Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 20, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2012, 4:55 AM PST for 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 23, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr. 8 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 23, 2012, 4:55 AM PST (12:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2012, 2:07 PM PST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 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 24, 6:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 W Deary, ID | |
| Dec 24, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-3 |
| Dec 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 1 E Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-7 |
| Dec 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 N Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-1 |
| Dec 24, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Fernwood, ID | |
| Dec 24, 9:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 Ese Tekoa, ID | SPOTTER BENEWAH 14 |
| Dec 24, 11:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 5 N Moscow, ID | SNOW TOTAL FROM LAST 18 HRS. ELEVATION 3440 FEET. |
| Dec 24, 12:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nne Moscow, ID | SNOW HAS ENDED. ELEVATION 2960 FEET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 412 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
794 WWUS46 KOTX 231255 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS EVE... .A SWATH OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE BAND OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL MOST LIKELY FALL FROM AROUND GRAND COULEE TO DEER PARK TO KELLOGG. FORECAST CHARTS DIFFER ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SOME COMPUTER MODELS PRODUCE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW AS FAR SOUTH AS THE PALOUSE WHILE OTHERS SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST SNOW FURTHER NORTH NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. WHILE SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS STORM...CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING IS PRETTY HIGH. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE CASCADES BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON. IDZ004-240000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0020.121224T0600Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING MONDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE MONDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST AND CHECK ROAD CONDITIONS PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR THEIR DESTINATION. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-240000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0300Z-121224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE ON MONDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO ON CHRISTMAS EVE WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HIGHWAY 2 FROM SPOKANE TO WATERVILLE WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. INTERSTATE 90 FROM SPOKANE TO RITZVILLE MAY ALSO BE TREACHEROUS MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-240000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0600Z-121224T2000Z/ 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 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO ON CHRISTMAS EVE WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-240000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN THE IDAHO PALOUSE MAY RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ON MONDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE PALOUSE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO ON CHRISTMAS EVE WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HIGHWAY 95 FROM MOSCOW TO COEUR D'ALENE AND HIGHWAY 195 FROM LEWISTON TO SPOKANE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THIS WINTER STORM. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-240000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0300Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: ON MONDAY MORNING...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVER EXPOSED AREAS AND MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME DRIFTING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS TONIGHT. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO CHRISTMAS EVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ043-044-240000- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0000Z-121224T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 455 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN MID EVENING AND SUNRISE. * LOCATIONS: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS. HIGHWAY 2 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND HIGHWAY 97 THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
593 WWUS46 KOTX 232341 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS EVE... .AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEFORE EXITING THE REGION ON MONDAY. THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN OR WET SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. IDZ004-240745- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0020.121224T0600Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SILVER VALLEY WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...BUT MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: INTERSTATE 90 IN THE SILVER VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY WET THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON 4TH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. SNOW SHOULD START ACCUMULATING IN THE SILVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN SNOW PACKED ON 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-240745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0300Z-121224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH ACCUMULATION IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE WITH MAINLY WET ROADS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: MAIN ARTERIALS IN SPOKANE WILL LIKELY JUST BE WET OR HAVE SOME SLUSH. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TRAVEL DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-240745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0600Z-121224T2000Z/ 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 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF COLVILLE AND SANDPOINT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS SUCH AS DEER PARK AND PRIEST RIVER. IT WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING BUT MAY NOT REACH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON MONDAY MORNING WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING IN MOST AREAS SO ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-240745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 195 WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE WESTERN PALOUSE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TIMING: RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY TAPER OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT SHOULD REDEVELOP BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL MAINLY BE WET OR SLUSHY THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-240745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0300Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON THE RIDGES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS TONIGHT. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO CHRISTMAS EVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ043-044-240745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0000Z-121224T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 341 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
447 WWUS46 KOTX 240112 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS EVE... .AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEFORE EXITING THE REGION ON MONDAY. THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN OR WET SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. IDZ004-240915- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0020.121224T0600Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SILVER VALLEY WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...BUT MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: INTERSTATE 90 IN THE SILVER VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY WET THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON 4TH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. SNOW SHOULD START ACCUMULATING IN THE SILVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN SNOW PACKED ON 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. && $$ WAZ041-240915- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 33 DEGREES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT OR END OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL MAINLY BE WET OR SLUSHY BELOW 1000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES DOWNTOWN WENATCHEE...AND MUCH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. ABOVE 1000 FEET ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-240915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0300Z-121224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH ACCUMULATION IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE WITH MAINLY WET ROADS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: MAIN ARTERIALS IN SPOKANE WILL LIKELY JUST BE WET OR HAVE SOME SLUSH. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TRAVEL DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-240915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0600Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF COLVILLE AND SANDPOINT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS SUCH AS DEER PARK AND PRIEST RIVER. IT WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING BUT MAY NOT REACH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON MONDAY MORNING WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING IN MOST AREAS SO ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-240915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 195 WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE WESTERN PALOUSE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TIMING: RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY TAPER OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT SHOULD REDEVELOP BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL MAINLY BE WET OR SLUSHY THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-240915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0300Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON THE RIDGES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS TONIGHT. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO CHRISTMAS EVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ043-044-240915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 512 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
