Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 21, 2011, 3:03 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; 13 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 21, 2011, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 3 days. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2011, 3:03 PM PST (23:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2011, 9:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 3:43 AM PST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 5:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Sandpoint, ID | ESTIMATED 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 5:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Osburn, ID | ESTIMATED 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 5:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Wallace, ID | ESTIMATED 8.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 13 Ne Sandpoint, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-8 |
| Feb 22, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Wallace, ID | |
| Feb 22, 6:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 W Anatone, WA | MEASURED 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.4 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 7 Nne Sandpoint, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-13 |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ssw Metaline Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-10 |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 8 Se Northport, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-5 |
| Feb 22, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | Prichard, ID | MEASURED 7.9 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 7:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Ne Metaline, WA | MEASURED 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 7:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 8 Se Northport, WA | MEASURED 8.2 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 Wsw Sagle, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-14 |
| Feb 22, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 Nw Naples, ID | 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.3 | 5 Ene Bonners Ferry, ID | 5.3 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 5 Nne Sandpoint, ID | MEASURED 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.7 | Bonners Ferry, ID | MEASURED 5.7 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 10:35 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 S Bonners Ferry, ID | 4.5 INCHES ESTIMATED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1035 AM |
| Feb 22, 10:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 Ese Bonners Ferry, ID | 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 7 AM. 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 10:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 S Bonners Ferry, ID | 6 TO 8 INCHES ON SNOW ESTIMATED SINCE MONDAY EVENING |
| Feb 22, 10:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 N Bonners Ferry, ID | 8 INCHES TOTAL SINCE MONDAY EVENING |
| Feb 22, 1:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 Sw Bonners Ferry, ID | MEASURED 15 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE MONDAY EVENING |
| Feb 22, 1:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nne Moscow, ID | ESTIMATED 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Feb 22, 1:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 5 Ene Bonners Ferry, ID | 12.5 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 3 AM ON TUESDAY |
| Feb 22, 5:35 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 W Anatone, WA | 8.0 INCHES FROM 6AM-530PM. STORM TOTAL IS 12 INCHES. STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER AS13. |
| Feb 23, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 1 E Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-7 |
| Feb 23, 4:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Pullman, WA | STORM TOTAL 7 INCHES. |
| Feb 23, 4:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 8 E Chelan, WA | |
| Feb 23, 4:30 PM PST | SNOW 5 | Wnw Colville, WA | |
| Feb 23, 4:30 PM PST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Sw Bonners Ferry, ID | STORM TOTAL 20.5 INCHES. SNOW FALL ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM PST | SNOW 4.5 | Moscow, ID | |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM PST | SNOW 7 | 6 Wnw Diamond Lake, WA | 7 INCHES NEW IN PAST 3 HOURS. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM PST | SNOW 8.5 | 7 S Newport, WA | NEW SNOW SINCE 1300. |
| Feb 23, 5:49 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Clayton, WA | SWE 0.27 INCHES |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM PST | SNOW 2 | Prichard, ID | PAST 30 MINUTES. |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM PST | SNOW 4.8 | 11 N Airway Heights, WA | |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 4 W Anatone, WA | SINCE 0600 AM. |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM PST | SNOW 5.5 | Wsw Newport, WA | SINCE 1400 PM. 0.27 INCHES PRECIPITATION |
| Feb 23, 6:30 PM PST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 E Clark Fork, ID | |
| Feb 23, 8:55 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 3 Wnw Diamond Lake, WA | 7.5 INCHES SINCE THIS MORNING. SNOW DEPTH 26 INCHES. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 2 E Airway Heights, WA | SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 5.1 INCHES TODAY AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 2 E Spokane, WA | SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 5.1 INCHES TODAY AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | NWS SPOKANE - 7.9 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY, STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 23, 10:01 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | 1 Wnw Deer Park, WA | 5.6 INCHES TODAY, 3.4 INCHES OVER THE PAST 8 HOURS. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 2 E Airway Heights, WA | SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 11.0 INCHES SINCE 10AM WEDNESDAY...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | NWS SPOKANE - 12.3 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 10AM WEDNESDAY...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 24, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 5 S Spangle, WA | SR195 CLOSED BETWEEN SPANGLE AND ROSALIA |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.1 | Ene Kellogg, ID | COCORAHS ID-SH-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 9 E Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-6 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 7.6 | 1 E Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-7 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 8.5 | Asotin, WA | |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.2 | 3 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.3 | 5 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Feb 24, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 14 | 4 W Anatone, WA | 5 INCHES FROM 6AM TO 6PM WEDNESDAY. 9 ADDITIONAL INCHES FROM 6PM WEDNESDAY TO 6AM THURSDAY. |
| Feb 24, 6:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 4 W Boyds, WA | 7.2 INCHES STORM TOTAL OF WHICH 4.5 INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT. SPOTTER FERRY11. |
| Feb 24, 6:38 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Entiat, WA | SPOTTER CHELAN 25 |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408 WWUS46 KOTX 212303 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 303 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...NORTH IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF RECEIVING ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ004-220815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.110222T1200Z-110225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110222T0600Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 303 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS FROM THE SILVER VALLEY TO THE ST. JOE RIVER VALLEY. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. * TIMING: SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE SILVER VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ001-220815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.110222T1200Z-110225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T0600Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 303 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AROUND SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING: SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-220815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.110222T2000Z-110225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T1500Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 303 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: MID MORNING TUESDAY...TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS MIDDAY TUESDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-220815- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T0800Z-110223T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 303 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES * TIMING: AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-220815- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T0600Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 303 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS FROM CHEWLAH AND USK TO NORTHPORT AND METALINE. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
