Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 16, 2012, 3:30 PM PST for 8 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 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
- Jan 16, 2012, 3:30 PM PST (23:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2012, 4:00 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, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 Nw Plain, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-35 |
| Jan 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Jan 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 12 N Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-33 |
| Jan 17, 10:24 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 3 Nw Naples, ID | |
| Jan 17, 12:28 PM PST | SNOW 7 | 5 Sse Clark Fork, ID | 9 INCHES ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 17, 12:28 PM PST | SNOW 9 | Sse Clark Fork, ID | 10 INCHES ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 17, 1:02 PM PST | SNOW 8 | 3 S Plain, WA | |
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Kellogg, ID | 2 INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT...3 INCHES NEW TODAY. |
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Smelterville, ID | SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. |
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | Osburn, ID | SINCE 9PM TUESDAY EVENING. |
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Wallace, ID | SNOW STARTED TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES. |
| Jan 17, 4:06 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Pinehurst, ID | |
| Jan 17, 4:06 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 4 Wnw Wallace, ID | 6.8 INCHES SINCE 630 AM. STORM TOTAL OF 10.6 INCHES. |
| Jan 17, 4:06 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Mullan, ID | SNOWING SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Jan 17, 5:05 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nne Moscow, ID | |
| Jan 17, 5:11 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Prichard, ID | RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY |
| Jan 17, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.7 | 1 Nw Plain, WA | 12.7 INCHES SINCE 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 28.0 INCHES |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.7 | Wsw Malaga, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-4 |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Moses Lake, WA | COCORAHS WA-GR-3 |
| Jan 18, 10:52 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 Ssw Pomeroy, WA | SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE 6PM TUESDAY. |
| Jan 18, 10:54 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 W Rosalia, WA | SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE 5AM. |
| Jan 18, 10:54 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 8 Ne Benge, WA | SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE 3AM. |
| Jan 18, 10:54 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 S Clarkston, WA | SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Jan 18, 10:54 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Uniontown, WA | |
| Jan 18, 10:54 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Ssw Clarkston, WA | SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE 10PM TUESDAY. |
| Jan 18, 10:54 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Pomeroy, WA | SINCE 9PM TUESDAY EVENING. |
| Jan 18, 11:16 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | S La Crosse, WA | |
| Jan 18, 11:16 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Wsw Pullman, WA | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ese Lewiston, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Sw Lapwai, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 5 | N Kamiah, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 5 | S Lenore, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 2 Ese Clarkston, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 6 | S Culdesac, ID | 3 INCHES SINCE 9AM |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 7 | Se Winchester, ID | 0.54 INCHES PRECIPITABLE WATER |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Ese Moscow, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 8 | 3 W Craigmont, ID | |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Wnw Troy, ID | SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE TUE EVENING. |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 8 | Wsw Nezperce, ID | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | SNOW 10 | 5 Ne Nezperce, ID | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY |
| Jan 18, 11:29 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Wsw Deary, ID | SNOW STARTED ABOUT 8PM TUESDAY EVENING |
| Jan 18, 11:30 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ene Omak, WA | IN PAST 5 HOURS |
| Jan 18, 11:55 AM PST | SNOW 7 | 1 Nw Winthrop, WA | |
| Jan 18, 12:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nne Brewster, WA | SPOTTER OK10 |
| Jan 18, 12:30 PM PST | SNOW 3.1 | 1 Wnw Deer Park, WA | SNOWFALL IN THE PAST 5 HOURS |
| Jan 18, 12:51 PM PST | SNOW 2 | S Sandpoint, ID | |
| Jan 18, 12:51 PM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Wnw Wallace, ID | 3 INCHES ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 18, 12:51 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 Ssw Sandpoint, ID | 12 INCHES ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 18, 12:51 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Se Malott, WA | AT 800AM |
| Jan 18, 1:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 3 S Pullman, WA | 9 INCHES OF SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 18, 1:51 PM PST | SNOW 4 | Se Grand Coulee, WA | |
| Jan 18, 2:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 6 Nw Spokane, WA | SB |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Grand Coulee, WA | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Odessa, WA | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lind, WA | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | Winchester, ID | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | Winthrop, WA | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | La Crosse, WA | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Mazama, WA | |
| Jan 18, 10:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | Lewiston, ID |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
540 WWUS46 KOTX 162330 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 WAZ038-043-170030- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS WILL RECEIVE PERIODS OF SNOW THIS WEEK. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE OMAK...TONASKET...AND REPUBLIC FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW AXIS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON. $$ IDZ004-170730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN ANOTHER 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 30 TO 40 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN AND INTENSIFY ON WEDNESDAY. * WIND: VALLEY WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 MPH. MOUNTAIN WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-170730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.120117T0300Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING:...FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THE WEEKEND...AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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-WAZ033-036-170730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.120117T0300Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES STARTING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY ARE LIKELY. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE OVER IDAHO. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND POTENTIALLY DROP 6 INCHES TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ042-170730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.120117T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CREST...6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW TOTALS BY THURSDAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE DURING THIS SEVERAL DAY SNOWY PERIOD. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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-WAZ031-032-034-035-041-044-170730- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 330 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NEXT STRONG SYSTEM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE WENATCHEE AREA...AND THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BRING SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE OF IDAHO 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
16 follow-up statements
