Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 10, 2011, 1:55 PM PST for 10 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 11, 2011, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 46 hr. 9 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
- Jan 10, 2011, 1:55 PM PST (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2011, 2:06 PM PST
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Wnw Entiat, WA | SPOTTER CH6. ELEVATION 750FT. |
| Jan 12, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | SPOTTER CH34. ELEVATION 1200 FT. |
| Jan 12, 7:47 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 1 Wnw Deer Park, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE PAST 9 HOURS AND STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 12, 8:33 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 Nw Winthrop, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING |
| Jan 12, 8:35 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 W Chelan, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WITH HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING |
| Jan 13, 9:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 Ene Bonners Ferry, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING |
| Jan 13, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nw Naples, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING |
| Jan 13, 12:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | Mazama, WA | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 0630 AND 0930 LST. ELEVATION 2170 FEET. |
| Jan 13, 1:40 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 Ne Metaline, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING. CURRENTLY FOGGY WITH SLICK ROAD SURFACES...TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183 WWUS46 KOTX 102155 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTAINING ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE COLD AIR OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN HEAVY SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE...AS WELL AS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE GENERALLY NORTH OF COEUR D'ALENE. A PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WENATCHEE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WAZ041-043-044-110700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY NIGHT...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-110700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY EVENING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY ON ROADS TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE MANY MOUNTAIN ROADS IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-110700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-110700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES IN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES. 3 TO 5 INCHES IN ADAMS COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL RAPIDLY ACCUMULATE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS...PARTICULARLY ALONG HIGHWAY TWO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-110700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND VALLEYS NORTH OF DEER PARK. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...18 TO 36 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. RIDGE TOP WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-110700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0600Z-110112T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN BENEWAH...NORTHERN LATAH...AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHERN WHITMAN AND SOUTHERN LATAH COUNTIES...WITH AN INCH OR LESS ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ034-110700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110112T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 155 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-90. THE SNOW MAY END AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
13 follow-up statements
986 WWUS46 KOTX 110425 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 825 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTAINING ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE COLD AIR OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN HEAVY SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE...AS WELL AS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE GENERALLY NORTH OF COEUR D'ALENE. A PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WENATCHEE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WAZ041>044-111230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ 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 825 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADE VALLEYS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN REMAINING VALLEYS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * 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 TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY NIGHT...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-111230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 825 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-111230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 825 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND VALLEYS NORTH OF DEER PARK. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...18 TO 36 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. RIDGE TOP WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ WAZ034-111230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110112T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 825 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-90. THE SNOW MAY END AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-111230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0600Z-110112T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 825 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN BENEWAH...NORTHERN LATAH...AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHERN WHITMAN AND SOUTHERN LATAH COUNTIES...WITH AN INCH OR LESS ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: EAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
698 WWUS46 KOTX 111219 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 419 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTAINING ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE COLD AIR OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON MOST LOCATIONS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE...AS WELL AS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE GENERALLY NORTH OF COEUR D'ALENE. A PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WENATCHEE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WAZ041>044-111900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ 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 419 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADE VALLEYS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN REMAINING VALLEYS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * 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 TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY NIGHT...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-111900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 419 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-111900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 419 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND VALLEYS NORTH OF DEER PARK. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...18 TO 36 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: EAST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. RIDGE TOP WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ WAZ034-111900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110112T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 419 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-90. THE SNOW MAY END AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-111900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0600Z-110112T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 419 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN BENEWAH...NORTHERN LATAH...AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHERN WHITMAN AND SOUTHERN LATAH COUNTIES...WITH AN INCH OR LESS ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: EAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