20 follow-up statements
584 WWUS46 KOTX 220445 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 845 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...NORTH IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF RECEIVING ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ004-221545- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110222T0500Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 845 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS FROM THE SILVER VALLEY TO THE ST. JOE RIVER VALLEY. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. * TIMING: SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE SILVER VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-221545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T0800Z-110223T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 845 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES * TIMING: AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ037-221545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T0600Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 845 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS FROM CHEWLAH AND USK TO NORTHPORT AND METALINE. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-221545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T0600Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 845 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AROUNDSANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING: SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ031-221545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T1500Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 845 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: MID MORNING TUESDAY...TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BEPOSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS MIDDAY TUESDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
268 WWUS46 KOTX 221312 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 512 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...NORTH IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF RECEIVING ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ004-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 512 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE VALLEYS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE SILVER VALLEY AND THE ST. JOE RIVER VALLEY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE SILVER VALLEY TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 512 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY ON TOP OF THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE TODAY. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE HAVE BECOME SNOW COVERED INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 95 NORTH OF LEWISTON TO PLUMMER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 512 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TODAY ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS FROM CHEWLAH AND USK TO NORTHPORT AND METALINE. STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LATE TONIGHT...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 512 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY...ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AROUND SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-222300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110222T1500Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 512 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$
693 WWUS46 KOTX 221900 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1100 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...NORTH IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF RECEIVING ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ001-230300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1100 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY...ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 24 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AROUND SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ004-230300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1100 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE VALLEYS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE SILVER VALLEY AND THE ST. JOE RIVER VALLEY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE SILVER VALLEY TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS: ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-230300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 1100 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY ON TOP OF THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE TODAY. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE HAVE BECOME SNOW COVERED INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 95 NORTH OF LEWISTON TO PLUMMER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-230300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1100 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE VALLEYS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS FROM CHEWLAH AND USK TO NORTHPORT AND METALINE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. STORM TOTALS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ WAZ031-230300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1100 AM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
694 WWUS46 KOTX 222317 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ002-003-230730- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON TOP OF THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-230730- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110223T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1200Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-230730- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1200Z-110225T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-230730- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-230730- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM 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 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST 20 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-230730- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MORE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-230730- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THEN INCREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ027-230730- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110223T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-230730- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ031-230730- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 317 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
061 WWUS46 KOTX 230251 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ004-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MORE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THEN INCREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1200Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST 20 TO 25 MPHWEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON TOP OF THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 1 TO 4 INCHES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...THEN AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT OR POSSIBLY END FOR A PERIOD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-231100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 651 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$
387 WWUS46 KOTX 230503 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. WAZ031-231315- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T0503Z-110224T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 4 TO 7 INCHES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY... THEN AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...SNOW WILL BRIEFLY BECOME LIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. 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. && $$ IDZ004-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... STORM TOTAL SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE WITH STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MORE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THEN INCREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1200Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST 20 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON TOP OF THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG US 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-231315- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.110223T0503Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-231315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 903 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT OR POSSIBLY END FOR A PERIOD WEDNESDAY MORNING...EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
