Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 15, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 15, 2011, 3:19 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 16, 2011, 5:00 PM PST. It was in force for 17 hr. 23 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2011, 3:19 PM PST (23:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2011, 5:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2011, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 17 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, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 Wnw Diamond Lake, WA | |
| Nov 17, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Nov 17, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.9 | 6 W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-9 |
| Nov 17, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 13 Ne Sandpoint, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-8 |
| Nov 17, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 3 Wnw Alene, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-8 |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 0.2 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | WFO SPOKANE |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 0.3 | 3 Ese Airway Heights, WA | SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-3 |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 7 Ene Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-4 |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | Northport, WA | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.3 | Ssw Metaline Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-10 |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 9 N Metaline, WA | BOUNDARY DAM |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Porthill, ID | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| Nov 17, 7:26 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sandpoint, ID | 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AT SANDPOINT. |
| Nov 17, 7:52 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 Nw Diamond Lake, WA | SPOTTER PO16. ELEVATION 2318 FEET. SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Se Colville, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-12 |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | Sandpoint, ID | |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Nw Naples, ID | |
| Nov 17, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 10 W Saltese, ID | 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Nov 17, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Chewelah, WA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
477 WWUS46 KOTX 152319 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 319 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO FAR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND EXTREME NORTH IDAHO. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR A RAIN...SNOW MIX EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BELOW 3000 FEET. IDZ001-WAZ037-160730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0009.111116T2000Z-111117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111116T2000Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 319 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: INITIALLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL AT ALL ELEVATIONS. OVERNIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OFF OF THE VALLEY FLOOR SOUTH OF A SANDPOINT TO DEER PARK LINE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON WEDNESDAY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE TO THE SNOW MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS BREAKING. 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. && $$ WAZ042-160730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T1400Z-111117T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 319 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGETOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ004-160730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0010.111116T2000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 319 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * ELEVATION: INITIALLY...SNOW WILL FALL AT ALL ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE PERIOD. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGETOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
262 WWUS46 KOTX 160601 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1001 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS BY OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. IDZ004-161415- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.111116T2000Z-111117T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111116T2200Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1001 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: INITIALLY...SNOW WILL FALL AT ALL ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO 4000 TO 4500 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGETOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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-WAZ037-161415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111116T2000Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1001 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: INITIALLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL AT ALL ELEVATIONS. OVERNIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OFF OF THE VALLEY FLOOR SOUTH OF A SANDPOINT TO DEER PARK LINE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. THE HEAVY WET NATURE TO THE SNOW MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS BREAKING. 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-161415- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T1800Z-111117T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1001 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS...EXCEPT ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90 IN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING NEAR WENATCHEE AND SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BY AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE NEAR WENATCHEE AND MOSES LAKE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE...RITZVILLE...WILBUR WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...OMAK...REPUBLIC...OROVILLE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...THEY WILL TURN SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BECOME GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-161415- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T2200Z-111117T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1001 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE BEFORE ENDING AS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...CHENEY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST UNTIL EVENING...THEN TURN SOUTHWEST AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ WAZ042-161415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T1400Z-111117T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1001 PM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGETOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
273 WWUS46 KOTX 161319 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 519 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS BY OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. IDZ001-WAZ037-162200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111116T2300Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 519 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN TONIGHT IN PLACES LIKE DEER PARK...SANDPOINT...NEWPORT...AND RATHDRUM. FURTHER NORTH...PLACES LIKE COLVILLE...METALINE FALLS...PRIEST LAKE...AND BONNERS FERRY MAY REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ IDZ004-162200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111117T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 519 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...SO PLACES LIKE KELLOGG...WALLACE...ST MARIES...AND MULLAN WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE ONSET OF SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THE EVENING COMMUTE QUITE HAZARDOUS. RAPID ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-162200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T1700Z-111117T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 519 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. * ELEVATION: SNOW WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-162200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T2000Z-111117T0300Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 519 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR WENATCHEE...OMAK... WATERVILLE...REPUBLIC GRAND COULEE...AND WILBUR. 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MID DAY NEAR WENATCHEE AND SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...THEY WILL TURN SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BECOME GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-162200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111116T2300Z-111117T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 519 AM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE BEFORE ENDING AS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST UNTIL EVENING...THEN TURN SOUTHWEST AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS: THE ONSET OF SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THE EVENING COMMUTE QUITE HAZARDOUS. RAPID ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. 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. && $$