285 WWUS46 KOTX 111901 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1101 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTAINING ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE COLD AIR OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON MOST LOCATIONS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE...AS WELL AS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE GENERALLY NORTH OF COEUR D'ALENE. A PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WENATCHEE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WAZ041>044-120315- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1500Z/ 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 1101 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADE VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES IN WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND OMAK AREAS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * 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 TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY NIGHT...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-120315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1101 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...ROCKPORT...AND DAVENPORT. 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR CHENEY...DAVENPORT...AND RITZVILLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-120315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 1101 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND VALLEYS NORTH OF DEER PARK. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...18 TO 36 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY FALL DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: EAST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. RIDGE TOP WINDS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ WAZ034-120315- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0200Z-110112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.110112T0300Z-110112T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1101 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOSES LAKE...OTHELLO...AND QUINCY AREAS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-90. THE SNOW MAY END AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-120315- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.110112T0600Z-110112T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.110112T1000Z-110112T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1101 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN BENEWAH...NORTHERN LATAH...AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHERN WHITMAN AND SOUTHERN LATAH COUNTIES...WITH AN INCH OR LESS ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: EAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
647 WWUS46 KOTX 112359 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 359 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO OVERNIGHT. FORECAST CHARTS HAVE TRENDED DOWNWARD WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN MANY AREAS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...BUT ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE STILL EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN OVER THE PALOUSE TOMORROW MORNING...AND MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN SPOKANE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. WAZ041>044-120800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0000Z-110112T1500Z/ 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 359 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADE VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES IN WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND OMAK AREAS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * 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: VARIABLE 5 MPH OR LESS AT THE LOW ELEVATIONS INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND CHELAN AREAS. RIDGE TOP WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GUST TO 40 MPH OR MORE ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY NIGHT...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-120800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 359 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...ROCKPORT...AND DAVENPORT. 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR CHENEY... DAVENPORT...AND RITZVILLE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH AS THE SNOW ENDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE MORNING COMMUTE. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-120800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 359 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...7 TO 10 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...18 TO 30 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO PRIOR TO SUNRISE. SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT A CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND KELLOGG. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 5500 FEET...ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ WAZ034-120800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.110112T0300Z-110112T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 359 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOSES LAKE... OTHELLO...AND QUINCY AREAS. * ELEVATION: * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-90. THE SNOW MAY END AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... MAKING TRAVEL EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-120800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.110112T1000Z-110112T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 359 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN BENEWAH AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES...2 TO 4 INCHES IN MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. AS LITTLE AS AN INCH ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: EAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THE TRANSITION TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING AN END TO THE 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. && $$
732 WWUS46 KOTX 120447 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 847 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON TUESDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT OR TWO IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN OVER THE PALOUSE TOMORROW MORNING...AND MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN SPOKANE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. WAZ041>044-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T1500Z/ 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 847 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADE VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES IN WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND OMAK AREAS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * 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: VARIABLE 5 MPH OR LESS AT THE LOW ELEVATIONS INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND CHELAN AREAS. RIDGE TOP WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GUST TO 40 MPH OR MORE ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY OVERNIGHT...MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 847 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND DAVENPORT. 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR CHENEY...DAVENPORT AND RITZVILLE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH AS THE SNOW ENDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE MORNING COMMUTE. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110112T0600Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 847 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...7 TO 10 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...18 TO 30 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO PRIOR TO SUNRISE. SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT A CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND KELLOGG. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 5500 FEET...ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ WAZ034-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110112T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 847 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOSES LAKE... OTHELLO...AND QUINCY AREAS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN WHILE IT ENDS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS ON I-90. THE SNOW MAY END AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... MAKING TRAVEL EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.110112T1000Z-110112T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 847 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN BENEWAH AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES...2 TO 4 INCHES IN MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. AS LITTLE AS AN INCH ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON...WITH POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN AFTER SUNRISE AND LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: EAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THE TRANSITION TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING AN END TO THE DRIFTING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY BE FOUND DURING THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN BETWEEN AFTER SUNRISE AND LATE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
