STORM COULD DUMP ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 060250 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 650 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 IDZ003-WAZ033-060400- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 650 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW IS TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH LITTLE FURTHER ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON THE PALOUSE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-037-060400- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 650 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH LITTLE FURTHER ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. ON EXPOSED LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE WEST PLAINS AND RATHDRUM PRAIRIE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ IDZ001-004-061100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 650 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF I90. SOUTHWARD FACING MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS WITH LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER EXPOSED PEAKS. THE SNOW WILL WIND DOWN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BREAK IN THE WEATHER WILL BE BRIEF AS ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD DELIVER SIGNIFICANT SNOWS TO THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-061100- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 650 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. YET ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS STORM COULD DROP ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE REGION WITH MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-061100- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 650 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THROUGH THE NIGHT. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL HEAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS STORM COULD DUMP ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 060545 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 945 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 IDZ001-004-060645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 945 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCH FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS...BUT THE PROSPECT OF HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED FOR THE CURRENT STORM SYSTEM. ANOTHER MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING STEADY SNOW WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. $$ WAZ031-061345- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 945 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN GARFIELD COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. YET ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS STORM COULD DROP ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE REGION WITH MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-061300- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080206T1300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 945 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THROUGH THE NIGHT. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL HEAD INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS STORM COULD DUMP ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 4, 2:15 PM PST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:15 PM PST, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
215 PM PST MON FEB 4 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER WINTER STORM FROM THE PACIFIC WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY AND
SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. A SECOND STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MORE SNOWFALL. WINDS WILL INCREASE ON
THURSDAY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. WARMER WEATHER IS IN STORE BY THE END
OF THE WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...STILL GOOD RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY
ON THE GFS AND A SUPERIOR INITIALIZATION AS COMPARED TO OTHER
MESOSCALE AND GLOBAL MODELS OVER THE MID-PACIFIC HAVE YIELDED A
FORECAST THAT HEAVILY LEANS UPON THE GFS TODAY. HOWEVER ...LARGE
SCALE DIFFERENCES ARE VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AMONGST THE ECMWF
AND GFS...WITH ONLY THE NAM BEING AN OUTLYING SOLUTION. IN
GENERAL...THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS A BIT STRONG INITIALIZATION
OVER THE PACIFIC ON THE GFS...WITH A SEEMINGLY ACCURATE PORTRAYAL
OF BOTH THE DEPTH AND PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER PV ANOMALY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH.
BY THE TIME 06Z TUESDAY ROLLS AROUND...MEAN LAYER MOISTURE
TRANSPORT IN THE 280-290K LAYER HAS BEGUN TO INCREASE FROM WEST TO
EAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH WEAK ASCENT COMING OVER THE TOP OF THE
CASCADE CREST BY THAT TIME. THIS IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH LARGE
SCALE WARM ADVECTION AND THE PUSH OF DEEP PACIFIC MOISTURE TOWARD
THE CWA. BY 18Z...THIS MOISTURE HAS ENCOMPASSED THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA...WITH ISENTROPIC ASCENT REALLY CRANKING UP BY THAT
TIME. ADDITIONALLY...BY 18Z...THE SURFACE AND MID-LEVEL FRONT HAVE
BEGUN TO MOVE ONSHORE. DEEP AND STRONG FRONTOGENESIS OFF THE GFS
COUPLED WITH A WEAK LAYER OF REDUCED UPRIGHT AND A BIT
STRONGER/DEEPER LAYER OF REDUCED SLANTWISE STABILITY HAVE MOVED
OUT ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE FRONTAL CIRCULATION. FRONTAL LIFT
COUPLED WITH INSTABILITY...DIFFLUENCE ALOFT...AND PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE ISENTROPIC ASCENT YIELD PRETTY IMPRESSIVE OMEGAS FROM
SPOKANE NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ADDITIONALLY...THE
DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE EXTENDS DOWN INTO THE TOP OF THE OMEGA
BULLSEYE...YIELDING A GOOD HABIT FOR ROBUST DENDRITIC GROWTH. AS
SUCH...FROM SPOKANE TO THE NORTH...HIGHER SNOW RATIOS ARE SOMEWHAT
FAVORED TO THE AREAS FARTHER SOUTH WHERE THE BEST DENDRITIC GROWTH
LAYER IS ABOVE THE STRONGEST OMEGAS. ADDITIONALLY...FROM SPOKANE
SOUTHWARD...BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES SURGE TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY
ABOVE FREEZING...WHICH WILL WORK TO REDUCE RATIOS AND LIMIT
ACCUMULATIONS. TO SUM IT UP...HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED
FOR AREAS NORTH OF SPOKANE AND IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST OF
SPOKANE...FOR SPOKANE/CDA AND THE PALOUSE...WINTER STORM WATCHES
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE MODELS TO SORT
OUT THEIR BOUNDARY LAYER PROFILE...BECAUSE A FEW DEGREES WILL
LIKELY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...THE
BEST CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION STILL SEEM TO BE ABOVE