902 WWUS46 KOTX 162135 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 135 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS BY OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. IDZ001-WAZ037-170645- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111117T0100Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 135 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHEWELAH TO SANDPOINT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BONNERS FERRY...NORTHPORT...COLVILLE...AND METALINE FALLS. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN TONIGHT IN PLACES LIKE DEER PARK...SANDPOINT... NEWPORT...AND RATHDRUM. FURTHER NORTH...PLACES LIKE COLVILLE...METALINE FALLS...PRIEST LAKE...AND BONNERS FERRY MAY REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. HEAVY WET SNOW OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS SNAPPING. 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. && $$ IDZ004-170645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111117T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 135 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...SO PLACES LIKE KELLOGG... WALLACE...ST MARIES...AND MULLAN WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-170645- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T0700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 135 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR WENATCHEE...OMAK... WATERVILLE...REPUBLIC GRAND COULEE...AND WILBUR. 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT WENATCHEE AND MOSES LAKE AFTER 5PM POTENTIALLY ADDING A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING AT WENATCHEE AND OMAK AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...THEY WILL TURN SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BECOME GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A GLAZE OF ICE COULD MAKE ROADS TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-170600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111117T0100Z-111117T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 135 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 4PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE BEFORE ENDING AS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST UNTIL EVENING...THEN TURN SOUTHWEST AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS: THE ONSET OF SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THE EVENING COMMUTE QUITE HAZARDOUS. THE MAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. 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. && $$ WAZ042-170600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 135 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: SNOW WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN AFTER 5PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES AND IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
884 WWUS46 KOTX 162149 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 149 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS BY OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. IDZ004-170700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111117T0100Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 149 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...SO PLACES LIKE KELLOGG... WALLACE...ST MARIES... AND MULLAN WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT... BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-170700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.111117T0100Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 149 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHEWELAH TO SANDPOINT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BONNERS FERRY...NORTHPORT...COLVILLE...AND METALINE FALLS. 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN TONIGHT IN PLACES LIKE DEER PARK...SANDPOINT... NEWPORT...AND RATHDRUM. FURTHER NORTH...PLACES LIKE COLVILLE...METALINE FALLS...PRIEST LAKE...AND BONNERS FERRY MAY REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. HEAVY WET SNOW OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS SNAPPING. 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. && $$ WAZ042-170600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 149 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONSIN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: SNOW WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN AFTER 5PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ACROSSMOUNTAIN PASSES AND IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-170700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T0700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 149 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR WENATCHEE...OMAK... WATERVILLE...REPUBLIC GRAND COULEE...AND WILBUR. 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT WENATCHEE AND MOSES LAKE AFTER 5PM POTENTIALLY ADDING A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING AT WENATCHEE AND OMAK AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...THEY WILL TURN SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BECOME GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A GLAZE OF ICE COULD MAKE ROADS TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-170600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.111117T0100Z-111117T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 149 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 4PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE BEFORE ENDING AS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST UNTIL EVENING...THEN TURN SOUTHWEST AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS: THE ONSET OF SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THE EVENING COMMUTE QUITE HAZARDOUS. THE MAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. 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. && $$
904 WWUS46 KOTX 170539 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...SNOW INTENSITY TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. WAZ034-035-041-044-170645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T0700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE ENDED FOR THE AREA. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY SHOULD NOT BECOME WIDESPREAD. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-170645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE ENDED FOR MOST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PERIODS OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND EVEN SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BEFORE MOST OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA AND ANYTHING THAT FALLS OVER THE AREA SHOULD BE MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-171200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 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: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO AND MOST VALLEYS IN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BONNERS FERRY...DEER PARK...COLVILLE... CHEWELAH...AND METALINE FALLS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SNOW LEVELS MAY RAISE ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOORS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO...ELSEWHERE ALL SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. HEAVY WET SNOW OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS SNAPPING. 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. && $$ IDZ004-171400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...SO PLACES LIKE KELLOGG... WALLACE...ST MARIES... AND MULLAN WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT... BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-171200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. IN THE MOUNTAINS...OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES AND IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-043-171200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 939 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...THEY WILL TURN SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BECOME GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A GLAZE OF ICE COULD MAKE ROADS TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$