942 WWUS46 KOTX 121429 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 629 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON TUESDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT OR TWO IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN OVER THE PALOUSE LATER THIS MORNING...AND MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN SPOKANE IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. WAZ041>044-121800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ 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 629 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADE VALLEYS...3 TO 5 INCHES IN WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND OMAK AREAS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH LATE MORNING...THOUGH THE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * 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: LIGHT WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS AT THE LOW ELEVATIONS INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND CHELAN AREAS. RIDGE TOP WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GUST TO 40 MPH OR MORE ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY OVERNIGHT... MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-122230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 629 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE... DAVENPORT AND CHENEY. IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. TOWN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH AS THE SNOW ENDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE MORNING COMMUTE. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-122230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 629 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...3 TO 7 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AROUND A FOOT IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND KELLOGG. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 4500 FEET...ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS BLOWING AND DRIFTING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND COMPLETE OBSCURATION OF THE ROADWAYS IS LIKELY WITH ANY SUSTAINED WIND GUSTS. 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. && $$ WAZ034-121800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 629 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOSES LAKE... OTHELLO...AND QUINCY AREAS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH LATE MORNING...THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOWS OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: EXPECT POOR ROAD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SNOW ENDS AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN LATE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110112T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 629 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 INCHES IN BENEWAH AND NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTIES...1 TO 3 INCHES IN MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. AS LITTLE AS AN INCH ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECEASE TO SHOWERS...THEN CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH BY MIDDAY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING MAINLY AFFECTING HIGHWAY 195 ACROSS THE PALOUSE. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THE TRANSITION TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING AN END TO THE DRIFTING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN MAY BE FOUND DURING THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN BETWEEN AFTER SUNRISE AND LATE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
628 WWUS46 KOTX 121809 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES IN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH AFTERNOON... WAZ038-121915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS COME TO AN END FOR TODAY IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS IN THE VALLEYS...AND UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. $$ WAZ041-043-044-121915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND WATERVILLE AREAS. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE OMAK... WENATCHEE...AND WATERVILLE AREAS TODAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON IN THE WENATCHEE AREA...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH. $$ WAZ035-121915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM WILBUR TO DAVENPORT...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD RECEIVE VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW TODAY. $$ WAZ034-121915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110112T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOSES LAKE AREA. THE THREAT FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA. $$ WAZ042-122100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T2100Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN... BLEWETT PASS 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LEAVENWORTH AND CASHMERE AREAS BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. THE MOUNTAINS AROUND STEVENS PASS AND STEHEKIN HAVE THE COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE THIS MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN...BLEWETT PASS * WINDS: LIGHT WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS AT THE LOW ELEVATIONS INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND CHELAN AREAS. RIDGE TOP WINDS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GUST TO 40 MPH OR MORE ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY OVERNIGHT... MAKING DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-130000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 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 OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE SPOKANE BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES AROUND COEUR D'ALENE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN METRO...AND IN IDAHO. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A CHANGE TO LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD * WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH AS THE SNOW ENDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST PLAINS. * IMPACTS: THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS STORM WILL BE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... 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 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE COLVILLE AND CHEWELAH AREAS BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON...WITH SNOW COMING TO AN END EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY... NORTHPORT...AND DEER PARK AREAS BETWEEN 10 AM AND MID AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY IN KELLOGG AND WALLACE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS...AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW IN THE MOUNTAINS. VALLEYS WILL BE RAIN OR WET SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND KELLOGG. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ABOVE 4500 FEET...ON WEDNESDAY CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS BLOWING AND DRIFTING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD. * IMPACTS: RAPID ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD ANTICIPATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND COMPLETE OBSCURATION OF THE ROADWAYS IS LIKELY WITH ANY SUSTAINED WIND GUSTS. 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-WAZ033-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110112T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... OAKESDALE...TEKOA 1009 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET AROUND POTLATCH...OAKESDALE...AND TEKOA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PLUMMER...POTLATCH...OAKESDALE...TEKOA * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH BY MIDDAY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING MAINLY AFFECTING HIGHWAY 195 ACROSS THE PALOUSE. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF MOSCOW AND PULLMAN. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THE TRANSITION TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING AN END TO THE 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. && $$