2000 FEET AROUND SPOKANE...AND 2500 FEET AROUND PULLMAN.
AS THE FRONTAL LIFT SHIFTS EASTWARD TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST FLOW
TURNS MORE WESTERLY...AND UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. HOWEVER...WITH THE MOISTURE
PROFILE DEPTH SHRINKING QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT...EVEN WITH
STRONG FLOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY BE LIMITED TO THE SYNOPTIC LIFT WITH THE SYSTEM
ITSELF...WITH ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE ACCUMULATIONS BEHIND
THE FRONT. /FRIES
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...NEXT SYSTEM SET TO TAKE AIM AT
OUR AREA IS CURRENTLY OUT NEAR THE DATELINE AT 45N LATITUDE. AMSU
PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THIS WAVE HAS A GOOD TAP
INTO 1.5 INCHES OF PW. THE MEAN LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC STAYS IN PLACE. SO ONCE AGAIN THIS SYSTEM LIKE ITS
PREDECESSORS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF AK AND THEN DROP
INTO OUR AREA FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST. HOWEVER THIS SYSTEM WONT
HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH AMPLITUDE IN ITS SHORT WAVE TROUGH AS OTHER
PREVIOUS SYSTEMS. INSTEAD THIS SYSTEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MUCH
STRONGER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. AS SUCH IT NEVER CAUSES THE LOW-LEVEL
FLOW TO BACK TO SOUTHERLY AFTER TUESDAY NIGHTS SYSTEM. ALL OF THIS
POINTS TO A SIGNIFICANT PRECIP SHADOW FOR THE EAST SLOPES AND
BASIN DURING THE EVENT AND THEN EXTENDING INTO THE WESTERN
PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY. ILL HAVE LOW CHANCE POPS FOR WENATCHEE AND
MOSES LAKE AS THE 700MB WARM FRONT MOVES OVER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
ASIDE FROM THAT THIS EVENT MAINLY BE PRIMARILY AN OROGRAPHIC ONE.
PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR THE PANHANDLE
MOUNTAINS COULD BE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT. IN THE SPOKANE/CDA/PALOUSE
AREA THE TIMING /AT NIGHT/ IS GOOD FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION BUT THESE
WESTERLY FLOW EVENTS ARENT THE BEST FOR HEAVY SNOW. PROBABLY SEE
JUST 1-4 INCHES IN THOSE AREA.
AFTER THE SYSTEM PASSES BY WIND WILL BECOME THE BIG STORY. AT 4AM
THURSDAY A 160+KT JET WILL BE POINTED AT THE WASHINGTON CASCADES.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY.
