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Winter Storm Warning 17, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 11, 2012, 2:48 AM PST for 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 11, 2012, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2012, 2:48 AM PST (10:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2012, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2012, 11:20 AM PST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
105 WWUS46 KOTX 111048 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 248 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A MOIST FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY DROPPING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL INTERACT WITH THIS BOUNDARY RESULTING IN AN AXIS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS EXTENDING INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN REACHES OF NORTH IDAHO. IDZ003-004-111900- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0017.121212T0300Z-121213T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 248 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 4 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH. * TEMPERATURES: VALLEY TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF NEAR FREEZING THEN COOL INTO THE UPPER 20S AS PRECIPITATION INTENSIFIES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4PM AND 7PM BUT WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL AND POTENTIAL FOR VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 7PM AND 5AM. SNOW SHOWERS...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG US 95...STATE HIGHWAY 3...STATE HIGHWAY 8...AND STATE HIGHWAY 9. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF I90 ESPECIALLY OVER FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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-WAZ033-036-111900- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121212T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 248 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES WEST OF US 195 OR WESTERN SPOKANE AND WHITMAN COUNTIES...2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO BORDER AND COEUR D ALENE AREA WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN KOOTENAI COUNTY. * TEMPERATURES: STARTING OFF IN THE MIDDLE TO LOWER 30S...COOLING INTO THE UPPER 20'S TO LOW 30'S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4PM AND 7PM BUT WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS MINIMAL. THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL AND POTENTIAL FOR VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 7PM AND 5AM. SNOW SHOWERS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE ALONG HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AND I90 FROM SPOKANE TO COEUR D ALENE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-111900- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121213T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 248 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES: STARTING OFF IN THE MIDDLE TO LOWER 30S...COOLING INTO THE UPPER 20'S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OFF AROUND 3500 FEET AND LOWER TO 2500 FEET OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG US 95. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
613 WWUS46 KOTX 111932 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1132 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AREAS...BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE MORNING COMMUTE. FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH MID DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 OR MORE INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS AROUND KELLOGG...MULLAN... AND ST MARIES. IDZ003-004-120345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0017.121212T0300Z-121213T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1132 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 4 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS AROUND KELLOGG...MULLAN...AND ST MARIES. * TEMPERATURES: VALLEY TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF NEAR FREEZING THEN COOL INTO THE UPPER 20S AS PRECIPITATION INTENSIFIES OVERNIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4PM AND 7PM BUT WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL AND POTENTIAL FOR VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 7PM AND 5AM. SNOW SHOWERS... POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG US 95...STATE HIGHWAY 3...STATE HIGHWAY 8...AND STATE HIGHWAY 9. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF I90 ESPECIALLY OVER FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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-WAZ033-036-120345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121212T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 1132 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES WEST OF US 195 OR WESTERN SPOKANE AND WHITMAN COUNTIES...2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO BORDER AND COEUR D ALENE AREA WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN KOOTENAI COUNTY. * TEMPERATURES: STARTING OFF IN THE MIDDLE TO LOWER 30S... COOLING INTO THE UPPER 20'S TO LOW 30'S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4PM AND 7PM BUT WARMER SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS MINIMAL. THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL AND POTENTIAL FOR VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 7PM AND 5AM. SNOW SHOWERS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE ALONG HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AND I90 FROM SPOKANE TO COEUR D'ALENE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-120345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121213T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1132 AM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES: STARTING OFF IN THE MIDDLE TO LOWER 30S... COOLING INTO THE UPPER 20'S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OFF AROUND 3500 FEET AND LOWER TO 2500 FEET OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ABOVE 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG US 95. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
855 WWUS46 KOTX 112324 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 324 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AREAS...BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE MORNING COMMUTE. FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH MID DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 OR MORE INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS AROUND KELLOGG... MULLAN...AND ST MARIES. IDZ003-004-120900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0017.121212T0300Z-121213T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 324 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG US 95...STATE HIGHWAY 3...STATE HIGHWAY 8...AND STATE HIGHWAY 9. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF I90 ESPECIALLY OVER FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-120900- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121212T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... RITZVILLE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 324 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY NORTH OF MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURES AROUND MOSES LAKE MAY BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. * TIMING: SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: RITZVILLE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR FROM COULEE CITY TO WILBUR TO DAVENPORT WILL BE IMPACTED. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-120900- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0600Z-121212T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 324 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ033-036-120900- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121212T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 324 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY BELOW 2000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-120900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.121212T0300Z-121213T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 324 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG US 95. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