685 WWUS46 KOTX 122007 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1207 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE... WAZ042-122115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T2100Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN... BLEWETT PASS 1207 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE LEAVENWORTH AND CASHMERE AREAS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH AS SNOW COMES TO AN END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CASCADE CREST THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. $$ WAZ037-122115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1207 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NEWPORT...DEER PARK AND CHEWELAH AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN COLVILLE...NORTHPORT... AND METALINE FALLS. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-122115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110112T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... OAKESDALE...TEKOA 1207 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO RAIN OR WET NON-ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-130000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...ROCKFORD 1207 PM PST WED JAN 12 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: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN METRO... AND IN IDAHO. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE MORE THAN A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...AS SOME PORTIONS OF THE METRO RECEIVE A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING: AS OF 11 AM...MUCH OF SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY WAS ABOVE FREEZING...AND THE WARM AIR WAS MOVING NORTH. LOOK FOR A TRANSITION TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST PLAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OVER FOR MUCH OF THE METRO. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS AND WILL STICK TO WINDSHIELDS UNTIL TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-130415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1207 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SANDPOINT AND RATHDRUM AREAS. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE INCLUDING KELLOGG AND WALLACE...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE BECOMING INCREASINGLY WET AND HEAVY...AND SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN BY EVENING. * TIMING: FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS OVER. FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE VALLEYS CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND KELLOGG. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD ANTICIPATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
290 WWUS46 KOTX 122313 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 313 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TOMORROW AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... IDZ001-130715- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.110113T1200Z-110114T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 313 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME VERY HEAVY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-130015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...ROCKFORD 313 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE MINOR AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE METRO AREA. $$ WAZ037-130715- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110113T1200Z-110114T0300Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 313 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME VERY HEAVY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ004-130715- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 313 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. * ELEVATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE WET AND LESS THAN AN INCH BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET TOMORROW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: FOURTH OF JULY PASS...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TOMORROW. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD ANTICIPATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-130715- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.110113T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 313 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...MAINLY AROUND REPUBLIC. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS EXCEPT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND SOUTHERN LAKE ROOSEVELT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: LIGHT SOUTH WINDS IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS AROUND REPUBLIC ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...AND TRAVEL ACROSS SHERMAN PASS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. 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. && $$
836 WWUS46 KOTX 130502 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 902 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... IDZ001-131315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.110113T1200Z-110114T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 902 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL IN THE VALLEYS THURSDAY MORNING...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR THE IMMEDIATE CANADIAN BORDER. VALLEY SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME VERY HEAVY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-131315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.110113T1200Z-110114T0300Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 902 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. VALLEY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY NORTH OF DEER PARK. UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN DEER PARK WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. VALLEY SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME VERY HEAVY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ004-131315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 902 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. * ELEVATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE WET AND LESS THAN AN INCH BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET TOMORROW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: FOURTH OF JULY PASS...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TOMORROW. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD ANTICIPATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-131315- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.110113T0800Z-110113T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 902 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY ICY AS FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-131315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.110113T1200Z-110114T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 902 PM PST WED JAN 12 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...MAINLY AROUND REPUBLIC. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS EXCEPT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND SOUTHERN LAKE ROOSEVELT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: LIGHT SOUTH WINDS IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS AROUND REPUBLIC ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...AND TRAVEL ACROSS SHERMAN PASS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
