Alert archive / Washington / Wind Chill Warnings in 2010
Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind chill warning at Nov 22, 2010, 2:16 PM PST for Douglas County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 23, 2010, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 5 hr. 5 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
- Nov 22, 2010, 2:16 PM PST (22:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2010, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2010, 9:00 AM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Douglas County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.2 | 1 Sw Brewster, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-1 |
| Nov 23, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.8 | Mansfield, WA | |
| Nov 23, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-9 |
| Nov 23, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.6 | 2 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-16 |
| Nov 23, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 E Wenatchee, WA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WWUS46 KOTX 222216 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 216 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...SNOW...BRISK WIND...AND COLD TEMPS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE REGION TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... .DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS. COMMUNITIES FROM THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE SPOKANE METRO AREA AND PALOUSE WILL SEE THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WAZ043-230630- /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.101123T1200Z-101123T1700Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 216 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: -15 TO -25. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW 0 THIS EVENING AND REACH THEIR COLDEST VALUES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ001>003-WAZ033>037-044-230630- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.101123T0300Z-101123T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 216 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND BASIN WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SNOW AND WIND. * TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...INTENSIFYING AND BECOME HEAVIER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BECOMING BLUSTERY NEAR 7 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SOME ROADS IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS MAY BE CLOSED TONIGHT DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING AND REACH VALUES OF -10 TO -20 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-230630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 216 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES LEWISTON AREA WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND LAST OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY 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. && $$ IDZ004-230630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 216 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW MAY DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND/OR STOP BRIEFLY AT TIMES BUT WILL CONTINUE TODAY..INTENSIFYING AND BECOME HEAVIER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-230630- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-101123T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 216 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE SNOW. * TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
142 WWUS46 KOTX 222255 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...SNOW...BRISK WIND...AND COLD TEMPS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE REGION TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... .DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS. COMMUNITIES FROM THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE SPOKANE METRO AREA AND PALOUSE WILL SEE THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IDZ001>003-WAZ033>037-044-230700- /O.EXT.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.101122T2255Z-101123T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS ANDBASIN WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SNOW AND WIND. * TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...INTENSIFYING AND BECOME HEAVIER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BECOMING BLUSTERY NEAR 7 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SOME ROADS IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS MAY BE CLOSED TONIGHT DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING AND REACH VALUES OF -10 TO -20 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-230700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES LEWISTON AREA WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND LAST OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY 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. && $$ IDZ004-230700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW MAY DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND/OR STOP BRIEFLY AT TIMES BUT WILL CONTINUE TODAY..INTENSIFYING AND BECOME HEAVIER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-230700- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.101123T1200Z-101123T1700Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: -15 TO -25. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW 0 THIS EVENING AND REACH THEIR COLDEST VALUES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ WAZ041-230700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-101123T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE SNOW. * TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
204 WWUS46 KOTX 230217 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 617 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...SNOW...BRISK WIND...AND COLD TEMPS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE REGION TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... .DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON TO AROUND COEUR D'ALENE. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS. COMMUNITIES FROM THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE SPOKANE METRO AREA AND PALOUSE WILL SEE THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IDZ001>003-WAZ033>037-044-231030- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 617 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES RITZVILLE...SPOKANE... COEUR D'ALENE. 2 TO 5 INCHES MOSES LAKE...WATERVILLE... GRAND COULEE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THROUGH 8 PM...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY OVER THE PALOUSE AND RITZVILLE AREAS. HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS BY THIS EVENING...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT WILL LEAVE STRANDED TRAVELERS VULNERABLE TO EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ON INTERSTATE 90 IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. * WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING AND REACH VALUES OF -10 TO -20 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-231030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 617 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES LEWISTON AREA WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING... DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-231030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 617 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ WAZ043-231030- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.101123T1200Z-101123T1700Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 617 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: -15 TO -25. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW 0 THIS EVENING AND REACH THEIR COLDEST VALUES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ WAZ041-231030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-101123T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 617 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...AND DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY 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. && $$