254 WWUS46 KOTX 170643 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1043 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 IDZ004-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1043 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...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: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN ANOTHER 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 30 TO 40 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN AND INTENSIFY ON WEDNESDAY. * WIND: VALLEY WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 MPH. MOUNTAIN WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1043 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING:...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THE WEEKEND... AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY MAY MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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-WAZ033-036-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1043 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY, WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 6. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE OVER IDAHO. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND POTENTIALLY DROP 6 INCHES TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY ...LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ042-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1043 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CREST...6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW TOTALS BY THURSDAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE DURING THIS SEVERAL DAY SNOWY PERIOD. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-034-035-041-044-171500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1043 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NEXT STRONG SYSTEM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE WENATCHEE AREA...AND THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON... TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BRING SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE OF IDAHO 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT... MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
599 WWUS46 KOTX 171228 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 IDZ002-003-172030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND DROP 6 INCHES TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-172030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO TWO FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TONIGHT...THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THE WEEKEND... AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ033-036-172030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND DROP 6 INCHES TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-172030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL RECEIVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BRING SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE OF IDAHO 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-172030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE WENATCHEE AREA...AND THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-172030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN ANOTHER 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 30 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WIND: VALLEY WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 MPH. MOUNTAIN WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-172030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...AND 6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE TODAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW TOTALS BY THURSDAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE DURING THIS SEVERAL DAY SNOWY PERIOD. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MOUNTAIN GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-172030- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 428 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 20 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TONIGHT...THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THE WEEKEND... AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$
208 WWUS46 KOTX 171649 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 WAZ036-180100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: INCH OR LESS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND DROP 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-90. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-180100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: INCH OR LESS IN THE VALLEYS TODAY...WITH 2 IN MOUNTAINS. ON WEDNESDAY 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS 5 TO 7 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TONIGHT...THEN HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SUSTAINED 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ033-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF LA CROSSE AND ST JOHN. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND DROP 6 INCHES TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO TWO FEET. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF BREAK TONIGHT...THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THE WEEKEND... AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. MOUNTAIN WIND SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ002-003-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY. A HEAVIER SNOW PRODUCING STORM WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AND DROP 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BECOMING HEAVY BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING...THEN ANOTHER 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 30 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WIND: VALLEY WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 15 MPH. MOUNTAIN WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL RECEIVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BRING SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE OF IDAHO 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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: FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE WENATCHEE AREA...AND THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-180100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 849 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND SOUTH OF LAKE WENATCHEE...AND 6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE WENATCHEE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE TODAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. VALLEY SNOW TOTALS BY THURSDAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE DURING THIS SEVERAL DAY SNOWY PERIOD. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MOUNTAIN GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
777 WWUS46 KOTX 180025 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 IDZ001-181000- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POTENTIAL SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ042-181000- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T0025Z-120119T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS...5 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE 10 TO 20 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY AROUND MOSCOW AND POTLATCH. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD BE IN THE 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THE NEXT ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 14 TO 20 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: A BREAK IN THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL REDEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034>036-041-044-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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: FOR THE THE WENATCHEE AREA AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR THE MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE AREAS...3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * TIMING: A ROUND OF SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL HEIGHTEN TO POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF CHEWELAH. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: ONE ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
096 WWUS46 KOTX 180044 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 WAZ033-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY AROUND MOSCOW AND POTLATCH. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD BE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE AROUND COEUR D'ALENE AND AS HIGH AS 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THE NEXT ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 14 TO 20 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: A BREAK IN THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL REDEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN... BLEWETT PASS 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS...5 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE 10 TO 20 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034>036-041-044-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE THE WENATCHEE AREA AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR THE MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE AREAS...3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. FOR THE SPOKANE AREA...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY. * TIMING: A ROUND OF SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL HEIGHTEN TO POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-181000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 444 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POTENTIAL SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