568 WWUS46 KOTX 131221 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 IDZ001-132030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL IN THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR TOWNS NORTH OF SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL AND PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES. THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL BE SOUTH OF SANDPOINT THIS MORNING...THEN CLOSER TO THE BC BORDER BY AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR MOVES UP FRO THE SOUTH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME VERY HEAVY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES. 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. && $$ WAZ037-132030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110114T0300Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. VALLEY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY NORTH OF DEER PARK. UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN DEER PARK WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. ALL VALLEYS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL AND PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY THIS MORNING...THEN CLOSER TO THE BC BORDER BY AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR MOVES UP FRO THE SOUTH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME VERY HEAVY EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-132030- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET. DUE TO RISING SNOW LEVELS...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4500 FEET TODAY WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. * ELEVATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE WET AND LESS THAN AN INCH BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING ABOVE 4000 FEET TOMORROW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TOMORROW. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD ANTICIPATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-044-131800- /O.EXA.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY ICY AS FREEZING RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-131800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...MAINLY AROUND REPUBLIC. FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO FALL THIS MORNING GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM INCHELIUM TO NEAR OMAK. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: LIGHT SOUTH WINDS IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS AROUND REPUBLIC ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...AND TRAVEL ACROSS SHERMAN PASS WILL BE CHALLENGING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE SURFACES EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM INCHELIUM TO NEAR OMAK. 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. && $$ WAZ034-131800- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...QUINCY 421 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...QUINCY * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY ICY AS FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
230 WWUS46 KOTX 131439 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 639 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 WAZ034-035-044-131545- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... QUINCY...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 639 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SHOWERS OF SNOW AND POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ WAZ038-131545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110113T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 639 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ IDZ001-132245- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 639 AM PST THU JAN 13 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: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL IN THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR TOWNS NORTH OF SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL AND PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES. THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL BE SOUTH OF SANDPOINT THIS MORNING...THEN CLOSER TO THE BC BORDER BY AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTH. * TIMING: HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTH IDAHO MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES. 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. && $$ WAZ037-132245- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 639 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 4000 FEET. VALLEY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY NORTH OF DEER PARK. UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN DEER PARK WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. ALL VALLEYS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL AND PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF BOTH PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY THIS MORNING...THEN CLOSER TO THE BC BORDER BY AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTH. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * IMPACTS: THOSE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND GREATLY DETERIORATED ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-132245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 639 AM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET. DUE TO RISING SNOW LEVELS...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4500 FEET TODAY WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. * ELEVATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE WET AND LESS THAN AN INCH BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE DAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING ABOVE 4000 FEET TOMORROW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH IN THE VALLEYS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. RIDGE TOP WINDS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4500 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL REDEVELOP TOMORROW. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD ANTICIPATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TOMORROW 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. && $$
076 WWUS46 KOTX 132206 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 206 PM PST THU JAN 13 2011 IDZ001-132315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 206 PM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED AND SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ IDZ004-WAZ037-132315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110114T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 206 PM PST THU JAN 13 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED AND SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 10, 10:30 AM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 10:30 AM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1030 AM PST MON JAN 10 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
COLDER AIR WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST
TODAY IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING WAVE THAT BROUGHT SNOW TO NORTH
IDAHO OVERNIGHT. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...A MAJOR WINTER STORM
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS PACIFIC MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH ARCTIC AIR.
THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT
WEEKEND...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN IN THE
VALLEYS BY MID TO LATE WEEK.
&&
...HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY
WARMER AND WETTER WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK...
.DISCUSSION...
ONLY COSMETIC CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY. CLOUDS OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON MAY BE A BIT MORE STUBBORN TO
BREAK UP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAN MODELS SUGGEST. AN UPDATE
MAY BE NEEDED FOR MORE CLOUDS THROUGH THE EVENING IN
OMAK...WENATCHEE...AND MOSES LAKE.
THE BIG STORY WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE 12Z MODELS
CONTINUE TO SUGGEST HEAVY SNOW IN THIS TIME FRAME. ALMOST THE
ENTIRE SPOKANE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IMPACTED...WITH POSSIBLY THE
LEWISTON AREA SPARED. A WARM INFLUX OF AIR LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK WILL LIKELY BRING ROUNDS OF RAIN...SOME COULD
BE LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND. SO WHAT WAS ONCE A HUGE AND PROLONGED SNOW EVENT...NOW
APPEARS TO BE A QUICK HEAVY SNOW EVENT TUE NIGHT/WED...FOLLOWED BY
A POTENTIAL HYDROLOGICAL PROBLEM. A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK WILL BE
ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON HIGHLIGHTING POTENTIAL RISES ON STREAMS.
