Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 18, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 16, 2012, 3:10 AM PST for 10 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 28 hr. 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
- Dec 16, 2012, 3:10 AM PST (11:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2012, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 8:05 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 1 S Leavenworth, WA | 6 INCHES SNOW ACCUMULATION IN 3 HOURS BETWEEN 5-8 PM PST. ELEVATION 1200 FT MSL. |
| Dec 16, 8:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Entiat, WA | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. SNOW TOTAL FROM 430PM THROUGH 845PM. |
| Dec 16, 8:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 Ese Wenatchee, WA | 5 INCHES OF SNOW BETWEEN 430PM AND 10PM. ELEVATION 1200 FT. |
| Dec 16, 8:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Wnw Entiat, WA | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. TEMPERATURE 30F. ESTIMATED THE SNOW FELL OVER A 3-4 HOUR PERIOD. |
| Dec 16, 8:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Nw Plain, WA | 6.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER THE LAST 4.5 HRS. STILL SNOWING HARD. COCORAHS REPORT |
| Dec 16, 8:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Wnw Entiat, WA | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. TEMPERATURE 30F. ESTIMATED THE SNOW FELL FROM 5PM THROUGH 945PM |
| Dec 16, 8:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 W Chelan, WA | 8 INCHES FELL FROM ROUGHLY 4PM THROUGH 10PM. MODERATE WET SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 16, 10:37 PM PST | SNOW 5.5 | Douglas, WA | DOUGLAS 38 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW. NOW LIGHT SNOWFALL OCURRING. |
| Dec 16, 10:37 PM PST | SNOW 6 | Wnw Mansfield, WA | E-SPOTTER FOR 6 INCHES OVER THE LAST 7 HOURS. |
| Dec 16, 11:17 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Chief Joseph Dam, WA | |
| Dec 17, 12:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Sacheen Lake, WA | |
| Dec 17, 12:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | Spokane Nws, WA | |
| Dec 17, 2:00 AM PST | SNOW 5.5 | 12 S Wauconda, WA | 5.5INCHES SINCE 4PM. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Dec 17, 5:03 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 2 Nw Naples, ID | 7.25 STORM TOTAL SNOW. BOUNDARY SPOTTER 52. |
| Dec 17, 5:32 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Mazama, WA | MAZAMA 4 INCHES IN THE PAST 7 HRS AND 8 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 17, 5:32 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 1 Sw Entiat, WA | 9.5 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY AROUND 430PM. |
| Dec 17, 5:32 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 10 Nne Deer Park, WA | SACHEEN LAKE 6.2 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT AND 9.7 STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 17, 5:32 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 Ese Colville, WA | STARVATION LAKE 5 INCHES IN THE LAST 6 HOURS AND 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Nnw Oroville, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-5 |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 6 W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-9 |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 13 Ne Sandpoint, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-8 |
| Dec 17, 6:19 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.6 | 5 Sw Omak, WA | OKANOGAN 50 HAD 7.6 INCHES FROM ABOUT 4PM YESTERDAY TO PRESENT. |
| Dec 17, 6:37 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Nne Brewster, WA | STORM TOTAL 9 INCHES |
| Dec 17, 6:47 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | S Sandpoint, ID | 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Potlatch, ID | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.7 | 8 Se Northport, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-5 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.1 | Prichard 3 Ese, ID | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.2 | 4 Ne Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-32 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Northport, WA | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 5 S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-31 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-7 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.6 | Ssw Metaline Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-10 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 4 N Republic, WA | COCORAHS WA-FY-1 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-3 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-16 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 2 Sse East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-20 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 2 E East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-18 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Boundary Dam, WA | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 10 Nw Kettle Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-FY-8 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 Nnw Winthrop, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-16 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Conconully, WA | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 18 Nw Entiat, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-39 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 13 Nw Entiat, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-22 |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 12 N Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-33 |
| Dec 17, 7:13 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| Dec 17, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.9 | 8 Nne Nespelem, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-19 |
| Dec 17, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.1 | Turnbull Crn, WA | |
| Dec 17, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | 2 Wsw Malaga, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-17 |
| Dec 17, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | 3 Nne Coolin, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-18 |
| Dec 17, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | FELL DURING THE PAST 30 HRS. |
| Dec 17, 7:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Wsw Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-14 |
| Dec 17, 7:51 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 N Ardenvoir, WA | |
| Dec 17, 7:55 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | STORM TOTAL 16TH AND 17TH. SPOTTER CHELAN 34. ELEVATION 1200 FEET. |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Fernwood, ID | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.1 | Tonsket 11ne, WA | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 9 Wnw Oroville, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-3 |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-16 |
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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
680 WWUS46 KOTX 161110 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY EVENING WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS DEVELOPING THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG AND POINTS NORTHWARD. MOST LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IDZ002-WAZ036-161915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121216T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121217T1400Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. LOWER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY AND POTENTIALLY BELOW 2000 FEET...WHERE AMOUNTS MAY BE CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END MONDAY MORNING OR POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: AT SURFACE...RISING TO 2500 FEET MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-161915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121216T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90...US 95...AND HIGHWAY 395. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COULD BE FALLING DURING THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-161915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121216T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR WITH A TRACE TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2. * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30'S ON MONDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-161215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121216T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SPOTTY AND MINOR. $$ WAZ042-161915- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS...HIGHWAY 20 OVER LOUP LOUP PASS...AND HIGHWAY 97 ACROSS BLEWETT PASS. ALL ROADWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-161915- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS: EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WARMING INTO THE MID 30S MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SUNDAY EVENING AND NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 1500 FEET MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 97. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-161915- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121218T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES VALLEYS AND 7 TO 14 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 20. * 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. && $$ WAZ031-161915- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 310 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED. EXPOSED AREAS AND RIDGE TOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 60 MPH RANGE...LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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835 WWUS46 KOTX 161840 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1040 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE CASCADES AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH MOST OF IT FALLING NORTH OF A LINE FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG. THE SNOW WILL POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BLUE AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WAZ042-170715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1040 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS PRIMARILY NEAR THE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS...HIGHWAY 20 OVER LOUP LOUP PASS...AND HIGHWAY 97 ACROSS BLEWETT PASS. ALL ROADWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-041-043-044-170715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1040 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: ON THE VALLEY FLOOR RISING TO 2000 FEET OR HIGHER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 97. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-170715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 1040 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES VALLEYS AND 7 TO 14 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE STEADILY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGES WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2...AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-170715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121217T1400Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1040 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY AND AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET...WHERE AMOUNTS MAY BE CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S MONDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END MONDAY MORNING OR POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: AT SURFACE...RISING TO 2500 FEET OR HIGHER MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING OVER OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-170715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0017.121217T0000Z-121218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1040 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING: HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 4000 FEET TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO ALL ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 4000 FEET TONIGHT...LOWERING TO ALL ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: OR 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. && $$