489 WWUS46 KOTX 230710 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED FOR THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW TO TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. IDZ004-231515- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE WITH STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP WEDNESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS HAVE BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-231515- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS INCREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...BY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1200Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT. 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 3 TO 6 INCHES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY... THEN AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THURSDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...SNOW WILL BRIEFLY BECOME LIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING... THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST-EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST 20 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG US 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-231515- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1110 PM PST TUE FEB 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT OR POSSIBLY END FOR A PERIOD WEDNESDAY MORNING...EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE INCREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY WEDNESDAY. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
932 WWUS46 KOTX 231349 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...SNOW TODAY FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL COLLIDE WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL DROP OUT OF CANADA TONIGHT...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ004-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL TRANSITION TO A STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MORE FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ037-038-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL TRANSITION TO A STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MORE FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SPOKANE AREA...4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND COULD PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ031-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: MORE SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110224T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED 10 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T1800Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST TONIGHT. STRONGEST NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AND POST FALLS AREA WITH SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK ACCUMULATIONS TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-232300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 549 AM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE QUICK ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVIEST WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
746 WWUS46 KOTX 232033 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...SNOW FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL COLLIDE WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL DROP OUT OF CANADA TONIGHT...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ004-240445- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-240445- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.110223T2300Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED 10 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: TODAY...BUT THE MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-240445- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: TODAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: MORE SNOW ON TOP OF WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-240445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL TRANSITION TO A STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MORE FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ037-038-240445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL TRANSITION TO A STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MORE FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-240445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SPOKANE AREA...4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND COULD PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ002-003-240445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST TONIGHT. STRONGEST NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AND POST FALLS AREA WITH SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-240445- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK ACCUMULATIONS TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-240445- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1233 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE QUICK ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVIEST WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
169 WWUS46 KOTX 240441 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...SNOW FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL COLLIDE WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TODAY AND TONIGHT. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL DROP OUT OF CANADA TONIGHT...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ004-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-241200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BUT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DOWN THE PURCELL TRENCH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ037-038-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 9 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>036-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ041>044-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED 10 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA...MAINLY OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK ACCUMULATIONS TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING... BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-241245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 841 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
048 WWUS46 KOTX 240739 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS COLLIDING WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SAGGING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA IS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ002-WAZ036-241545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.110224T0739Z-110224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SPOKANE AREA...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE POST FALLS...AND 2 TO 5 IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN COEUR D'ALENE AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN IN SPOKANE AND ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...SPOKANE AREA...AND WEST PLAINS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO SPANGLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-241545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.110224T0739Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER THIS MORNING BUT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ004-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 9 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>035-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ041>044-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED 10 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHTTHROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA...MAINLY OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BEPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK ACCUMULATIONS TODAY...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING... BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-241545- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1139 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHTTHROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
