Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 20, 2012, 4:19 AM PST for 8 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 24 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2012, 4:19 AM PST (12:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 10:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nw Moses Lake, WA | COCORAHS WA-GR-3 |
| Jan 20, 11:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 10 N Priest River, ID | 24 HOUR SNOW TOTAL. |
| Jan 20, 10:16 PM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.16 | 6 E Spokane, WA | NUMEROUS VEHICLE SLIDE-OFFS AND COLLISIONS WERE REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN CHENEY AND SPOKANE VALLEY BETWEEN 730PM AND 1030PM DUE TO ICY ROADS FROM FREEZING RAIN. A SEMI-TRUCK JACK-KNIFED ON THE EASTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 90 NEAR THE BROADWAY EXIT |
| Jan 20, 10:16 PM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.16 | 9 W Spokane, WA | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING FROM APROX 6PM THROUGH 10PM AND HAS CAUSED A HEAVY GLAZE OF ICE ON ALL OBJECTS AT THE NWS OFFICE. ICE MEASUREMENTS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1/16 OF AN INCH WITH WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.04 OF AN INCH. |
| Jan 21, 6:00 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 8 Wsw Newport, WA | FREEZING RAIN RESULTED IN ICE ACCUMULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1/8TH INCH ON TREES AND ROAD SURFACES. OBSERVER IS LOCATED ON SACHEEN LAKE AND STATES IN REPORT THAT ROADS WITH HILLS ARE IMPASSABLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
860 WWUS46 KOTX 201219 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 IDZ003-004-WAZ031-033-201330- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-210030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CHEWELAH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH...WITH 30 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-210030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-210030- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAREST THE CASCADES AND INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-210030- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 419 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:AN INCH OR LESS BUT LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF DAVENPORT AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD TURN TO RAIN EAST OR RITZVILLE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...TURNING SOUTH TO 10 MPH LATE. * IMPACTS: ICY ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES I90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
794 WWUS46 KOTX 201641 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 841 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 IDZ001-WAZ037-038-210045- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120121T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 841 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SNOWWILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CHEWELAH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH...WITH 30 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-210045- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T2100Z-120121T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 841 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAREST THE CASCADES AND INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-210045- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120120T1800Z-120121T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 841 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-210045- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.120120T2000Z-120121T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 841 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:AN INCH OR LESS BUT LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF DAVENPORT AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD TURN TO RAIN EAST OR RITZVILLE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...TURNING SOUTH TO10 MPH LATE. * IMPACTS: ICY ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES I90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
227 WWUS46 KOTX 202204 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 204 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 IDZ001-WAZ037-038-210615- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.120121T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 204 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CHEWELAH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH...WITH 30 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-210615- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 204 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-210615- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 204 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAREST THE CASCADES AND INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-210615- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 204 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:AN INCH OR LESS BUT LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF DAVENPORT AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD TURN TO RAIN EAST OR RITZVILLE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...TURNING SOUTH TO10 MPH LATE. * IMPACTS: ICY ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES I90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
630 WWUS46 KOTX 210303 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 703 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 IDZ001-WAZ037-038-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 703 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF ICE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REPUBLIC TO COLVILLE * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF SANDPOINT AND CHEWELAH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH...WITH 30 MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 703 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 703 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAREST THE CASCADES AND INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-211200- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.120121T0303Z-120121T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 703 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * TIMING: CONTINUING FRIDAY EVENING...BEFORE SOME MILDER AIR SURGES IN FROM THE SOUTH AFTER ABOUT 9 PM TO 11 PM. THIS WILL PUSH THE PRIMARY FREEZING RAIN THREAT NORTH OF I-90 AFTER 10 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: A GLAZE OF ICE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 703 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS:AN INCH OR LESS BUT LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF DAVENPORT AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD TURN TO RAIN EAST OR RITZVILLE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: VARIABLE TO 5 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...TURNING SOUTH TO10 MPH LATE. * IMPACTS: ICY ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES I90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF CRESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
627 WWUS46 KOTX 211207 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 407 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 WAZ041>044-211315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 407 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES TODAY...INCLUDING THE LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...WINTHROP...AND MAZAMA AREAS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-211315- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 407 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 AM AROUND HAYDEN...BUT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. $$ WAZ034-035-211315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 407 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED IN THE MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...GRAND COULEE AND RITZVILLE AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL BE LIGHT AND SHOWERY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-211800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 407 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE COLVILLE...PRIEST LAKE...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...AND SANDPOINT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM AROUND SANDPOINT...CUSICK...LOON LAKE...AND SPRINGDALE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: ROADS AROUND REPUBLIC...COLVILLE...PEIEST LAKE...AND BONNERS FERRY WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING. A GLAZING OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AROUND SANDPOINT...NEWPORT...AND SPRINGDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
780 WWUS46 KOTX 211752 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 952 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 IDZ001-WAZ037-038-211900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120121T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 952 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WILL ALLOW THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SPOTTY AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN 2 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:32 PM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 27 hr |
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