Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2009, 5:01 AM PST for 13 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 4, 2009, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2009, 5:01 AM PST (13:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2009, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2009, 3:56 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
All 21 counties
Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 10:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Entiat, WA | CHELAN 25 806 FEET TOTAL NEW SNOW SINCE 6 PM |
| Jan 4, 11:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Chelan, WA | SNOW BEGAN AT 5 PM, STORM TOTAL. SPOTTER CHELAN 19, ELEVATION 1167 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Waterville, WA | STORM TOTAL. SPOTTER DOUGLAS 3, ELEVATION 2640 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 4:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 18 Nw Entiat, WA | 12 HOUR TOTAL AND STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER CHELAN 68, ELEVATION 1780 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 5:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 N Keller, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. SPOTTER FERRY 2. ELEVATION 1775 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 5:35 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 W Boyds, WA | OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL. SPOTTER FERRY 11, ELEVATION 3360 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS STEVENS 1 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Se Ritzville, WA | RITZVILLE RZVW1 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 2 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS DOUGLAS 11 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 15 Nnw Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 29 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 5 Sw Anatone, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. SPOTTER ASOTIN 13, ELEVATION 3800 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 6:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 Nnw Oroville, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. SPOTTER OKANOGAN 56, ELEVATION 965 FEET. |
| Jan 5, 6:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | Northport, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS SPOKANE-10 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 4 N Republic, WA | COCORAHS FERRY 1 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Colville, WA | COCORAHS STEVENS-5, 24.4NE COLVILLE |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | W Reardan, WA | COCORAHS LINCOLN 3 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.3 | N Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 11 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.4 | 1 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS DOUGLAS 16 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 7 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 4 S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 31 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 19 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS DOUGLAS 9 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 4 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 14 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 1 Ene Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 27 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 5 Ssw Peshastin, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 8 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 12 Nw Entiat, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 22 |
| Jan 5, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 Nne Colfax, WA | WHITMAN 58 |
| Jan 5, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 14 N Davenport, WA | COCORAHS LINCOLN 1 |
| Jan 5, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 3 Ese Grand Coulee, WA | COCORAHS LINCOLN 2 |
| Jan 5, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sw Brewster, WA | COCORAHS OKANOGAN 1 |
| Jan 5, 7:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 E Spirit Lake, ID | KOOTENAI 27H |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 W St. Maries, ID | BENEWAH 15 |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Chewelah, WA | |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS SPOKANE-16 |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Gifford, WA | GIFFORD GFSW1 |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Ione, WA | |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Springdale, WA | |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Inchelium, WA | |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Wnw Entiat, WA | CHELAN 6 |
| Jan 5, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Ne Peshastin, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 28 |
| Jan 5, 8:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Wsw Malaga, WA | COCORAHS CHELAN 4 |
| Jan 5, 8:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 5 Nne Brewster, WA | OKANOGAN 10 |
| Jan 5, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nne Loon Lake, WA | STEVENS 45 |
| Jan 5, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 Nne Moscow, ID | LATAH 5 |
| Jan 5, 8:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Lenore, ID | BLOWING SNOW, NEZ PERCE 27 |
| Jan 5, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 2 Nw Wenatchee, WA | CHELAN 87 |
| Jan 5, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | CHELAN 43 |
| Jan 5, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Sw Wenatchee, WA | CHELAN 125 |
| Jan 5, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 S Plain, WA | CHELAN 14 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS DOUGLAS 3 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 1 Wsw Malaga, WA | CHELAN 117 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 92 Wsw Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS SPOKANE 14 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 5 Nne Brewster, WA | OKANOGAN 10 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 W Cashmere, WA | CHELAN 42, ESTIMATED OVER 6 INCHES NEW SNOW |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Wnw Omak, WA | OKANOGAN 9 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 E Loomis, WA | OKANOGAN 22 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 9 W Omak, WA | OKANOGAN 23 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Nnw Leavenworth, WA | CHELAN 23 |
| Jan 5, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Wnw Entiat, WA | CHELAN 6 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 451 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
- 1643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 041301 AAB WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL ENTER THE INLAND NORTHWEST LATE TODAY AND INTERACT WITH THE COLD AIRMASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION. INCREASING WINDS AND RISING SNOW LEVELS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN...OR A MIX OR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WAZ038-042>044-042115- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0300Z-090105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED FOR THE CASCADES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ036-037-042115- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0300Z-090105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-042115- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0300Z-090105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... 