164 WWUS46 KOTX 170747 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1147 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...SNOW INTENSITY TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING TO NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. IDZ001-WAZ037-171200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1147 PM PST WED NOV 16 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: 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO AND MOST VALLEYS IN WASHINGTON... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BONNERS FERRY...DEER PARK... COLVILLE... CHEWELAH...AND METALINE FALLS. IN THE MOUNTAINS... 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * FREEZING RAIN: POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTY IN WASHINGTON AND BONNER COUNTY IN NORTH IDAHO. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA WILL EXTEND FROM FRUITLAND TO SPRINGDALE...DEER PARK...DIAMOND LAKE AND PRIEST RIVER. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...HIGHWAYS 395...20...2...AND 95. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SNOW LEVELS MAY RAISE ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOORS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO... ELSEWHERE ALL SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO SLUSHY ROADWAYS. HEAVY WET SNOW OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS SNAPPING. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING SURFACES GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COOLIN TO COLVILLE. 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. && $$ IDZ004-171600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1147 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SILVER VALLEY ALONG INTERSTATE 90. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...SO PLACES LIKE KELLOGG... WALLACE...ST MARIES... AND MULLAN WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT... BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SILVER VALLEY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 PRODUCING VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-171200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1147 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. IN THE MOUNTAINS...OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN VALLEYS. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES AND IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-043-171200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1147 PM PST WED NOV 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... * WINDS: WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...THEY WILL TURN SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BECOME GUSTY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE FALLING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A GLAZE OF ICE COULD MAKE ROADS TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$
724 WWUS46 KOTX 171158 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 358 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...SNOW INTENSITY TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO... .A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING TO NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE/COEUR D'ALENE AREAS...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AREAS CONTINUING. WAZ037-171300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 358 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...MORE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ WAZ038-042-043-171300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111117T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 358 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY ALONG AND NEAR THE CASCADE CREST WHICH MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WEST OF A LINE FROM PLAIN TO LAKE CHELAN. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ IDZ001-171800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 358 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BONNERS FERRY. IN THE MOUNTAINS... 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * FREEZING RAIN: POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN BONNER COUNTY IN NORTH IDAHO. HEAVY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SNOW LEVELS MAY RAISE ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOORS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT IN IDAHO... ELSEWHERE ALL SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE AND BECOME SHOWERY TODAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 20 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES THIS MORNING. TE HEAVY WET SNOW OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO SMALL TREE LIMBS SNAPPING. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING SURFACES GENERALLY SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-171800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 358 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SILVER VALLEY ALONG INTERSTATE 90. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DOWN THE THE VALLEY FLOORS. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY THIS MORNING...SO PLACES LIKE KELLOGG... WALLACE...ST MARIES... AND MULLAN WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VALLEY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS ON RIDGE TOPS AND EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SILVER VALLEY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 PRODUCING VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
008 WWUS46 KOTX 171748 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 948 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 IDZ001-171900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 948 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND VALLEY RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...BUT THE THREAT OF FURTHER SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. ANOTHER SNOW STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. $$ IDZ004-171900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-111117T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 948 AM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND VALLEY RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...BUT THE THREAT OF FURTHER SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. ANOTHER SNOW STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. $$
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 Nov 15, 2:46 PM PST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:46 PM PST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
246 PM PST Tue Nov 15 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
After quiet and dry conditions tonight, a vigorous storm system
will impact the Inland Northwest Wednesday into Thursday bringing
significant valley snow and heavy mountain snow followed by a
round of mild windy conditions. Friday will be unseasonably cold
with the potential for more accumulating snow across most of the
region. Colder than average conditions will linger through the
weekend.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight...Quiet weather to continue. A drier northwest flow aloft
with high pressure at the surface will continue overnight. Shallow
instability and orographic lift across the mountains of north
Idaho will weaken as the low levels stabilize and drier air
advects into the region. Surface winds veering to the northwest
this evening will decrease and turn out of the northeast to east
overnight. With the clear skies this evening, anticipate dramatic
radiational cooling making for another chilly night across the
region. High clouds will be on the increase overnight. Lingering
low level moisture across the valleys of northeast Washington and
north Idaho will lean toward patchy fog late tonight.
...SNOW DEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH BIGGEST
IMPACT THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE...
