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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind chill warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:48 AM PST for Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 24, 2011, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 10:48 AM PST (18:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2011, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 9:57 PM PST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526 WWUS46 KOTX 241848 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1048 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 AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ001-250300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.110225T0300Z-110225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * 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: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * 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. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL. * 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ002>004-WAZ033-035>038-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...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 1048 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: 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...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: 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. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS 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. && $$ WAZ034-041>044-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS NOW TO 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250200- /O.CON.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 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
215 WWUS46 KOTX 242121 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER LOCALIZED SNOWFALL. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ003-WAZ033-035>038-242230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR MORE INTENSE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. SNOW SHOWERS MAY STILL OCCUR AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH OR TWO BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO WARRANT CONTINUATION OF A WINTER STORM WARNING IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ043-242230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR FURTHER INTENSE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. SNOW SHOWERS MAY STILL OCCUR AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH OR TWO BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO WARRANT CONTINUATION OF A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-250530- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.110225T0300Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ002-004-250200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 121 PM 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: AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: 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. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-041-042-044-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 121 PM 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 LOCALIZED 1 TO 3 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...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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
690 WWUS46 KOTX 242358 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER LOCALIZED SNOWFALL MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. 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 AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ001-250800- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.110225T0300Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SCATTERED EARLY EVENING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY LATE EVENING. LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. * TIMING: UNTIL 4 AM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM AND HAYDEN AREAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ002-004-250100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED EVENING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY LATE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO LOOKOUT PASS. $$ WAZ034-041-042-044-250100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 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...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED EARLY EVENING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY MID EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. $$ WAZ031-250800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ 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 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE AND BECOME ISOLATED LATE TONIGHT. * 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. && $$
941 WWUS46 KOTX 250557 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ... HOWEVER A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO BRINGING SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ001-250700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST DOWN THE PURCELL TRENCH OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...HOWEVER WIND CHILLS READINGS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BETWEEN EIGHT TO EIGHTEEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO. $$ WAZ031-251200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO WEST 7 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-251200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 1 INCH BELOW 3000 FEET. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:39 PM PST | Blizzard Warning | OTX | Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai | 10 hr |
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