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Winter Storm Warning 30, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 11, 2009, 2:29 PM PST for 4 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 12, 2009, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2009, 2:29 PM PST (22:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2009, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2009, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 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 112229 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 229 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .STEADY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY AND BECOME FOCUSED ALONG A MOIST PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DRIFTING SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE 24 TO 36 HOURS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL AFFECT THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ003-004-WAZ033-120630- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 229 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PINEHURST...CALDER...CLARKIA...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-120630- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 229 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON VALLEY. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-120630- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 229 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-120630- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0038.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 229 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 120606 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1006 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .STEADY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY...BECOMING FOCUSED ALONG A MOIST PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DRIFTING SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE 24 TO 36 HOURS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL...INTERSPERSED WITH BRIEF SNOW-FREE PERIODS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL AFFECT THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ003-004-WAZ033-121415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1006 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PINEHURST...CALDER...CLARKIA...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-121415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1006 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON VALLEY. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-121415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1006 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-121415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0038.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1006 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 121242 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 442 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BEGIN TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALOUSE...THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON VALLEY...THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ003-004-WAZ033-122300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091213T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 442 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO. * TIMING: SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PINEHURST...CALDER...CLARKIA...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-122300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091213T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 442 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING: SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-122300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 442 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-122300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0038.091213T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 442 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 122243 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 243 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALOUSE...THE LEWISTON-CLARKSTON VALLEY...THE CAMAS PRAIRIE... AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ001-122345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0038.091213T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 243 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED PERIODICALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH IS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS SUCH THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ033-130645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091213T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 243 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PINEHURST...CALDER...CLARKIA...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-130645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.091213T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 243 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-130645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 243 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: CONTINUING THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 130442 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 842 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...DECREASING IN INTENSITY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TO CAMAS PRAIRIE. LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE...PRIMARILY NEAR AND SOUTH OF PULLMAN...AS WELL AS OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ003-004-WAZ033-131245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.091213T0442Z-091214T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 842 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PALOUSE AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND VALLEYS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO. * TIMING: SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PINEHURST ...CALDER...CLARKIA...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-131245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 842 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING: SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-131245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 842 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: CONTINUING THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 131156 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 356 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...SNOW DECREASING THIS MORNING... IDZ026-WAZ032-131300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 356 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LEWISTON AREA AS WELL AS LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...AND POMEROY AREAS. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ033-131300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 356 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE...AS WELL AS FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE MOSCOW...PULLMAN...KELLOGG...AND ST MARIES AREAS. $$ IDZ027-131800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091213T1800Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 356 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-131800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091213T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 356 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 131750 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 950 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 IDZ027-131900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091213T1800Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 950 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT THAT BROUGHT MODERATE SNOW TO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE HAS MOVED SOUTH AND OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ARE WILL BE LIGHT. $$ WAZ031-131900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091213T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 950 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT THAT BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS HAS MOVED SOUTH AND OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 11, 9:42 AM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 9:42 AM PST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
942 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
THE AREA WILL SEE YET ANOTHER DRY DAY AS COOL NORTHWEST FLOW
CONTINUES TO SURGE OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN
TO CHANGE BY SATURDAY AS THE NORTHWEST FLOW IS GRADUALLY REPLACED
BY SLIGHTLY MILDER AND MORE MOISTURE LADEN AIR FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
THIS TRANSITION WILL ALLOW A WARM FRONT TO SURGE TOWARD THE
WASHINGTON- OREGON BORDER ON SATURDAY AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MODERATE TO
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM THE BLUE MOUNTAINS TO THE
CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. A MUCH WETTER FRONT WILL THEN CROSS THE
AREA ON TUESDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL THEN SURGE ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST VALLEYS AND
REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A MAINLY DRY NORTHWEST-NORTH FLOW REMAINS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THIS MORNING. SATELLITE LOOPS ARE SHOWING THE NEXT UPSTREAM
DIGGING SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA THIS
MORNING. AS THIS WAVE MOVES SOUTH IT WILL BACK THE FLOW TO WEST-
NORTHWEST AND WILL SUPPORT SOME ISOLATED FLURRIES NEAR THE
CANADIAN BORDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE A
DISTURBANCE OFF THE SOUTHWEST OREGON COAST WILL BEGIN TO PUMP
MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THIS MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE
SOUTHEAST ZONES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON
TRACK WITH COOL AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE FORECAST AREA.
/TOBIN
&&
.AVIATION...
DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH 12Z SAT
RESULTING IN VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL TAF SITES. A
MOIST WEATHER SYSTEM...CURRENTLY OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH OREGON TONIGHT AND WILL BRING INCREASING
CLOUDS TO KLWS AND KPUW AFTER 09Z SAT. EXPECT VSBY/CIGS FOR KPUW
AND KLWS TO DROP TO MVFR CONDITIONS AFT 14Z WITH -SN BEGINNING AND
INCREASING AFT 18Z. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRUSH THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW FLURRIES WITH POSSIBLE
MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS...BUT EXPECT THE REMAINING TAF SITES TO
REMAIN VFR. /TOBIN
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 22 12 22 17 25 15 / 0 0 20 50 50 50
COEUR DALENE 25 13 23 20 26 18 / 0 0 30 50 60 60
PULLMAN 25 16 27 26 29 22 / 0 0 80 90 80 70
LEWISTON 26 17 31 29 34 27 / 0 0 80 70 60 60
COLVILLE 21 14 23 20 26 13 / 0 10 30 20 50 40
SANDPOINT 23 13 22 18 21 15 / 0 10 50 40 60 70
KELLOGG 23 13 26 25 28 20 / 0 0 60 80 90 80
MOSES LAKE 22 7 24 13 29 15 / 0 0 20 20 10 20
WENATCHEE 21 10 22 17 28 19 / 0 0 10 10 10 20
OMAK 22 10 23 12 27 9 / 0 0 10 10 20 30
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE...LEWIS AND
SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...LEWISTON AREA.
WA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...NORTHEAST BLUE
MOUNTAINS...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 6:10 AM PST, 8 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 610 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 IDZ003-004-026-027-WAZ031>033-121415- IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 610 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ONE MORE DAY OF UNSEASONABLE COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE PALOUSE...ESPECIALLY IN IDAHO...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I90. THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF MOSCOW...CLARKIA...DEARY...AND ST. MARIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN SURROUNDING THE LEWISTON AREA. A STRONG FRONT WILL THEN PASS OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY...RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL. WARMER BUT WET CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THE WORK WEEK...WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS AND SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. IDZ001-002-WAZ034>038-041>044-121415- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 610 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DRY WEATHER WILL LIKELY COME TO AN END THIS WEEKEND...WITH LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADES AND OVER EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. A STRONG FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY...WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER MANY AREAS. BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS AND SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 3:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 11 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:29 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.