Wednesday...Snow! The next winter storm will be barreling across
the Cascades with a warm front lifting up from the south. Low
level southeast to easterly flow will lead to orographic lift in
the east slopes of the Cascades and snow developing by early
Wednesday morning even into the Cascade valleys. Isentropic lift
will be enhanced across much of eastern Washington as a PWAT plume
of Pacific moisture of over a half an inch presses east of the
Cascades. Snow levels will start off rather low with snow a sure
bet in most areas especially with wet bulb cooling in the lower
atmosphere. Snow will spread across the western Basin and Okanogan
Highlands through the morning hours, and then reaching the Spokane
area, Palouse and north Idaho in the afternoon. Snow levels will
gradually rise as the warm front lifts northward, but anticipate
snow to remain the dominate precipitation type through the daytime
hours. The exception being the Lewiston/Clarkston area which see a
change over to rain late in the day. Meanwhile temperatures will
struggle toward the freezing mark. The main weather impact will
be accumulating snow in the late afternoon commute where a quick
1-2 inches of snow is possible, leading to potential traffic
issues on area roadways. /rfox.
Wednesday night through Friday...Wednesday night arrives with the
forecast area in the teeth of the first storm of a one-two winter
punch. All of the main forecast guidance indicates freezing levels
will rise dramatically over the basin and the more southerly
reaches of the northern mountain arc...although a prolonged period
of mixed precipitation may remain in the East Slopes valleys and
Wenatchee area with a less certain change-over to rain here before
precipitation simply ends with the cold front passage overnight.
Thus...over most of the region north of Interstate 90 the evening
commute will likely be rather unpleasant with an inch or two of
further solid snow accumulation before a change-over to mostly
rain occurs later in the evening. In the northern valleys the snow
level may remain on the valley floors through the night...and the
inherited Winter Storm Watches for the North Idaho Panhandle and
the Northeast Washington Mountains will be upgraded to Winter
Storm Warnings with the afternoon forecast issuance. Heavy
mountain snow criteria is a near certainty in these zones...with
the main uncertainty being if the valley floors...particularly
north of a line from Sandpoint to Deer Park will achieve the
minimum criteria of 4 inches before steady snow tapers off to
showers Thursday morning. In addition a Winter Storm Watch has
been issued for the Central Panhandle Mountains. Due to the farther
south location of this zone significant uncertainty exists as to
whether warning criteria will be achieved as the snow level
rises...although at least moderate accumulations are likely even
in the I-90 corridor from Coeur D'Alene to Lookout Pass. Due to
the extended low level upslope flow into the Cascades East Slopes
during the entire day tomorrow...a Snow Advisory is also warranted
for this zone. It is likely as this storm envelopes the region
more Snow Advisories will become necessary mainly around the
peripheral regions of the basin.
After the warm front passes through late Wednesday evening...gusty
winds will become the dominant issue...with a low and mid-level flow
of 40 to 60 knots noted on the finer resolution NAM and GFS models
particularly over the eastern basin and Idaho Panhandle. Model
soundings suggest warm advection just above the surface...working
with the colder snowy surface to create an inversion which will
probably keep these winds aloft. Still...this will be a touch-
and-go scenario in which these stronger winds aloft may randomly
translate to the surface of exposed higher terrain overnight
Wednesday in this turbulent air mass...especially early Thursday
morning just prior to the cold occlusion passage. Gusty conditions
will also occur early Thursday off the Cascades as post front cold
advection downslopes into the deep basin. Otherwise...Thursday
will be a transition day back into a cold late fall air mass with
blustery conditions and residual mountain snow showers...with
likely a dry rain shadow in the deep basin as the flow aloft
reverts to a westerly zonal orientation.
...WIDESPREAD SNOW EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...
Thursday night and Friday will bring the next and potentially more
ominous winter weather producer into the region. While Wednesday's
storm will be driven by a deep surface low ejecting north into
Canada...on Friday this low pressure will redevelop under the
dynamic region of an arriving Gulf of Alaska upper low and dive
back south and strafe the forecast area more directly.
The overall suite of models including the ECMWF/NAM/Canadian/GFS
and SREF display some differences with this all important surface
feature. The GFS and ECMWF display a weak but strengthening
surface low pressure tracking along or just to the north of the
Washington/Oregon border...while the other guidance is more
nebulous with a general low pressure surface trough sprawling
across Washington. The GFS/EC solutions have displayed good
continuity from yesterday's runs...and thus will base forecast
loosely on these models. This creates a threat of snowy
conditions across the entire forecast area on Friday with a
general 1 to 3 inches...toward the lower end of the scale in the
far north...and toward the high end in the south.