575 WWUS46 KOTX 120602 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1002 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SPOKANE AND PULLMAN AREAS...BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE MORNING COMMUTE. FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH MID DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 OR MORE INCHES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS AROUND KELLOGG... MULLAN...AND ST MARIES. WAZ034-035-120715- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... RITZVILLE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1002 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOSES LAKE AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AREAS. TEMPERATURES NEVER DROPPED ENOUGH TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LIGHT RAIN WAS REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SNOW...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. EASTERN LINCOLN AND ADAMS COUNTY...MAINLY EAST OF RITZVILLE AND HARRINGTON...MAY SEE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT IT WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ003-004-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1002 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG US 95...STATE HIGHWAY 3...STATE HIGHWAY 8...AND STATE HIGHWAY 9. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF I90 ESPECIALLY OVER FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ033-036-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 1002 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY BELOW 2000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1002 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1002 PM PST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG US 95. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
510 WWUS46 KOTX 121127 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ003-122100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CHANGED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-121230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION HAS ENDED. $$ WAZ033-121230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION HAS ENDED. $$ IDZ004-122130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF I90 ESPECIALLY OVER FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-122100- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ 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 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF TO OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-122100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS ON THE HILLS AND BENCHES AROUND SPOKANE AND GENERALLY IN THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-122100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ 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 327 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WITH LITTLE FURTHER ACCUMULATION. * 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. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
780 WWUS46 KOTX 121644 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 844 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TODAY... WAZ036-043-121745- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ SPOKANE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 844 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DECREASED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. IN THE SPOKANE AREA...SNOW LEVELS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ004-130000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 844 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW ON ROADS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 ABOVE 2500 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE 844 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...WORLEY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ 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 844 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING: STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WITH LITTLE FURTHER ACCUMULATION. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
588 WWUS46 KOTX 121920 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1120 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 IDZ004-122030- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-121213T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1120 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001>003-WAZ037-038-122030- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-121212T2100Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...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 1120 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DECREASED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. A SMALL AREA OF ENHANCED SHOWERS NEAR CHEWELAH...SPRINGDALE...AND USK MAY PRODUCE BRIEF ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. BUT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY LESS THAN 1 INCH...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 10, 10:02 PM PST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 10:02 PM PST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1002 PM PST Mon Dec 10 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A low pressure system will bring the threat for accumulating snow
Tuesday night into Wednesday. The most significant accumulations
will be possible over the central Idaho Panhandle, the Palouse, and
possibly the Spokane area. Another storm system will have the
potential to bring snow, wind, and rain to the region over the
weekend.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Update this evening was to issue a dense fog advisory for the
Moses Lake and Upper Columbia Basin area. Many locations across
those areas are reporting quarter mile visibility or less and so
issued a dense fog advisory until early Tuesday morning. The fog
will begin to scour out in the morning as a cold front approaches
from the west. In the low clouds and fog light snow has been reported
in the Moses Lake area. This may continue on and off all night
with no real accumulation expected. Very light flurries at best is
expected to fall out of the fog and low clouds. Low temperatures are
within a few degrees of their forecasted low. Given the extensive
low clouds across the region do not think temps will fluctuate
much overnight and the temps look good. /Nisbet
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS...Moisture trapped under low level inversions will allow
a IFR and locally LIFR stratus deck, with localized fog, to persist
tonight and early Tuesday. These will impact most TAF sites,
with the exception of KPUW who has developed an easterly wind. The
next storm system begins to move in from the west later Tuesday
(into Tuesday night). This will thicken the middle and upper cloud
deck and should allow the low level stratus deck to lift and some
of the more persistent areas of fog to erode. However conditions
in the deeper stratus deck, such as around KGEG to KCOE and KMWH
may have trouble breaking out of the IFR stratus.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 28 35 28 34 25 34 / 20 30 80 70 10 10
Coeur d'Alene 29 36 29 34 26 33 / 20 30 80 80 20 10
Pullman 31 40 31 37 28 35 / 10 20 80 70 30 10
Lewiston 33 43 35 41 32 39 / 10 10 80 50 20 0
Colville 27 36 27 36 23 34 / 30 50 50 20 10 10
Sandpoint 29 35 28 35 27 34 / 50 50 80 60 20 10
Kellogg 28 35 28 33 26 32 / 40 40 90 80 50 20
Moses Lake 28 37 29 36 22 35 / 0 30 60 10 10 0
Wenatchee 27 36 28 36 29 35 / 0 20 40 10 10 0
Omak 26 32 25 31 20 34 / 0 20 50 10 10 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...Dense Fog Advisory until 9 AM PST Tuesday for Moses Lake Area-
Upper Columbia Basin.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 6:36 PM PST, 8 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 636 PM PST MON DEC 10 2012 IDZ001-026-027-WAZ031-032-034-035-037-038-041>044-120000- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 636 PM PST MON DEC 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A PAIR OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TUESDAY NIGHT WEDNESDAY AND A SECOND ON FRIDAY. A STRONGER AND MUCH WETTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-120000- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- 636 PM PST MON DEC 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS PROBABLE STARTING TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SPOKANE COEUR D'ALENE AREA AND THE PALOUSE AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS AN INCREASING RISK FOR NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING TUESDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN. A STRONGER AND WETTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. IDZ004-120000- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 636 PM PST MON DEC 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BUT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MODERATE SNOW IS PROBABLE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT FOLLOWED BY PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS. THERE IS AN INCREASING RISK FOR NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. A STRONGER AND WETTER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:55 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Nez Perce | 12 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:48 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis and 1 more | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.