Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 21, 2011, 4:48 AM PST for 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 21, 2011, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2011, 4:48 AM PST (12:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2011, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2011, 7:32 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WWUS46 KOTX 211248 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 448 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ004-212100- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0003.110121T1900Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 448 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$
7 follow-up statements
121 WWUS46 KOTX 211447 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 647 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .THIS MORNING...A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE TO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND AROUND THE MOSES LAKE AREA. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ004-212300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.110121T1900Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 647 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-211900- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.110121T1447Z-110121T1900Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 647 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH AROUND OTHELLO... RITZVILLE...ODESSA....AND WILBUR. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. 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. && $$
903 WWUS46 KOTX 211619 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 819 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .THIS MORNING...A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE TO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE MOSES LAKE AREA...AND THE SPOKANE REGION. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ004-220030- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.110121T2000Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 819 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ IDZ001>003-WAZ033-036>038-212000- /O.EXB.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RATHDRUM...PRIEST RIVER... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PLUMMER... ROSALIA...TEKOA...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 819 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH AROUND OTHELLO... RITZVILLE...ODESSA....WILBUR AND SPOKANE TO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF BONNER COUNTY...STEVENS COUNTY...PEND OREILLE COUNTY AND FERRY COUNTY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH LATE MORNING. POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...AND THE SPOKANE REGION NORTH TO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF BONNER COUNTY...STEVENS COUNTY...PEND OREILLE COUNTY AND FERRY COUNTY. * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-212000- /O.EXT.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T2000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 819 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH AROUND OTHELLO... RITZVILLE...ODESSA....AND WILBUR. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
154 WWUS46 KOTX 211950 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1150 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ001-WAZ037-220000- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0007.110121T1950Z-110122T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1150 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND POCKETS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH TODAY. POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST TOWNS BY LATE AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTH PARTS OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY...STEVENS COUNTY AND AND MUCH OF BONNER COUNTY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. SNOW AND POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033>035-044-212100- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...ROSALIA...TEKOA... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1150 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. THOUGH POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF GRANT AND LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING THE RAIN...THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. HIGHWAY 2 WILL STILL BE UNDER THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING THE RAIN. $$ IDZ004-220400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.110121T2000Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 1150 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-038-212100- /O.EXT.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T2100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...DAVENPORT 1150 AM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF STEVENS COUNTY...PEND OREILLE COUNTY AND FERRY COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH MIDDAY. POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING BY MIDDAY AND THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... SPOKANE...DAVENPORT * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
469 WWUS46 KOTX 212053 AAB WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1253 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ002-WAZ036-038-212200- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110121T2100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...DAVENPORT 1253 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE REACH THE MID 30S FOR ALL TOWNS THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ IDZ004-220500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 1253 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-220000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110122T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1253 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH TODAY. POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST TOWNS BY LATE AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTH PARTS OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY... STEVENS COUNTY AND AND MUCH OF BONNER COUNTY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. SNOW AND POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
437 WWUS46 KOTX 212143 AAC WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 143 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE....WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN. FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET TONIGHT...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ004-220545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 143 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-220000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110122T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 143 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOCALIZED VALLEY AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SANDPOINT TO COLVILLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST TOWNS BY LATE AFTERNOON AS RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTH PARTS OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY... STEVENS COUNTY AND MUCH OF BONNER COUNTY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON CARS... SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...AND UNTREATED ROADS. SNOW AND POCKETS OF SLEET WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
212 WWUS46 KOTX 212352 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...THOUGH THE FAST MOVING COLD FRONT THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS AND SNOW TODAY WILL MOVE OUT OF NORTH IDAHO THIS EVENING...LINGERING SHOWERS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET TONIGHT...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS ON INTERSTATE 90. IDZ001-WAZ037-220100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110122T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 352 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO BORDERING MONTANA WILL PRODUCE ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING. EXPECT DRY WEATHER ELSEWHERE. $$ IDZ004-220800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 352 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 11 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING: HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING TO SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE EXPOSED MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 WILL BE IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES LOOKOUT PASS. THE ELEVATION OF LOOKOUT PASS IS ABOUT 4700 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$
738 WWUS46 KOTX 220332 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 732 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...SNOW QUICKLY WINDING DOWN IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE... IDZ004-220445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110122T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 732 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A FRONT HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...WITH MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT MOVING OVER THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOWFALL CONTINUING TO DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ONLY VERY MINIMAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:47 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:50 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai | 4 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.