316 WWUS46 KOTX 180620 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 WAZ033-181500- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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: 6 TO 12 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY AROUND MOSCOW AND POTLATCH. ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD BE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE AROUND COEUR D'ALENE AND AS HIGH AS 10 TO 20 INCH RANGE OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THE NEXT ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... 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 WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 14 TO 20 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: A BREAK IN THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL REDEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN... BLEWETT PASS 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS...5 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE 10 TO 20 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE LEWISTON AREA...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY THURSDAY. FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE... ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON... TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034>036-041-044-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.120118T1200Z-120120T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...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: FOR THE THE WENATCHEE AREA AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR THE MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE AREAS...3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. FOR THE SPOKANE AREA...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY. * TIMING: A ROUND OF SNOW IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL HEIGHTEN TO POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-181500- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.120118T1800Z-120120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.120118T1800Z-120119T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1020 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AMOUNTS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POTENTIAL SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
520 WWUS46 KOTX 181310 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 IDZ004-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...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: 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...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: FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. MORE SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BELOW ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ033-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW ON THURSDAY COULD DELIVER AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE MORE DEVELOPS ON THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034>036-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...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: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE TO 10 MPH ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST OF WENATCHEE. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL HEIGHTEN TO POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE... CHELAN... ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS: IN THE VALLEYS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE 10 TO 20 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES TODAY AND TURN TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN... WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-190000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.120118T1800Z-120119T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 510 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF A COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT LINE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID-MORNING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATION TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL MAKE FOR 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. && $$
894 WWUS46 KOTX 182323 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 IDZ026-027-WAZ032-190830- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET. ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE 8 TO 15 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AT THE SURFACE TONIGHT...BUT WILL RISE TO 2000 FEET DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. DURING THE PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BELOW 2000 FEET. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-190830- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON 8 TO 15 INCHES OF FURTHER ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. * ELEVATION: HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND MINOR ACCUMULATING WET SNOW BELOW 2500 FEET. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME STEADY AND INTENSIFY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-190830- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FURTHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN GENERAL WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ADDITION TO TODAY'S ACCUMULATION. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH MINOR FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS. STEADY SNOW WILL RETURN AND BECOME MORE INTENSE ON THURSDAY AND LAST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME 10 TO 20 MPH OUT OF THE WEST AND PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-190600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MORE EXPOSED LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. * WIND CHILLS: BETWEEN 5F TO -10F. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 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. && $$ WAZ041-044-190600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF WENATCHEE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY THIS EVENING. * NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * WIND CHILLS: 5F TO -10F WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-190830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...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: ANOTHER 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME STEADY AND INTENSIFY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-190600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS: TOTAL VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * IMPACTS: HEAVY RATES OF SNOWFALL AND ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY NEAR STEVENS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-190600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 323 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF A COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT LINE. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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. && $$
267 WWUS46 KOTX 190616 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 IDZ002-WAZ034>036-041-042-044-190730- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...ARE STILL A RISK TONIGHT THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-190730- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120119T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. LOCALIZED BANDS OF SNOW NEAR AND NORTH OF LONG LAKE...INCLUDING NEAR DEER PARK AND SPIRIT LAKE...AND CLOSER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AROUND IONE AND BONNERS FERRY...CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO. $$ IDZ004-191445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME STEADY AND INTENSIFY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-191445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET. ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE 8 TO 15 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AT THE SURFACE TONIGHT...BUT WILL RISE TO 2000 FEET DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. DURING THE PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BELOW 2000 FEET. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-191445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON 8 TO 15 INCHES OF FURTHER ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. * ELEVATION: HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND MINOR ACCUMULATING WET SNOW BELOW 2500 FEET. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME STEADY AND INTENSIFY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-191445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1016 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FURTHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN GENERAL WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ADDITION TO WEDNESDAY'S ACCUMULATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF INCH FROM OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...WITH MINOR FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS. STEADY SNOW WILL RETURN AND BECOME MORE INTENSE ON THURSDAY AND LAST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BECOME 10 TO 20 MPH OUT OF THE WEST AND PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
233 WWUS46 KOTX 191223 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 423 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 IDZ004-200000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 423 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-200000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 423 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. BELOW 2500 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE L-C VALLEY EARLY BUT SHOULD RISE TO 2500 FEET DURING THE DAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD ALSO OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ON UNTREATED ROADS. && $$ WAZ031-200000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 423 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-200000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 423 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WHITMAN COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-041>044-200000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...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 423 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