However...pattern recognition and mid latitude cyclone theory
postulates that an elliptical band...perhaps 100 miles long and 50
miles wide...of more intense snow is likely to fall just to the
north of the surface low track under the mid-level TROWAL region.
At this time...the GFS solution suggests Shoshone County...the
Palouse and points west to about Moses Lake are in this highest
threat area...same as yesterday's GFS was displaying. The ECMWF
model tracks the low a bit farther north suggesting the Northern
Columbia Basin...including the Spokane/CDA region...and Shoshone
County will catch the brunt of this unpleasantness. At this
time...confidence is increasingly high for a widespread light to
moderate snow event over the entire forecast area on Friday...with
uncertainty still existing on where the anomalous swath of
potentially heavy accumulations will fall. Stay tuned. /Fugazzi
Friday night through Tuesday..Longwave pattern depicts more a
split flow starting to evolve. Friday night and on through most of
the weekend the jet is well to the south or west of the area but
then ridge amplification to the west pushes the jet stream back up
from the west with placement overhead or in close proximity late
Sunday on into Tuesday. As a result of this jet stream placement
to the south a cold conditionally unstable air mass remains
overhead Friday night into Sunday that could allow for snow shower
activity if a significant enough shortwave trigger passes through.
Friday night has such a shortwave with a moisture connection
wrapped into it that slowly sags and exits to the south/southeast
by Saturday afternoon. Shortwaves that pass Sunday look structured
more to be light snow producers for mountains rather than valleys.
Monday and Tuesday the earlier mentioned intrusion of the jet
stream is coupled with an odd wet occluded frontal feature
oriented southwest to northeast that sags into the area in a
northwest to southeast trajectory of approach. That scenario
initially calls for high pops Friday night that tapper down by
Saturday afternoon with the exit of the significant shortwave
along with some cooling. This is then followed by increasing pops,
warming temperatures, rising snow levels, and an increase in wind
Monday into Tuesday /pelatti
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS...High pressure aloft and a dry northwest flow aloft will
keep the taf sites VFR through the day and much of the night. A
mid level deck east of KCOE-KPUW will persist over the central
Idaho panhandle with occasional snow showers and mountain
obscured to KMLP. Light southwest winds will back to the east
overnight. The next storm system will approach the region late
tonight with high and mid level clouds spreading east of the
Cascades after 10z with cigs lowering after 12z and areas of mvfr
cigs/vsbys with light snow impacting KEAT to KMWH after 14-16z.
/rfox.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 17 32 32 40 26 31 / 0 90 100 20 30 70
Coeur d'Alene 14 31 31 40 26 31 / 0 80 100 30 30 70
Pullman 20 35 35 40 28 32 / 0 80 100 30 40 70
Lewiston 24 44 40 47 29 39 / 0 50 60 20 40 70
Colville 18 32 29 40 22 31 / 0 100 100 30 20 60
Sandpoint 15 32 31 38 23 29 / 0 70 100 50 20 60
Kellogg 20 33 33 35 25 28 / 10 70 100 60 50 80
Moses Lake 19 33 28 44 22 35 / 0 90 40 10 30 70
Wenatchee 24 32 29 42 27 35 / 0 100 50 10 40 70
Omak 16 30 24 39 17 33 / 0 100 70 10 40 60
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Storm Warning from Noon Wednesday to 4 AM PST Thursday
for Northern Panhandle.
Winter Storm Watch from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday
morning for Central Panhandle Mountains.
WA...Winter Storm Warning from Noon Wednesday to 4 AM PST Thursday
for Northeast Mountains.
Winter Weather Advisory from 6 AM to 10 PM PST Wednesday for
East Slopes Northern Cascades.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 6:16 AM PST, 9 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 616 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 IDZ001-WAZ037-042-161515- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 616 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A VIGOROUS STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PLACES LIKE SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...COLVILLE...LEAVENWORTH...AND TWISP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO...ABOVE 4000 FEET...HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADE CREST WILL LIKELY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF NEW SNOW. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>036-038-041-043-044-161515- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 616 AM PST TUE NOV 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A VIGOROUS STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES THAT HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF RECEIVING ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE SPOKANE... COEUR D'ALENE...KELLOGG...PULLMAN...WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND GRAND COULEE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE...WEST PLAINS...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND POMEROY AREA. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:36 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai | 12 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:19 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 7 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:19 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Kootenai | 37 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.