Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Apr 1, 2010, 2:53 PM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 2, 2010, 7:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 21 hr. 2 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
- Apr 1, 2010, 2:53 PM PDT (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2010, 7:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2010, 4:06 AM PDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:10 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 7 Nw Omak, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOW SINCE 0800 PST AND STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER ID OK16 AT ELEVATION 2500 FT. |
| Apr 2, 5:30 PM PDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Se Malott, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH TODAY |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 WWUS46 KOTX 012153 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 253 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...A VERY COOL AND MOIST EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY... .A COOL AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ042-020600- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 253 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4-7 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 9-15 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ038-043-020600- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 253 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2-5 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 4-9 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AND END FRIDAY AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-020600- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 253 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3-7 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND END FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-020600- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 253 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...LOCALLY NEAR 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND END AROUND MID-DAY SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-020600- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 253 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-7 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATION. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
347 WWUS46 KOTX 020537 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1037 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...A VERY COOL AND MOIST EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY... .A COOL AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ042-021345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1037 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4-7 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 9-15 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-021345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1037 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2-5 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 4-9 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AND END FRIDAY AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ031-021345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1037 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-7 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATION. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-021345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1037 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3-7 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL LOCATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND END FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-021345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1037 PM PDT THU APR 1 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...LOCALLY NEAR 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND END AROUND MID-DAY SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
833 WWUS46 KOTX 021322 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...A VERY COOL AND MOIST EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY... .A COOL AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ041-044-022130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3-6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND END THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ042-022130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4-7 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 9-15 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...PEAK BY LATE MORNING...THEN LINGER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-022130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1400Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-5 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 5-9 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND END BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ031-022130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...DECREASE TO SHOWERS MIDDAY. SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-022130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.100402T1800Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE MORNING AND END OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNTAIN GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$ WAZ035-022130- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.100402T1400Z-100403T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 622 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3-6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND END THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
543 WWUS46 KOTX 021947 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...A VERY COOL AND MOIST EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY... .A COOL AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ041-044-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 INCHES LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3-6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND ROAD CONDITIONS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION. THE BEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY AREAS...WITH MAINLY SLUSHY WET SNOW ON ROADWAYS. HOWEVER PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU NEED TO BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WAZ042-030400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4-7 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 9-15 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PEAK BY EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN LINGER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-030300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 BELOW 2500 FEET AND 3-7 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL END BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND ROAD CONDITIONS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION AND BY ELEVATION. THE BEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY AREAS...WITH MAINLY SLUSHY WET SNOW ON ROADWAYS BELOW 2500 FEET. PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WAZ031-030400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE TO SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-030400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE MORNING AND END OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNTAIN GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$ WAZ035-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-100403T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1247 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1-3 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3-6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
352 WWUS46 KOTX 022159 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...A VERY COOL AND MOIST EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY... .A COOL AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WAZ041-044-022300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND THE SNOW SLUSHY AND WET. AS SUCH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ043-022300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND THE SNOW SLUSHY AND WET. AS SUCH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ035-022300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-100403T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND THE SNOW SLUSHY AND WET. AS SUCH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ042-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4-7 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 9-15 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PEAK BY EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN LINGER THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-030300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2-3 BELOW 2500 FEET AND 3-7 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL END BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND ROAD CONDITIONS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE REGION AND BY ELEVATION. THE BEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY AREAS...WITH MAINLY SLUSHY WET SNOW ON ROADWAYS BELOW 2500 FEET. PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WAZ031-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE TO SHOWERS BY EVENING. SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 259 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE MORNING AND END OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNTAIN GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
382 WWUS46 KOTX 030150 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 650 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...A VERY COOL AND MOIST EARLY SPRING STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW TOTAL TO THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT... .THE INLAND NORTHWEST WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO HEAVY TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA PRODUCING STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. WAZ038-030300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 650 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS VERY LOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ WAZ042-031000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 650 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4-7 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 9-15 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ WAZ031-031000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 650 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3-5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH OVERNIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-031000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 650 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST AND END OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. MOUNTAIN GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
400 WWUS46 KOTX 030341 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 841 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND IDAHO OVERNIGHT... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BREEZY RIDGETOP WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. WAZ031-030445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 841 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. A FEW SHOWERS MAY STILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. $$ WAZ042-031145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 841 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...MAINLY ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE CREST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STEVENS PASS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-031145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 841 PM PDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH. MOUNTAIN GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THIS IS A SPRING SNOW STORM AND PEOPLE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELERS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
443 WWUS46 KOTX 031106 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 406 AM PDT SAT APR 3 2010 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-031215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 406 AM PDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS. A FEW SHOWERS MAY STILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. $$ WAZ042-031215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100403T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 406 AM PDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LIMITED TO LOCATIONS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...INCLUDING LAKE WENATCHEE AND STEHEKIN. A FEW SHOWERS MAY STILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. $$
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 Apr 1, 11:27 AM PDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 11:27 AM PDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1127 AM PDT THU APR 1 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
THE INLAND NORTHWEST WILL REMAIN IN A PROGRESSIVE AND UNSETTLED
WEATHER PATTERN. A FEW AFTERNOON RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY UNDER AN UNSTABLE TROUGH. FRIDAY INTO EARLY
SATURDAY...A COLDER AND WETTER SYSTEM ARRIVES...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WIDESPREAD WINDY CONDITIONS.
VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE AREA RETURNS TO
SHOWERY CONDITIONS...BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES EARLY NEXT
WEEK. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY REMAIN COOLER THAN NORMAL...WITH
POSSIBLE MODERATION BY MIDDLE TO LATER NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
REST OF TODAY...MUCH OF THE MORNING STRATUS HAS LIFTED WITH THE
AFTERNOON MIXING. LAPS DATA SHOWS SOME CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY
BUBBLING AROUND THE NORTHEAST PERIPHERY OF THE CWA AND SOME WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS WITHIN THIS SAME REGION. THUS FAR SHOWERS ARE
A BIT FURTHER EAST AND ARE NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD AS THEY WERE
YESTERDAY AT THIS SAME TIME...WHICH IS EXPECTED. MINOR TWEAKS MADE
TO ADJUST AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER BASED ON SATELLITE AND RADAR. SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES. VALUES ARE
GENERALLY ON TRACK TO COME IN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN
YESTERDAY...THOUGH A FEW SPOTS WERE NOT WARMING UP AS QUICK AND A
A DEGREE OR TWO WAS CLIPPED FROM HIGHS. /JCOTE
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS...PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE A WET
STORM SYSTEM COMES IN EARLY FRIDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE VCNTY
OF EASTERN TAFS SITES AND SOME LOW-BASED CU WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LCL MVFR CIGS AND SOME MTN OBSCURATIONS THROUGH EARLY
EVENING (03Z FRIDAY). THE NEXT SYSTEM SPREAD IN FROM THE WEST
BY EARLY FRIDAY. EXPECT LOWERING CLOUDS AROUND KEAT AND KMWH
TOWARD 10-15Z...ALONG WITH INCREASING RAIN AND SNOW. CIGS DROP TO
MVFR/IFR...WITH MVFR/ISOLD IFR VIS IN HEAVIER PRECIPITATION.
CLOUDS WILL THICKEN AND LOWER INTO THE EASTERN TAFS...BUT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE VFR UNTIL AFTER 18Z. /JCOTE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 47 30 43 30 44 28 / 20 0 100 60 40 10
COEUR D'ALENE 47 29 46 29 45 25 / 20 0 90 80 40 10
PULLMAN 45 32 43 28 43 28 / 20 10 90 70 30 10
LEWISTON 52 34 49 32 50 31 / 20 0 70 60 30 10
COLVILLE 52 29 45 27 47 26 / 20 0 100 60 40 10
SANDPOINT 48 28 45 28 45 23 / 20 10 90 90 50 20
KELLOGG 46 29 43 27 41 25 / 30 10 90 90 50 20
MOSES LAKE 55 34 49 31 52 29 / 10 0 90 10 20 10
WENATCHEE 54 35 46 33 50 31 / 10 10 100 10 20 10
OMAK 54 31 47 28 52 27 / 10 20 100 20 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...
NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...OKANOGAN VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 6:04 AM PDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 604 AM PDT THU APR 1 2010 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-021315- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 604 AM PDT THU APR 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A QUICK MOVING STRONG COLD FRONT IMPACTS THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THOUGH GUIDANCE STILL SHOWS SOME INCONSISTENCIES...ADVISORY STRENGTH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. FRIDAY MORNING SNOW IN SPOKANE WILL CHANGE TO RAIN AS THE WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-041>044-021315- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 604 AM PDT THU APR 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AS A WET BUT QUICK MOVING COLDFRONT TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BEFORE A CHANGE TO RAIN. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR THIS POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW EVENT WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM KELLOGG...TO SPOKANE AND WENATCHEE. VERY GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON NEAR THE CASCADES FRIDAY EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH NOT UNCOMMON.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 10:24 AM PDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1024 AM PDT THU APR 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW NAPLES 48.60N 116.44W
03/29/2010 BOUNDARY ID TRAINED SPOTTER
2 ASPEN TREES APPROX. 2 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 1 HEMLOCK
TREE SNAP DURING A PERIOD OF PARTICULARLY STRONG WIND
GUSTS...WIND INTENSITY UNKOWN. TIMING IS NOT EXACT BUT
WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE OCURRED SOON AFTER 1200 PDT. SPOTTER
ID BY18.
&&
VANHORNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 3:02 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane and 1 more | 30 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.