SINCE THE SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE FAIRLY FLUFFY WE
COULD SEE SOME BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY AS THE WINDS
INCREASE...MAINLY IN THE USUAL AREAS OF THE EASTERN BASIN AND
PALOUSE. TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON WILL WARM INTO THE
MID/UPPER 30S IN THESE AREAS WHICH MIGHT LIMIT SOME OF THE
DRIFTING...BUT THE DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE MID/UPPER 20S SO THE
WET BULB TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING WHICH WOULD HELP KEEP
THE SNOW DRIER AND MORE DRIFTABLE. RJ
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...HEIGHT RISES OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
DURING THIS TIME INTERVAL DEPICT A GENERAL SLOW RETURN TO LONGWAVE
RIDGING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING THIS TIME INTERVAL AND
IS FAIRLY RESOLVED IN BOTH GFS AND ECMWF...HOWEVER THE GFS
LONGWAVE RIDGE DEPICTION APPEARS TO HAVE A BIT MORE AMPLITUDE TO
IT WHILE THE ECMWF HAS LESSER AMPLITUDE AND THUS ZONAL FLOW DRAPED
OVER THE TOP OF THE ECMWF RIDGE WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE FORECAST
AREA...THUS IMPLYING THAT ANY STORM SYSTEMS MAKING THE WEST TO
EAST PASSAGE WOULD HAVE A GREATER INFLUENCE ON SENSIBLE WEATHER
OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. TWO BEST MOISTURE
PLUMES OF NOTE TO FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF HAVING THE HIGHEST
POPS...QPF...AND SNOWFALL...LOOK TO INFLUENCE PRIMARILY LATE
SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE THE PATTERN IS JUST
TOO CLUTTERED TO MAKE OUT BETTER TEMPORAL TIMING OF THE SMALLER
AND LESS EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS OF NOTE THAT PASS IN BETWEEN THE TWO I
JUST LISTED. LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND WILL ACT TO
PRODUCE FORECAST TEMPERATURES ON THE WARM SIDE OF CLIMO FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR...ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE DAYTIME FOR MOST LOCATIONS
BELOW 3000 FEET MSL. THIS WILL ACT TO ALLOW SOME MELTING OF SNOW
BERMS IN PLACE AROUND MANY TOWNS AND CITIES AS WELL AS ALLOW FOR
SOME MELTING OF THE LOWER ELEVATION SNOWPACK BELOW 3000 FEET IN
THE VALLEYS AROUND THE FORECAST AREA. THE TWO MAIN SYSTEMS
MENTIONED DO NOT LOOK TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPERATURES
FROM FALLING BACK TO BELOW FREEZING FOR A TIME DURING THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS AND THERE ISNT A HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWPACK SO MORE THAN LIKELY THE SCENARIO ABOVE
MAY LEAD TO SOME SLIGHT RIVER RISES AND NUISANCE MELTING/POOLING
OF SNOW IN POPULATION CENTERS TO MERIT ISSUANCE OF A ESF OR
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK THAT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY ACT AS A SEGUE FOR A
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUANCE CLOSER TO THE
WEEKEND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FRIDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY
MELTING...AND THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL PROBABLY MORE
THAN LIKELY CONTAIN A BLURB REFERRING TO IT. /PELATTI
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR STRATUS AND FOG HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN KGEG AND KCOE. THIS
SHOULD BURN OFF BY NOON. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING
IN. SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TO NEAR KEAT/KOMK/KMWH BY
18Z TUESDAY. RJ
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 20 32 25 33 27 37 / 20 100 80 10 70 50
COEUR DALENE 21 33 25 33 25 37 / 20 100 90 40 90 60
PULLMAN 22 33 28 33 29 38 / 20 100 90 20 60 60
LEWISTON 26 40 32 42 34 45 / 10 50 80 20 40 50
COLVILLE 22 32 23 34 27 37 / 30 100 60 10 90 60
SANDPOINT 21 32 26 32 26 35 / 20 100 100 50 90 70
KELLOGG 21 33 26 31 26 34 / 30 100 100 60 90 70
MOSES LAKE 21 34 21 34 24 39 / 20 70 20 10 30 20
WENATCHEE 22 32 23 35 24 38 / 30 70 10 10 30 20
OMAK 19 30 21 30 20 32 / 30 80 20 10 50 30
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY
FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR COEUR DALENE AREA.
WA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SPOKANE AREA.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST TUESDAY FOR OKANOGAN
HIGHLANDS.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST
WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY FOR
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 5:30 AM PST, 8 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 530 AM PST MON FEB 4 2008 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-051330- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 530 AM PST MON FEB 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE SOUTHEAST ZONES THROUGH THE DAY WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WINTER STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE WEEK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2:24 PM PST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 38 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:24 PM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 27 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.