Alert archive / Idaho / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this blizzard warning at Feb 23, 2011, 11:39 PM PST for Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho; Lincoln County, Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 10 hr. 30 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2011, 11:39 PM PST (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 9:49 AM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Lincoln County, WA, Spokane County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 2 E Airway Heights, WA | SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 11.0 INCHES SINCE 10AM WEDNESDAY...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | NWS SPOKANE - 12.3 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 10AM WEDNESDAY...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 24, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 5 S Spangle, WA | SR195 CLOSED BETWEEN SPANGLE AND ROSALIA |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 9 E Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-6 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.2 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-3 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.4 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 9 Nw Nine Mile Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-22 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 6 S Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-4 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.2 | 6 S Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-4 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.8 | 11 N Airway Heights, WA | STORM TOTAL. IN LAST 10 HRS...6.0 INCHES. SNOW IS DRIFTING. |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 N Airway Heights, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-21 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 11.4 | 3 Sse Bonners Ferry, ID | COCORAHS ID-BD-1 |
| Feb 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.9 | 5 Nnw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-10 |
| Feb 24, 7:05 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13.9 | 5 Nnw Spokane, WA | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 24, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 3 Ese Grand Coulee, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-2 |
| Feb 24, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 15 N Davenport, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-1 |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 N Davenport, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-5 |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 6 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-16 |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 1 Ssw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-13 |
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 7 Nw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-3 |
| Feb 24, 8:02 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 5 E Harrison, ID | 7 TO 10 INCHES...DIFFICULT TO MEASURE. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW NOW. |
| Feb 24, 8:02 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Airway Heights, WA | STORM TOTAL. THREE FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 24, 8:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 S Sandpoint, ID | 5-7 INCHES STORM TOTAL. HARD TO MEASURE. |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | Porthill, ID | WINDY WITH DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 5.2 | Davenport, WA | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 5.5 | Nw Blanchard, ID | 30 MPH GUSTS FROM NE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Wsw Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-14 |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 8 | Coeur D'Alene, ID | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 8.6 | Bonners Ferry, ID | STORM TOTAL |
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 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
048 WWUS46 KOTX 240739 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS COLLIDING WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SAGGING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA IS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ002-WAZ036-241545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.110224T0739Z-110224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SPOKANE AREA...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE POST FALLS...AND 2 TO 5 IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN COEUR D'ALENE AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN IN SPOKANE AND ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...SPOKANE AREA...AND WEST PLAINS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO SPANGLE. 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. && $$ IDZ001-241545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.110224T0739Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER THIS MORNING BUT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ004-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 9 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>035-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ041>044-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED 10 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ003-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHTTHROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA...MAINLY OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BEPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK ACCUMULATIONS TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING... BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 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. && $$ IDZ027-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHTTHROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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342 WWUS46 KOTX 240848 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS COLLIDING WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SAGGING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA IS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT... GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ001-002-WAZ036-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SPOKANE METRO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN COEUR D'ALENE AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN IN SPOKANE AND ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...SPOKANE AREA...AND WEST PLAINS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO SPANGLE. 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. && $$ IDZ004-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1- 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF COLVILLE...AND AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 ADDITIONAL INCHES SOUTH OF CHEWELAH. STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF COLVILLE...AND 8 TO 16 SOUTH OF CHEWELAH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY 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. && $$ WAZ033>035-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO MID THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND MOSES LAKE...ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES AROUND WILBUR...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES FOR THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ041>044-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. 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. && $$ WAZ031-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW . * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE THAT IS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 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. && $$
576 WWUS46 KOTX 241225 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO THIS MORNING. SOME SPOTS AROUND SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...DEER PARK...AND ST MARIES WILL RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ALONG HIGHWAY 95 FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM WEST OF SPOKANE TO WILBUR. IDZ004-242000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY BEFORE 10 AM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY UNDER SOME OF THE HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-242000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM THROUGH NOON...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE SPRINGDALE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...AND INCHELIUM AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN THESE COMMUNITIES. FURTHER NORTH...PLACES LIKE REPUBLIC...COLVILLE...AND METALINE FALLS WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: SOME SPOTS AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND INCHELIUM COULD HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. 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. && $$ WAZ041>044-242000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM THROUGH NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE SPOKANE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SANDPOINT...AND UP TO AN INCH IN BONNERS FERRY. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SPOKANE METRO WILL EXCEED A FOOT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE COMMON OVER THE WEST PLAINS THIS MORNING WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE. TRAVEL THIS MORNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED... ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND THE WEST PLAINS. 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. && $$ WAZ033>035-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: WASHINGTON PALOUSE...FROM 5 AM TO NOON...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THE PULLMAN AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PLACES LIKE ROSALIA AND TEKOA. LOOK FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES IN PULLMAN. FOR THE MOSES LAKE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DEVELOPING OVER THE PALOUSE BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR THE SPOKANE COUNTY BORDER. * IMPACTS: LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ031-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ003-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE THAT IS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ027-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
362 WWUS46 KOTX 241416 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO THIS MORNING. SOME SPOTS AROUND SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...DEER PARK...AND ST MARIES WILL RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ALONG HIGHWAY 95 FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM WEST OF SPOKANE TO WILBUR. WAZ041>044-242000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WAZ034-242000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES THIS MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 7 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE SPOKANE AREA. UP TO AN INCH IN SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. * TIMING: BANDS OF SNOW ARE WEAKENING...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SPOKANE METRO WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF TOWN. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE COMMON OVER THE WEST PLAINS THIS MORNING WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE. TRAVEL THIS MORNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED... ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND THE WEST PLAINS. 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. && $$ IDZ004-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 7 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY BEFORE 10 AM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY UNDER SOME OF THE HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING... CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 7 AM THROUGH NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND CHEWELAH AREAS. COLVILLE AND POINTS NORTH WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: SOME SPOTS AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND INCHELIUM COULD HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-035-242230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * TIMING: INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE BORDERING SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ031-242230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-242230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
531 WWUS46 KOTX 241749 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER SNOWFALL...SOME LOCALIZED AND JUST AS INTENSE. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IDZ001-002-WAZ036-250000- /O.CAN.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. 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. && $$ IDZ004-WAZ037-038-250000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: SOME SPOTS AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND INCHELIUM ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-035-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * TIMING: INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE BORDERING SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ034-041>044-250000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS NOW TO 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:48 AM PST | Wind Chill Warning | OTX | Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai | 11 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.