342 WWUS46 KOTX 240848 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND THREAT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .AN APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS COLLIDING WITH INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SAGGING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA IS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SNOWFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT... GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IDZ001-002-WAZ036-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SPOKANE METRO BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN COEUR D'ALENE AND WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN IN SPOKANE AND ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...SPOKANE AREA...AND WEST PLAINS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG HIGHWAY 95 AND OVER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO SPANGLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ004-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME EAST OR NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED. SNOW RATES THIS TONIGHT COULD APPROACH 1- 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND FOURTH OF JULY PASS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF COLVILLE...AND AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 ADDITIONAL INCHES SOUTH OF CHEWELAH. STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF COLVILLE...AND 8 TO 16 SOUTH OF CHEWELAH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033>035-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO MID THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES AROUND MOSES LAKE...ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES AROUND WILBUR...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES FOR THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE NEAR WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ041>044-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW . * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE THAT IS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-241700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1248 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
576 WWUS46 KOTX 241225 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO THIS MORNING. SOME SPOTS AROUND SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...DEER PARK...AND ST MARIES WILL RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ALONG HIGHWAY 95 FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM WEST OF SPOKANE TO WILBUR. IDZ004-242000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY BEFORE 10 AM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY UNDER SOME OF THE HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING...CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-242000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM THROUGH NOON...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE SPRINGDALE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...AND INCHELIUM AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN THESE COMMUNITIES. FURTHER NORTH...PLACES LIKE REPUBLIC...COLVILLE...AND METALINE FALLS WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: SOME SPOTS AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND INCHELIUM COULD HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041>044-242000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM THROUGH NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTH OR NORTHEAST WIND. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THE WASHINGTON DOT BEFORE TRAVELING ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES TO CHECK CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANY RESTRICTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE SPOKANE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SANDPOINT...AND UP TO AN INCH IN BONNERS FERRY. * TIMING: BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SPOKANE METRO WILL EXCEED A FOOT. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE COMMON OVER THE WEST PLAINS THIS MORNING WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE. TRAVEL THIS MORNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED... ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND THE WEST PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ033>035-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: WASHINGTON PALOUSE...FROM 5 AM TO NOON...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THE PULLMAN AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PLACES LIKE ROSALIA AND TEKOA. LOOK FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES IN PULLMAN. FOR THE MOSES LAKE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DEVELOPING OVER THE PALOUSE BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR THE SPOKANE COUNTY BORDER. * IMPACTS: LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ031-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE THAT IS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-242030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 425 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
362 WWUS46 KOTX 241416 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO THIS MORNING. SOME SPOTS AROUND SPOKANE...DAVENPORT...DEER PARK...AND ST MARIES WILL RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ALONG HIGHWAY 95 FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM WEST OF SPOKANE TO WILBUR. WAZ041>044-242000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-242000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES THIS MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 7 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE SPOKANE AREA. UP TO AN INCH IN SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY. * TIMING: BANDS OF SNOW ARE WEAKENING...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SPOKANE METRO WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF TOWN. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO POST FALLS...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE COMMON OVER THE WEST PLAINS THIS MORNING WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE. TRAVEL THIS MORNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED... ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AND THE WEST PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ004-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 7 AM TO NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY BEFORE 10 AM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY UNDER SOME OF THE HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING... CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD MONITOR ROAD REPORTS AND WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 7 AM THROUGH NOON...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND CHEWELAH AREAS. COLVILLE AND POINTS NORTH WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: SOME SPOTS AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND INCHELIUM COULD HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-035-242230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * TIMING: INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE BORDERING SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ031-242230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-242230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 616 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
531 WWUS46 KOTX 241749 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER SNOWFALL...SOME LOCALIZED AND JUST AS INTENSE. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IDZ001-002-WAZ036-250000- /O.CAN.KOTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110224T2000Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-WAZ037-038-250000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: SOME SPOTS AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND INCHELIUM ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-035-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * TIMING: INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE BORDERING SPOKANE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR BY TURNING TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION. && $$ WAZ034-041>044-250000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS NOW TO 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 949 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
526 WWUS46 KOTX 241848 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER SNOWFALL...SOME LOCALIZED AND JUST AS INTENSE. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ001-250300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.110225T0300Z-110225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ002>004-WAZ033-035>038-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN... COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-041>044-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS NOW TO 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1048 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