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 MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-042115- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR THE WENATCHEE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ034-035-042115- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ033-042115- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH...OR CHANGES TO...RAIN AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GUST UP TO 35 MPH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ031-042115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T1000Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 501 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 042006 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL ENTER THE INLAND NORTHWEST LATE TODAY AND INTERACT WITH THE COLD AIRMASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION. INCREASING WINDS AND RISING SNOW LEVELS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN...OR A MIX OR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WAZ033-050415- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH...OR CHANGES TO...RAIN AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GUST UP TO 35 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ035-050415- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...LIKE RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ031-050415- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T1000Z-090106T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS PROJECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ027-050415- /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ038-041>044-050415- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED FOR THE CASCADES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST THIS AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD TO THE WENATCHEE AND OMAK AREAS LATER THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ036-037-050415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-050415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ034-050415- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0300Z-090105T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. 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...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ032-050415- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1206 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE POMEROY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 050322 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM HAS ENTERED THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND IS INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIRMASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN OVER THE CASCADES AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IS SPREADING EAST AS OF EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. INCREASING WINDS AND RISING SNOW LEVELS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN...OR A MIX OR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WAZ038-041>044-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED FOR THE CASCADES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST. SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST..WENATCHEE AND OMAK AREAS AND IS SPREADING EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-037-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ035-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...LIKE RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ032-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 722 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL SOON SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE POMEROY AREA. 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...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 050341 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM HAS ENTERED THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND IS INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIRMASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN OVER THE CASCADES AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IS SPREADING EAST AS OF EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. INCREASING WINDS AND RISING SNOW LEVELS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN...OR A MIX OR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WAZ038-041>044-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED FOR THE CASCADES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST. SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST..WENATCHEE AND OMAK AREAS AND IS SPREADING EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-037-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE THE SAME HEAVY SNOW WILL DEPOSIT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO RAIN AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ035-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...LIKE RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. 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...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ032-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 741 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL SOON SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE POMEROY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 050413 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM HAS ENTERED THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND IS INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIRMASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN OVER THE CASCADES AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IS SPREADING EAST AS OF EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. INCREASING WINDS AND RISING SNOW LEVELS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN...OR A MIX OR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WAZ038-041>044-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED FOR THE CASCADES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST. SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST..WENATCHEE AND OMAK AREAS AND IS SPREADING EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-037-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE THE SAME HEAVY SNOW WILL DEPOSIT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO RAIN AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ035-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...LIKE RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ026-051215- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL SOON SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC. $$ WAZ032-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL SOON SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE POMEROY AREA. 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...CLARKSTON... POMEROY. $$ WAZ034-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 813 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 050519 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM PASSAGE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM HAS ENTERED THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND IS INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIRMASS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN OVER THE CASCADES AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IS SPREADING EAST AS OF EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. INCREASING WINDS AND RISING SNOW LEVELS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN...OR A MIX OR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WAZ034-051330- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0519Z-090105T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ038-041>044-051330- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS PROJECTED FOR THE CASCADES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST. SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST..WENATCHEE AND OMAK AREAS AND IS SPREADING EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-037-051330- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE THE SAME HEAVY SNOW WILL DEPOSIT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO RAIN AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 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...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-051330- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ035-051330- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND IS SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TOWNS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...LIKE RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...MAY SEE THE SNOW MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-051330- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.090105T0600Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-051330- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.090105T0600Z-090105T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 919 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL SOON SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE POMEROY AREA. 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...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 051329 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 WAZ035-038-041-043-044-051430- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE MOUNTAINS. ALSO...THERE WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCE OF EITHER SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF ADAMS COUNTY. $$ WAZ034-051430- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF EITHER SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF GRANT COUNTY. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-037-042-051800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 11 INCHES FOR NORTH IDAHO AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION... SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STRONGEST LOWER ELEVATION WINDS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SPOKANE REGION. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE THE SAME HEAVY SNOW WILL DEPOSIT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO RAIN AS SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-004-052130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...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 IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-052130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-051800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 529 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE POMEROY AREA. 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...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 051800 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 WAZ036-037-042-051900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-052000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MIDDAY. THIS WILL BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF NEAR 12 INCHES PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON. ANTICIPATE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PALOUSE REGION BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ004-060200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE IDAHO CENTRAL PANHANDLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-060000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...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 WILL CONTINUE. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OF THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-060000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-052000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 1000 AM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE POMEROY AREA. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR LEWISTON THROUGH MIDDAY. 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...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 052001 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1201 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 IDZ001-052115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER 1201 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...YET SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-052115- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1201 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH. $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-052115- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090105T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...POMEROY 1201 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS ENDED. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY ABOVE 2500 FEET...MAKING A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND LESSENING THE CHANCE FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ IDZ004-060415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1201 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...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. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE IDAHO CENTRAL PANHANDLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-060000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 1201 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL CAUSE AREAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 052356 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 356 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...MORE SNOW IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW BEFORE SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN... IDZ004-060800- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0017.090106T1200Z-090107T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 356 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED SINCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE MINOR AND CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...ST MARIES...MULLAN...AND WALLACE CAN EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW LEVELS INCREASE TO 3000 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY 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...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-060100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090106T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA 356 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO 4000 FEET OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF ANATONE AND PEOLA...EXPECT RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND WET SNOW WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-060800- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0017.090106T1200Z-090107T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 356 PM PST MON JAN 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMMUNITIES OF COLVILLE...METALINE FALLS...SANDPOINT...AND BONNERS FERRY CAN EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP PRIOR TO SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. BY LATE IN THE DAY SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 2000 FEET AND 2500 FEET. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. 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...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$
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 Jan 4, 2:50 AM PST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 2:50 AM PST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
250 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
THE NEXT BIG STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. HEAVY
SNOW WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AS WELL AS OVER
PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON MONDAY. A SLIGHTLY WARMER
STORM ON TUESDAY WILL SPREAD ANOTHER ROUND OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND
VALLEY RAIN OR SNOW ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS STORM WILL
CARRY WITH IT A LOT OF RAIN THAT WILL LIKELY BRING THE ISSUES OF SNOW
MELT AND POTENTIAL HYDRO CONCERNS TO THE FOREFRONT ONCE AGAIN.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY THROUGH MON...WEVE MADE CHANGES TO THE SUITE OF WINTER WX
HIGHLIGHTS TO UPGRADE A NUMBER OF THE WATCHES TO WARNINGS. THE BIG
CHALLENGE OUTSIDE OF SNOW AMNTS IS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF AN
EFFECT THE IMPRESSIVE SW LOW-LEVEL JET HAS ON SNOW LEVELS. THIS
JET...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 40-45 KTS IN ITS CORE AROUND
850MB...WILL DEVELOP FROM NRN OREGON AND EXPAND NE INTO ERN WA
TONIGHT AS STRONG LG-SCALE ASCENT DEVELOPS QUICKLY ALONG AND N
OF THE WARMFNT THAT SETS UP OVER NRN OREGON AND THE SRN BASIN
ZONES. FCST SOUNDINGS AND PLAN VIEW THERMAL AND WINDS FIELDS ARE
SIMILAR WITH ADVANCING A RIBBON OF ABOVE FREEZING 850MB AIR NWD
MON MORNING ALONG THE AXIS OF THIS AFOREMENTIONED JET. NOT ONLY
WILL THIS INCREASE THE THREAT OF FREEZING PCPN IN THE COLUMBIA
BASIN...BUT IT WILL LIKELY HELP TO RAPIDLY SHUT OFF THE HEAVIEST
PCPN RATES RATHER QUICKLY S OF INTERSTATE 90. FOR NOW WE DECIDED
TO KEEP WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR THESE ZONES BECAUSE OF LINGERING
UNCERTAINTY WITH PCPN TYPE AND SNOW LEVELS. THE OTHER MAIN CHANGES
TO THE PREVIOUS HIGHLIGHT WAS TO EXTEND THE HEAVIEST PCPN INTO MON
EVENING FOR N ID UNDER THE STRONG WEST FLOW AND SHALLOW INSTABILITY.
AS FAR AS SNOW AMNTS...WE WERE NOT TERRIBLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
STRENGTH OF THE QUICK-MOVING WAVE ARRIVING THIS EVENING...BUT
GIVEN THE NICE SIGNAL FOR STRONG ASCENT IMPLIED BY GOOD DIVERGENCE
WITHIN THE LEFT EXIT OF A 150KT SPEED MAX...AS WELL AS A VERY COLD
AIR-MASS NOW IN PLACE OVER THE BASIN HELPING ISENTROPIC ASCENT AND
INCREASING SNOW-WATER RATIONS TO 20:1... EVEN THE GUIDANCE WITH
THE LEAST AMNT OF PCPN IS INDICATING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
WELL ALSO INTRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. BZ
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ACTIVE PERIOD IN STORE
DURING THIS PERIOD WITH SNOW MELT AND RAIN BEING A
CONCERN FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA...PRIMARILY DURING THE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIOD.
SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT A PLUME OF
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE AIMED AT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WITH
THE AXIS OF HIGHEST PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OCCURRING TUE NGT
INTO WED NGT. INITIALLY ON TUESDAY 850MB TEMPS AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL BE NEAR 0C OVER SE WASHINGTON AND NEAR
-4C OVER NE WA/N IDAHO. THIS WILL RESULT IN PRECIP ONSET BEGINNING
AS SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR A RAIN OR RAIN AND SNOW
MIX FOR THE MOSES LAKE AND WENATCHEE AREAS AS WELL AS LEWISTON.
BUT THEN AS WARM AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES INTO TUE NIGHT THE RAIN
SNOW LINE SHOULD LIFT NORTH OF SPOKANE...WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING
OVER SE WA AS HIGH AS 5-6K FEET. THEN ON WEDNESDAY ALL AREAS
SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN EXCEPT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN
WASHINGTON WHERE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND 4K FEET. WITH THE
STRONG WESTERLY FLOW COMPONENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME AND
PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AIMED AT THE AREA...THE
CASCADE CREST...CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...COEUR DALENE
AREA...AND THE PALOUSE LOOK TO BE UNDER THE GUN FOR HEAVY AMOUNTS
OF RAIN IN COMBINATION WITH SNOW MELT. IN ADDITION...INCREASING
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SNOW MELT. THIS LEADS TO A VERY
GOOD CHANCE FOR SHARP RISES ON SMALL STREAMS IN THESE AREAS AS
WELL AS URBAN FLOODING. THE SPOKANE AREA WILL ALSO BE LARGELY
AFFECTED BY THIS EVENT EVEN WITH LESS RAINFALL DUE TO THE EXPECTED
SNOW MELT. FOR NOW WILL PUT A MENTION OF THIS HAZARD IN THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND LET DAY SHIFT EVALUATE FLOOD
POTENTIAL FURTHER. AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES WILL SEE MUCH
LESS PRECIPITATION DURING THIS PERIOD DUE TO DOWNSLOPE FLOW OFF
THE CASCADES.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...COLD FRONT IS PROGGED BY BOTH GFS AND ECMWF
MODELS TO SWING THROUGH ON THURSDAY BRINGING LOWERING SNOW LEVELS
ALONG WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT. A MUCH NEEDED BREAK IN THE
WEATHER OCCURS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS THU NGT
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A FLAT RIDGE MOVES OVER THE AREA. STILL CAN
NOT RULE OUT SOME LIGHT PRECIP AT TIMES GIVEN THAT RIDGE IS RATHER
FLAT...BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE MID DECEMBER. JW
&&
.AVIATION...
LOW CLOUDS WILL PERSIST MAINLY INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD WITH FOG
ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP TOWARD 12Z EXCEPT FOR KPUW AND KLWS WHICH
WILL BE VFR. FROM 06Z UNTIL 12Z EXPECT LIGHT SNOW IN THE
COLVILLE...SANDPOINT AREAS NORTHWARD TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.
THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE REGION
STARTING IN THE CASCADES AROUND 21Z...PROGRESSING TO KGEG AROUND
06Z WITH IFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING WHEN SNOW STARTS. /TC
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 21 21 33 26 34 32 / 10 100 80 40 60 60
COEUR DALENE 20 20 34 26 34 32 / 10 100 80 60 70 70
PULLMAN 26 26 37 31 38 36 / 10 90 80 50 70 60
LEWISTON 32 31 42 34 43 41 / 10 80 50 30 40 40
COLVILLE 23 23 30 23 32 30 / 20 100 80 40 40 50
SANDPOINT 22 22 30 26 32 30 / 20 90 80 60 70 80
KELLOGG 24 24 32 26 34 32 / 20 100 90 80 90 80
MOSES LAKE 22 22 33 25 35 33 / 10 80 40 10 40 20
WENATCHEE 19 19 33 25 35 33 / 10 90 60 20 30 20
OMAK 17 17 31 21 32 30 / 30 90 60 10 20 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY
FOR COEUR DALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY
FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY
FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...
WENATCHEE AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MOSES LAKE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY
FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SPOKANE AREA.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 2:13 PM PST, 14 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 213 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2009 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-034-035-041-041330- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- 213 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THOUGH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AN EVEN WARMER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY. IDZ001>004-WAZ031-033-036>038-042>044-041330- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 213 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR BOTH THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. FOLLOWING THIS NEXT BIG STORM...YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WET SNOW...OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 12:06 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Grant | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Idaho, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.