271 WWUS46 KOTX 170249 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 649 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS NOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM HAS ARRIVED IN THE CASCADES AND IS SPREADING EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH MOST OF IT FALLING NORTH OF A LINE FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG. THE SNOW WILL POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BLUE AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WAZ042-171100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 649 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: NOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS PRIMARILY NEAR THE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS...HIGHWAY 20 OVER LOUP LOUP PASS...AND HIGHWAY 97 ACROSS BLEWETT PASS. ALL ROADWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-041-043-044-171100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 649 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: NOW. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: ON THE VALLEY FLOOR RISING TO 2000 FEET OR HIGHER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 97. * 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-171100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 649 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES VALLEYS AND 7 TO 14 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: NOW. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE STEADILY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGES WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2... AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-171100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.121217T0400Z-121217T1400Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 649 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY AND AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET...WHERE AMOUNTS MAY BE CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S...WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S MONDAY. * TIMING: NOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END MONDAY MORNING OR POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: AT SURFACE...RISING TO 2500 FEET OR HIGHER MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING OVER OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * 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. && $$ WAZ031-171100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 649 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING... INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING: NOW...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 4000 FEET TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO ALL ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 4000 FEET TONIGHT...LOWERING TO ALL ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: OR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
698 WWUS46 KOTX 170522 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 922 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS NOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM HAS ARRIVED IN THE CASCADES AND IS SPREADING EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH MOST OF IT FALLING NORTH OF A LINE FROM WENATCHEE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG. THE SNOW WILL POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BLUE AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WAZ042-171600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 922 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: NOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS PRIMARILY NEAR THE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS...HIGHWAY 20 OVER LOUP LOUP PASS...AND HIGHWAY 97 ACROSS BLEWETT PASS. ALL ROADWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-041-043-044-171400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 922 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: NOW. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: ON THE VALLEY FLOOR RISING TO 2000 FEET OR HIGHER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 97. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-171600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 922 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES VALLEYS AND 7 TO 14 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: NOW. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE STEADILY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED RIDGES WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2... AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-171400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 922 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY AND AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET...WHERE AMOUNTS MAY BE CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S...WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S MONDAY. * TIMING: NOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END MONDAY MORNING OR POTENTIALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: AT SURFACE...RISING TO 2500 FEET OR HIGHER MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING OVER OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-171600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 922 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING... INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TIMING: NOW...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL FALL ABOVE 4000 FEET TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO ALL ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 4000 FEET TONIGHT...LOWERING TO ALL ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: OR 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. && $$
030 WWUS46 KOTX 171359 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS NOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BLUE AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. WAZ035-041-044-171500- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF INTO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. NO SIGNIFICANT FURTHER ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-171500- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1400Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... SCATTERED SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ WAZ043-171800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AROUND 10 AM. * LOCATIONS: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 AND HIGHWAY 97. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-172000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS PRIMARILY NEAR THE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 2 ACROSS STEVENS PASS...HIGHWAY 20 OVER LOUP LOUP PASS...AND HIGHWAY 97 ACROSS BLEWETT PASS. ALL ROADWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY 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 STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-172200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...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 AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2... AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * 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. && $$ WAZ031-172200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 559 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: NOW...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: OR 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. && $$
501 WWUS46 KOTX 171759 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 959 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BLUE AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. WAZ042-171900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 959 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. STEADY SNOW HAS DECREASED TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE MODERATE NEAR THE CREST...BUT AWAY FROM THE CREST ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ043-171900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121217T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 959 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE OBSERVED AT TIME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 959 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...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 AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2... AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON...AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * 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. && $$ WAZ031-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 959 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: NOW...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: OR 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. && $$
048 WWUS46 KOTX 172147 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 147 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. WAZ031-172300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 147 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 147 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...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 AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2... AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON... AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * 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. && $$
331 WWUS46 KOTX 172331 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 331 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 .IN THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. WAZ038-180045- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 331 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-180400- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0400Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 331 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWERS LOCALLY HEAVY. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...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 AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS INCLUDES TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 395...2... AND 20 THROUGH NORTHERN WASHINGTON... AND MUCH OF I90 AND HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * 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. && $$
361 WWUS46 KOTX 180339 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 739 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-180445- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121218T0400Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 739 PM PST MON DEC 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT...HOWEVER THEY HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AND WILL NOT RESULT IN FURTHER WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 3:10 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:40 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 27 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.