215 WWUS46 KOTX 242121 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER LOCALIZED SNOWFALL. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ003-WAZ033-035>038-242230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR MORE INTENSE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. SNOW SHOWERS MAY STILL OCCUR AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH OR TWO BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO WARRANT CONTINUATION OF A WINTER STORM WARNING IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ043-242230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR FURTHER INTENSE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. SNOW SHOWERS MAY STILL OCCUR AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH OR TWO BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO WARRANT CONTINUATION OF A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-250530- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.110225T0300Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM...HAYDEN...COEUR D'ALENE...AND POST FALLS AREAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ002-004-250200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW UNTIL 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-041-042-044-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS NOW TO 4 PM TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 121 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH 6 PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AROUND WINCHESTER AND NEZ PERCE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
690 WWUS46 KOTX 242358 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ...HOWEVER SMALLER WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE FURTHER LOCALIZED SNOWFALL MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ001-250800- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.110225T0300Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SCATTERED EARLY EVENING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY LATE EVENING. LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. * TIMING: UNTIL 4 AM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE RATHDRUM AND HAYDEN AREAS. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN A NUISANCE FOR DRIVERS. MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY HAVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. && $$ IDZ002-004-250100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED EVENING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY LATE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO LOOKOUT PASS. $$ WAZ034-041-042-044-250100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED EARLY EVENING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY MID EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. $$ WAZ031-250800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-250800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 358 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE AND BECOME ISOLATED LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
941 WWUS46 KOTX 250557 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 .THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ... HOWEVER A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO BRINGING SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS. THIS SNOW... ALONG WITH THE ROBUST BRISK AND COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP NUISANCE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING AS WELL. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL IN SOME LOCATIONS. IDZ001-250700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST DOWN THE PURCELL TRENCH OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...HOWEVER WIND CHILLS READINGS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BETWEEN EIGHT TO EIGHTEEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO. $$ WAZ031-251200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO WEST 7 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-251200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 957 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 1 INCH BELOW 3000 FEET. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY BY TONIGHT. FLUFFY SNOW WILL BE PRONE TO LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
920 WWUS46 KOTX 251143 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 343 AM PST FRI FEB 25 2011 WAZ031-251245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 343 AM PST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS HAS DIMINISHED AS OF 4AM FRIDAY. EXPECT A FEW FLURRIES TO LINGER INTO THE MORNING...BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR. $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-251245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110225T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 343 AM PST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...THE LEWISTON- CLARKSTON VALLEY AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE HAS DIMINISHED AS OF 4AM FRIDAY. EXPECT A FEW FLURRIES TO LINGER INTO THE MORNING...BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR. $$
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 Feb 21, 2:52 PM PST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 2:52 PM PST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
252 PM PST MON FEB 21 2011
.SYNOPSIS...BIG CHANGES WILL OCCUR THIS WEEK AS MUCH COLDER AIR
MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
TONIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON. THE THREAT FOR SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER OVER THE
PANHANDLE AND FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...WITH
THE FOCUS SHIFTING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES ON THURSDAY.
A STRONG SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WILL PUSH
TEMPERATURES ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE...AND THE COLD WILL
LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
...COMPLEX WINTER STORM TO BRING PROLONGED SNOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST...
...NEAR RECORD COLD EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND...
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE CHANGING IN THE NEXT
24 HOURS. THE MILD AND DRY "SPRING LIKE" WEATHER WILL COME TO AN
END AS THE NORTHERN JET STREAM SAGS SOUTH AND BRINGS WINTER
WEATHER TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE FLOW ALOFT HAS PIVOTED TO THE
NORTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE COOLING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW DROPS DOWN THE WEST COAST. A SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WILL DIVE ROM THE YUKON AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND
REINFORCE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. ANTICIPATE
SNOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS A SURFACE LOW ACCOMPANIED BY
A COLD FRONT SAGS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER ZONES...WITH THE
COVERAGE OF SNOW SHOWERS INCREASING DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. LAPSE
RATES STEEP LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH COOLING ALOFT. SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND IN MOST LOCATIONS...DESPITE DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES CREEPING INTO THE MID 30S. BREEZY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES INTO THE WESTERN BASIN WITH GUSTS OF 25
TO 30 MPH WITH GOOD DOWN SLOPING. UNDER THE WEST TO NORTHWEST
FLOW...THE MAIN BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z
TONIGHT. BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND MODEL AGREEMENT...DECIDED
THERE WAS ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH AND
POST SEVERAL WINTER HIGHLIGHTS. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE AIMED
AT THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE AND WILL HAVE A WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR THIS AREA. WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW...BUT STILL
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FROM NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE FAR
NORTHERN PANHANDLE...ACROSS THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA AND IDAHO
PALOUSE TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WHERE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL
BE IN EFFECT. MOST OF THE SNOW IN THE CASCADES WILL BE FOUND NEAR
THE CREST WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ON THE LOWER SLOPES. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN SEASONAL OVERNIGHT...WITH MORE NOTICEABLE COOLING
ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY. /RFOX.