903 WWUS46 KOTX 230728 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1128 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...SNOW...BRISK WIND...AND COLD TEMPS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE REGION TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... .DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON TO AROUND COEUR D'ALENE. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS. COMMUNITIES FROM THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE SPOKANE METRO AREA AND PALOUSE WILL SEE THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IDZ001>003-WAZ033>037-044-231530- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1128 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES RITZVILLE...SPOKANE... COEUR D'ALENE. 2 TO 5 INCHES MOSES LAKE...WATERVILLE... GRAND COULEE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THROUGH 8 PM...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1 AM IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS...THEN DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY MORNING. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT WILL LEAVE STRANDED TRAVELERS VULNERABLE TO EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ON INTERSTATE 90 IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. * WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING AND REACH VALUES OF -10 TO -20 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-231530- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1128 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES LEWISTON AREA WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY 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. && $$ IDZ004-231530- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1128 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-231530- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.101123T1200Z-101123T1700Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1128 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: -15 TO -25. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW 0 THIS EVENING AND REACH THEIR COLDEST VALUES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTDOORS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ WAZ041-231200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-101123T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1128 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...AND DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
779 WWUS46 KOTX 231212 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 412 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...SNOW...BRISK WIND...AND COLD TEMPS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS MORNING CONTINUING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... .DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH MID MORNING. NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER AND IN NORTH IDAHO...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COMMUNITIES FROM THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE SPOKANE METRO AREA AND PALOUSE WILL SEE THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WAZ041-231315- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-101123T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 412 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ IDZ001>003-WAZ033>037-044-231800- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 412 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES RITZVILLE...SPOKANE... COEUR D'ALENE. 2 TO 5 INCHES MOSES LAKE...WATERVILLE... GRAND COULEE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE...MAINLY NORTH OF RITZVILLE...TO SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE THROUGH MID MORNING. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING... LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME VERY DANGEROUS WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LEAVE STRANDED TRAVELERS VULNERABLE TO EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED ON INTERSTATE 90 AND MANY OF THE STATE ROUTE HIGHWAY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. * WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL BE BELOW ZERO AND REACH VALUES OF -5 TO -15 EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-231800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 412 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...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. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES LEWISTON AREA WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 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. && $$ IDZ004-231800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 412 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING... INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-231700- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101123T1700Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 412 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: -10 TO -22. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN AT THEIR COLDEST VALUES EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$
139 WWUS46 KOTX 231553 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 753 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...WEATHER IMPROVING...BUT STILL DANGEROUSLY COLD AND BREEZY... .CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST...BUT BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. BOTH WINDS AND SNOW HAVE STARTED DECREASE...AND WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT NOON...ESPECIALLY AROUND MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA...AND IN THE SANDPOINT AND RATHDRUM AREAS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AS THE WINDS DIMINISH...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET. TONIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. IDZ001>003-WAZ033>037-044-231800- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 753 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH IN NORTH IDAHO...AND FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED IN MOSES LAKE...RITZVILLE...OR WILBUR. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER NORTH IDAHO AND FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING IN THE MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...SANDPOINT...AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS. WINDS IN THE SPOKANE...DEER PARK...RITZVILLE...AND WILBUR AREAS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. * IMPACTS: THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS HAS ENDED...HOWEVER LOCALIZED AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING SHOULD CHECK ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING FOR THEIR DESTINATION. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED IN RURAL PORTIONS OF GRANT COUNTY...AS WELL AS IN THE PALOUSE. * WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL BE -5 TO -15 THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-231800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 753 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...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. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS IN THE LEWISTON...POMEROY...CRAIGMONT...AND WINCHESTER AREAS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 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. && $$ IDZ004-231800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 753 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS DUE TO ICY SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...INCREASING WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-231700- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101123T1700Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 753 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: -10 TO -20. * TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL BE THE COLDEST THROUGH LATE MORNING...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO ALL DAY LONG. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Nov 22, 1:19 PM PST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 1:19 PM PST, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
119 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
THE SEASONS FIRST WIDESPREAD VALLEY SNOW HAS STARTED TODAY. IT
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC AIR MASS INVASION THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND COLD WIND CHILL
READINGS WILL BE COMMON EARLY IN THE WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FORECAST TO ISSUE BLIZZARD WARNING TO
ADDRESS THE ROBUST WIND...SNOW...AND COLD DUE TO THE ARCTIC FRONT
PASSING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY INTO TUESDAY. /PELATTI
&&
.AVIATION...
THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS...BUT ROUND TWO IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOR
PLACES LIKE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND PULLMAN AS A SURFACE LOW
DEVELOPS ALONG THE WASHINGTON OREGON BORDER THIS EVENING AND
DRIFTS TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. WENATCHEE AND MOSES LAKE CAN
EXPECT 1-2 INCHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AND SPOKANE AREAS COULD CAUSE
PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE 02Z-
12Z TIME FRAME. SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...FLUFFY...AND PRONE TO
DRIFTING...SO KEEPING RUNWAYS CLEAR MAY BE A CHALLENGE FOR
AIRPORT CREWS. /GKOCH
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 2 9 -12 9 -2 18 / 100 60 10 0 0 40
COEUR D'ALENE 0 8 -9 8 0 20 / 100 70 10 0 0 30
PULLMAN 8 10 -8 10 -5 22 / 100 80 10 0 0 30
LEWISTON 13 15 -4 12 1 28 / 100 80 20 0 0 20
COLVILLE -4 9 -11 10 1 19 / 80 10 0 0 0 40
SANDPOINT -4 5 -19 7 -7 18 / 90 50 10 0 0 30
KELLOGG 1 5 -10 3 -6 20 / 100 80 20 0 0 30
MOSES LAKE 6 15 -6 17 1 19 / 90 30 0 0 0 30
WENATCHEE 3 14 -3 19 3 20 / 90 0 0 0 0 20
OMAK -3 10 -9 14 0 17 / 40 10 0 0 0 30
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY
COEUR D'ALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY CENTRAL PANHANDLE
MOUNTAINS...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...
LEWISTON AREA.
WA...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY
MOSES LAKE AREA...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SPOKANE AREA...
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...WASHINGTON PALOUSE...WATERVILLE
PLATEAU.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY LOWER GARFIELD AND
ASOTIN COUNTIES...NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 6:29 AM PST, 7 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 629 AM PST MON NOV 22 2010 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-231430- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 629 AM PST MON NOV 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY COLD ARCTIC AIR IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING INTO THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES TURNING MUCH COLDER THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY WILL ONLY REACH 10 TO 20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH MANY LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW ZERO. THIS COLD WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL DROP WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO ESPECIALLY FROM COEUR D'ALENE...TO SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR. THE WEATHER WILL THEN REMAIN GENERALLY DRY AND COLD THROUGH THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNING ON FRIDAY. WAZ034>037-044-231430- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 629 AM PST MON NOV 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY COLD ARCTIC AIR IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING INTO THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES TURNING MUCH COLDER THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY WILL ONLY REACH 10 TO 20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH MANY LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW ZERO. THIS COLD WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...DROPPING WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. THE LOWEST READINGS WILL BE FROM SPOKANE...TO COEUR D'ALENE...SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR. THE WEATHER WILL THEN REMAIN GENERALLY DRY AND COLD THROUGH THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNING ON FRIDAY. WAZ038-041>043-231430- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY- 629 AM PST MON NOV 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING INTO THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES TURNING MUCH COLDER THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY WILL ONLY REACH 10 TO 20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH MANY LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW ZERO. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR. THE WEATHER WILL THEN REMAIN GENERALLY DRY AND COLD THROUGH THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNING ON FRIDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 12:44 PM PST | Blizzard Warning | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Nov 22, 12:44 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 15 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.