ALSO LOOK FOR MORE DETAILS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND
THE WINTER STORM WATCH. /GKOCH
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS...A RATHER QUIET AVIATION DAY. DRY ARCTIC NORTHEAST FLOW
HAS CLEARED MUCH OF THE LOW STRATUS OUT OF THE SPOKANE FORECAST
AREA. SOME LOW CLOUDS REMAIN IN THE PULLMAN AND LEWISTON
AREAS...WITH CIGS BELOW 2000 FEET. SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON/SOUTHERN
ID PANHANDLE ARE OFTEN THE LAST SPOTS TO CLEAR OUT...SINCE THESE
AREAS ARE SOMEWHAT SHELTERED FROM NORTHEAST ARCTIC INTRUSIONS. I
EXPECT THAT THE STRATOCUMULUS WILL DISSIPATE WITH THE SETTING SUN
IN LEWISTON AND PULLMAN. EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THERE IS SOME
SUGGESTION BY THE NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS THAT SOME LOW CLOUDS OR
FOG COULD DEVELOP IN MOSES LAKE AND WENATCHEE AREAS. I TRENDED
THIS WAY WITH INTRODUCTION OF SOME LIGHT MIST AND SCATTERED LOW
CLOUDS SINCE MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS SCENARIO IS LOW AT THIS TIME.
/GKOCH
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 21 2 20 19 32 31 / 0 0 0 100 100 90
COEUR D'ALENE 22 1 19 18 31 30 / 0 0 0 90 100 100
PULLMAN 23 7 22 22 35 33 / 10 0 0 70 100 90
LEWISTON 29 14 28 28 40 36 / 10 0 0 60 100 90
COLVILLE 24 4 20 19 26 25 / 0 0 0 100 100 70
SANDPOINT 21 1 18 16 28 27 / 10 0 0 80 100 100
KELLOGG 20 3 18 18 31 30 / 10 0 0 80 100 100
MOSES LAKE 24 4 22 19 26 25 / 0 0 10 100 100 60
WENATCHEE 26 9 20 19 25 24 / 0 0 10 100 90 50
OMAK 26 0 17 16 25 24 / 0 0 0 100 100 40
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...COEUR D'ALENE
AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...
SPOKANE AREA...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING MOSES LAKE AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY...UPPER COLUMBIA
BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 6:09 AM PST, 7 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 609 AM PST MON JAN 10 2011 IDZ001>004-WAZ033>038-041>044-111415- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 609 AM PST MON JAN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MOIST PACIFIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO CLASH WITH COLD ARCTIC TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTH WASHINGTON CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. SOME FORECAST CHARTS ALSO SHOW WARMER AIR ENTERING FROM THE SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH HOW FAR NORTH THIS WARMER AIR REACHES. IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'LL SEE A TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...OR EVEN ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. IT WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS INCLUDES AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE DEEP BASIN AND LEWISTON AREA...AND AS FAR NORTH AS THE LOWER NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND OKANOGAN VALLEY. ACROSS THE DEEPER BASIN AND THE LEWISTON AREA...THIS SCENARIO MAY LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND 5 INCHES OR LESS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FOR THE EVENT. PACIFIC SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND COLLIDE WITH THE ARCTIC AIR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY AND ITS IMPACTS FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 GIVEN HIGHER CONFIDENCE OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-111415- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 609 AM PST MON JAN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MOIST PACIFIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO CLASH WITH COLD ARCTIC TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTH WASHINGTON CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. SOME FORECAST CHARTS ALSO SHOW WARMER AIR ENTERING FROM THE SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH HOW FAR NORTH THIS WARMER AIR REACHES. IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'LL SEE A TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...OR EVEN ALL RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. IT WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS INCLUDES AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE DEEP BASIN AND LEWISTON AREA...AND AS FAR NORTH AS THE LOWER NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND OKANOGAN VALLEY. ACROSS THE DEEPER BASIN AND THE LEWISTON AREA...THIS SCENARIO MAY LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND 5 INCHES OR LESS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FOR THE EVENT. PACIFIC SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND COLLIDE WITH THE ARCTIC AIR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY AND ITS IMPACTS FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 GIVEN HIGHER CONFIDENCE OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:38 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 32 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.