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE MODELS ARE COMING INTO A
LITTLE BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE BIG PICTURE THROUGH THIS PORTION OF
THE FORECAST. BUT THE SMALL SCALE FEATURES ARE STILL SOMEWHAT
SUSPECT. AS SUCH CONFIDENCE IS LESS THEN AVERAGE FOR THE
FORECAST. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF COLD AIR WILL STALL ACROSS MY
NORTHERN ZONES TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE MAIN LOW DROPS SOUTH THROUGH
BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL THEN SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH
ALONG THE WASHINGTON/NORTH OREGON COAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE UPPER LEVEL JET WILL ALSO SAG SOUTH AND BECOME WESTERLY BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE DROPPING TO THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY.
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST LOWER AND MID LEVEL FLOW WILL
CONTINUE AS A SURFACE LOW REMAINS OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.
THIS LOW WILL BEGIN TO DROP SOUTH AS THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURE MOVES
INTO THE AREA AND WILL SET UP A CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS MY
NORTHERN ZONES. AS THE COLDER AIR FILTERS IN 500MB TEMPERATURES DROP
BELOW -30C AND THE ATMOSPHERE WILL DESTABILIZE. IN ADDITION THERE
ARE A SERIES OF WEAK EMBEDDED WAVES THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION AND WE WILL STILL HAVE SOME UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THE
EXITING JET. THE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL TAP INTO A BIT OF PACIFIC
MOISTURE..BUT PW'S ARE ONLY 50-70 PERCENT SO MOISTURE WILL BE
VERY LIMITED. HOWEVER LIFT AND FORCING WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT AND
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE AVAILABLE MOISTURE OUT OF THE
ATMOSPHERE. SHADOWING WILL KEEP THE EAST SLOPES AND BASIN
SHADOWED FROM PRECIPITATION. THE FOCUS THEN WILL BE THE UP-SLOPING
AREAS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...SHIFTING THROUGH
THE NIGHT FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE CONVERGENCE ZONE. THE PANHANDLE
WILL PICK UP SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...OTHERWISE EXPECT JUST A
DUSTING AT BEST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS THE LOW DROPS FURTHER SOUTH
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH AS WELL. THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING
24 HOURS AS THE FLOW REMAINS SOUTHWEST TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ZONES AND NORTH NORTHEAST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHER ZONES. UP-
SLOPING FLOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE
MOUNTAINS...BUT ALSO INCREASE FOR THE NORTHERN CASCADES. FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN
FOCUSED ALONG THE FRONT AS IT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTH. AGAIN
PRECIPITATION AS ALL SNOW. WITH THE MUCH COOLER AIR STREAMING INTO
THE AREA AND STEEP LAPSE RATES SNOW RATIOS WILL BE BETWEEN
15-20:1. WHICH WILL HELP TO GENERATE A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF SNOW
ACROSS THE REGION. 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE
BASIN AND SPOKANE...PALOUSE AREAS. WITH MUCH HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS
FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY CHILLY
WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES AND MAINLY
TEENS ELSEWHERE.