539 WWUS46 KOTX 191444 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 IDZ004-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...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: ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. BELOW 2500 FEET...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE L-C VALLEY EARLY BUT SHOULD RISE TO 2500 FEET DURING THE DAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD ALSO OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ON UNTREATED ROADS. && $$ WAZ031-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WHITMAN COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-200245- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.120119T1444Z-120120T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF I90. * ELEVATION:ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING:LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS:NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS:HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP AT TIMES INCLUDING ON I90 BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND COEUR D'ALENE. 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-WAZ037-038-041>044-200245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...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 644 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
596 WWUS46 KOTX 191621 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 IDZ004-200030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...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: ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-200030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. BELOW 2000 FEET...MORNING FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BELOW 2000 FEET BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS MORNING. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2000 FEET EARLY BUT SHOULD RISE TO 2500 FEET DURING THE DAY. * TIMING: LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED EARLY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH LATE MORNING RESULTING IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ON UNTREATED ROADS. && $$ WAZ031-200030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-200030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WHITMAN COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-200030- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF I 90 AND IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA. * ICE ACCUMULATION: AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING MAINLY OVER GRANT AND ADAMS COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND SPOKANE COUNTIES...BEFORE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO LIGHT SNOW. UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING:LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AT TIMES INCLUDING ON I90 BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND COEUR D'ALENE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-041>044-200030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...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 821 AM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
903 WWUS46 KOTX 192049 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 IDZ004-200500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...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: ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-200500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. BELOW 2500 FEET...MOSTLY RAIN WILL FALL...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BELOW 2000 FEET BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR AT TIMES THROUGH LATE MORNING RESULTING IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ON UNTREATED ROADS. && $$ WAZ031-200500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * ELEVATION: HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-200500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 ADDITIONAL INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FROM PULLMAN SOUTHWARD...BUT CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: EAST 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-200500- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY BRING 5 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 12 INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE NEXT STORM WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ041-044-200500- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY AND THIS EVENING...AND THEN 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING: LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-200500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AT TIMES INCLUDING ON I 90 BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND COEUR D'ALENE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-042-043-200500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1249 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
858 WWUS46 KOTX 192311 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 IDZ002-WAZ036-200600- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ IDZ004-200715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ032-200600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. BELOW 2500 FEET...MOSTLY RAIN WILL FALL...BUT MAY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-200600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES. * ELEVATION: HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-200600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 ADDITIONAL INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR FLUCTUATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON FROM PULLMAN SOUTHWARD...BUT CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS: EAST 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 MPH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-200715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY BRING 5 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 12 INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE NEXT STORM WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ041-044-200715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING: LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE NEXT STORM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ034-035-200600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW IS EXPECTED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AT TIMES INCLUDING ON I 90 BETWEEN VANTAGE AND RITZVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-042-043-200715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 311 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
778 WWUS46 KOTX 200559 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 IDZ002-026-027-WAZ032-036-200700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS ENDED. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER AN INCH. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-041-044-201400- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT ...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT ...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY BRING 5 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 12 INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THE NEXT STORM WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE ACTIVITIES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WAZ034-035-200700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120120T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS ENDED. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER AN INCH. $$ WAZ031-201200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...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: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR A TOTAL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * ELEVATION: HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-201200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS: EAST 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 MPH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-201200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...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: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 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. && $$ WAZ038-042-043-201400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 959 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * WINDS: GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
860 WWUS46 KOTX 201219 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-201330- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-210030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CHEWELAH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH...WITH 30 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-210030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-210030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAREST THE CASCADES AND INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-210030- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:AN INCH OR LESS BUT LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF DAVENPORT AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD TURN TO RAIN EAST OR RITZVILLE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...TURNING SOUTH TO 10 MPH LATE. * IMPACTS: ICY ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES I90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah | 31 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.