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY THE FLOW SLOWLY
BECOMES EASTERLY AS THE SURFACE LOW SHIFTS SOUTH. THE FOCUS THEN
BEGINS TO SHIFT SQUARELY AT THE EAST SLOPES...WENATCHEE VALLEY
AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THESE AREAS WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO
PILE UP THE SNOW. MEANWHILE DRYING FROM THE NORTHEAST CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...WITH ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS EAST OF THE
DEEP BASIN. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM THE LOWER TEENS TO MID
20S...NEAR 30 FOR THE DEEP BASIN. MANY OF THESE TEMPERATURES WILL
BE NEAR RECORD LOW HIGHS FOR THIS DATE.
THIS WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALL.
HIGHLIGHTS HAVE BEEN HOISTED TO COVER EVENTS IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS
AND WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE
REQUIRED THROUGH THE LATER PERIODS OF THE FORECAST. HOWEVER TO
HOLD OFF ON ANY CONFUSION THESE WILL BE ISSUED AS WE GET CLOSER TO
THE EVENT. /TOBIN
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...CLUSTERING OF THE GLOBAL MODEL
SOLUTIONS CONTINUES TO TREND MUCH TIGHTER IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST
TODAY THAN IN EITHER OF THE PAST TWO DAYS. TO A LARGE
DEGREE...EACH SYSTEM SET TO AFFECT THE AREA IN THE DAY 4 TO 8
PERIOD HAS BEEN WELL DEPICTED BY THE GFS SEVERAL DAYS OUT...AND IN
EACH CASE...THE ECMWF AND GEM HAVE TRENDED STRONGLY TOWARD THE GFS
SOLUTION AS THE DAYS AND MODEL CYCLES PASSED. THE SCENARIO IS TRUE
OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM MID-WEEK INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL
AS THE EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERLY FLOW LEFT OVER THE AREA BEHIND
THAT SYSTEM INTO A NORTHWESTERLY THEN WESTERLY ON SHORE FLOW. AS A
RESULT OF THIS...THE FORECAST DOES TREND MORE TOWARD THE GFS AND
ITS ENSEMBLE COUNTERPARTS THAN ANY OTHER GLOBAL MODEL SUITE. THE
RESULT IS THE TRIUMPHANT ARRIVAL OF BRUTALLY COLD AIR EARLY IN THE
EXTENDED FORECAST THAT WILL LIKELY OBLITERATE A BEVY OF RECORDS
ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST...BEFORE MODERATION TO ONLY
MODERATELY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TOWARD NEXT WEEK WITH THE
INFLUX OF MORE PACIFIC MOISTURE.
A MID-LEVEL PATTERN LITTERED WITH VARIOUS VORTICITY MAXIMA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE ON THURSDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER THE UPPER
TROUGH AXIS WILL BE SHIFTING SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS
LOOK TO BECOME LESS CONDUCIVE TO LIFT AS ALL LAYERS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE UNDERGOING COLD ADVECTION. IN ADDITION...LOW
LEVEL UPSLOPE EASTERLY FLOW INTO THE CASCADES AND
WENATCHEE/WATERVILLE AREA WILL BE SLOWLY WEAKENING ON THURSDAY
NIGHT. AS OF THIS POINTS TOWARD DRIER CANADIAN AIR FIRMLY GRIPPING
THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES AT 850 MB FALL INTO THE
-17 TO -26C RANGE ACROSS THE AREA BY 12Z FRIDAY...AND THE 12Z GEFS
MEAN 850 MB TEMPERATURE AT SPOKANE IS EVEN -21C. THIS WOULD BE BY
FAR THE COLDEST 850 MB TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR. HOWEVER...SHORTER
NIGHTS AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED OVERNIGHT MIXING DUE TO
COLD ADVECTION ON THURSDAY NIGHT SEEM PROBABLE TO KEEP VALLEY
TEMPERATURES UP JUST A BIT THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE A RADIATIONAL
COOLING SCENARIO COULD YIELD TEMPERATURES DOWN TOWARD -20F ON
THURSDAY NIGHT...THE MIXED PROFILE SEEMS MORE LIKELY TO KEEP
TEMPERATURES ABOVE -10F IN MOST VALLEYS. THE SCENARIO CHANGES JUST
24 HOURS LATER AS BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY AND
COLD/DRY AIR REMAINS IN PLACE. AS A RESULT...THE COLDEST NIGHT FOR
MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS SEEMS TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT...WHEN BELOW ZERO
VALUES WILL BE THE NORM...AND READINGS IN THE -10 TO -20F RANGE
WILL NOT BE UNCOMMON DUE TO NEW SNOW COVER PROBABILITIES AS WELL
AS A STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING ENVIRONMENT. BOTH OF THESE NIGHTS
AS WELL AS THE INTERCEDING DAYS SEEM LIKELY TO REALIZE A PLETHORA
OF NEW COLD RECORDS FOR THE DATES ALL ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST.
COLD AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE AREA ON ALL
MODELS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT TIME THE
06Z/12Z GFS HAVE BEEN TRENDING TOWARD DROPPING A TROUGH DOWN FROM
THE GULF OF ALASKA TOWARD THE OFF SHORE WATERS OF VANCOUVER. THE
12Z ECMWF FOLLOWED SUIT...HOWEVER FLOW AT ALL LEVELS LOOKS TO KEEP
MODERATED COLD AIR IN PLACE. AS A RESULT...WHEN MOISTURE RETURNS
TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST BY THE END OF NEXT WEEKEND AND THE START
OF NEXT WEEK...CHANCES OF SNOW WILL AGAIN INCREASE. /FRIES
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL WEAKEN AND WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DESCENDS INTO
NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT. THE NAM AND GFS
CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE
MOST CONCENTRATED NORTH AND EAST OF SPOKANE FROM 03Z ONWARD WHERE
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL BE FOUND. THIS SUPPORTS THE CONVECTIVE
NATURE OF THE SNOW SHOWERS...SO SOME SPOTS MAY RECEIVE QUICK
ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE OTHER NEARBY AREAS SEE LITTLE OR NO SNOW. THE
TAFS FOR KGEG...KSFF...KCOE...AND KPUW ARE SOMEWHAT GENERIC AFTER
06Z WITH VCSH OR LIGHT VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO -SHSN
ESPECIALLY AFTER 09Z THROUGH 14Z. IF TIMING OF SNOW SHOWERS PANS
OUT...SOME LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES OF A MILE OR LESS COULD
MATERIALIZE AT TIMES. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A BREAK IN SHOWER
ACTIVITY BY LATE MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS. /RFOX.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 27 35 22 28 11 16 / 60 60 40 70 70 30
COEUR D'ALENE 26 34 22 26 9 16 / 70 80 60 70 70 30
PULLMAN 27 34 23 30 17 20 / 60 70 80 70 70 40
LEWISTON 31 40 27 34 22 28 / 20 60 70 70 60 50
COLVILLE 23 35 17 28 9 23 / 70 60 60 80 70 20
SANDPOINT 25 33 20 22 6 16 / 80 80 80 80 70 30
KELLOGG 26 34 19 26 7 18 / 80 80 90 80 80 40
MOSES LAKE 25 44 23 33 17 25 / 10 20 20 40 60 50
WENATCHEE 27 42 25 32 19 25 / 20 20 20 50 60 70
OMAK 19 36 18 29 13 23 / 30 20 30 80 70 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY COEUR D'ALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE.
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 5:59 AM PST, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 559 AM PST MON FEB 21 2011 IDZ001-004-WAZ031-221500- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 559 AM PST MON FEB 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BY LATE TONIGHT IN THE SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY... WALLACE...KELLOGG...AND ST MARIES AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...AND THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 5 TO 12 INCH RANGE ARE A POSSIBILITY IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE ON WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WITH THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE A PARTICULAR CONCERN. IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ032>038-041-043-044-221500- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 559 AM PST MON FEB 21 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 SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE ON WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY. WAZ042-221500- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 559 AM PST MON FEB 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WEST SLOPES AND ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...AND THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE ON WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:56 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 17 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:03 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis and 1 more | 4 days |
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