195 WWUS46 KOTX 240449 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS EVE... .AN AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE EXITING THE REGION ON MONDAY. THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN OR WET SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. IDZ004-241400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0020.121224T0600Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SILVER VALLEY WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...BUT MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: INTERSTATE 90 IN THE SILVER VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY WET THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON 4TH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES. SNOW SHOULD START ACCUMULATING IN THE SILVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN SNOW PACKED ON MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-241400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE WITH MAINLY WET ROADS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: MAIN ARTERIALS IN SPOKANE WILL JUST BE WET OR HAVE SOME SLUSH THIS EVENING...BEFORE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT WITH SLICK CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING AND REMAIN SNOW COVERED THROUGH 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-241400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.121224T0600Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF COLVILLE AND SANDPOINT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS SUCH AS DEER PARK AND PRIEST RIVER. IT WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING BUT MAY NOT REACH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON MONDAY MORNING WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING IN MOST AREAS SO ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-241400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 195 WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE WESTERN PALOUSE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL MAINLY BE WET OR SLUSHY THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-241400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON THE RIDGES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS TONIGHT. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO CHRISTMAS EVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ043-044-241400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL MOVE NORTH WITH INCREASING SNOW FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ041-241200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 849 PM PST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 33 DEGREES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL MAINLY BE WET OR SLUSHY BELOW 1000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES DOWNTOWN WENATCHEE...AND MUCH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. ABOVE 1000 FEET ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
345 WWUS46 KOTX 241059 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SNOW THIS MORNING WILL IMPACT TRAVEL... .AN AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE EXITING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ041-241200- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. $$ WAZ043-044-241200- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STEADY SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ IDZ004-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SILVER VALLEY WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS TODAY IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST AND CHECK ROAD CONDITIONS PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR THEIR DESTINATION. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MID-DAY. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ 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 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF COLVILLE AND SANDPOINT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID- DAY...BEFORE TURNING TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL TODAY WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING IN MOST AREAS SO ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 195 WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE WESTERN PALOUSE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HIGHWAY 95 FROM MOSCOW TO COEUR D'ALENE AND HIGHWAY 195 FROM LEWISTON TO SPOKANE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THIS WINTER STORM. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 259 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON THE RIDGES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-DAY. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS TODAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
945 WWUS46 KOTX 241552 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 752 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...SNOW THIS MORNING WILL IMPACT TRAVEL... .AN AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE EXITING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. IDZ001-002-WAZ035>038-241700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 752 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ IDZ004-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 752 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES. INTERSTATE 90 IN THE SILVER VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN WET FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT FOR 4TH OF JULY PASS AND I-90 EAST OF MULLAN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL OVER 4TH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASSES WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. * 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. && $$ IDZ027-250000- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 752 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECIPITATION ALONG HIGHWAY 12 IN THE CLEARWATER VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN AS RAIN OR WET SNOW WITH NO ACCUMULATION. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND END AROUND SUNSET. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: HIGHWAY 95 ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL BE SNOW PACKED. HIGHWAY 12 ALONG THE CLEARWATER RIVER SHOULD REMAIN JUST WET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 752 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND THEN END THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA. * IMPACTS: HIGHWAY 95 FROM MOSCOW TO COEUR D'ALENE AND HIGHWAY 195 FROM LEWISTON TO SPOKANE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS WINTER STORM. GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED DRIFTING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-242000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 752 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-DAY. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS TODAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
901 WWUS46 KOTX 241944 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1144 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 IDZ003-WAZ033-242045- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 1144 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ WAZ031-242045- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121224T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1144 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ IDZ004-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1144 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS: ST MARIES...CLARKIA...DEARY...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF ST MARIES. TRAVEL OVER LOOKOUT PASS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS. * 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. && $$ IDZ027-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1144 AM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND END AROUND SUNSET. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: HIGHWAY 95 ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL BE SNOW PACKED. HIGHWAY 12 ALONG THE CLEARWATER RIVER SHOULD REMAIN JUST WET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
903 WWUS46 KOTX 242207 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 207 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...|ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING MODERATE SNOW TO CENTRAL WASHINGTON ON CHRISTMAS DAY... IDZ004-242315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0020.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 207 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE OF IDAHO. STEADY SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ IDZ027-242315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121225T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 207 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ WAZ042-250615- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.121225T1500Z-121226T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 207 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH OVER EXPOSED TERRAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL START EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TREES AROUND LAKE WENATCHEE...STEVENS PASS...LEAVENWORTH AND PLAIN HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY RECENT HEAVY SNOWFALL. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR BREAKING TREE LIMBS AND FALLING TREES. HEAVY WET SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ041-044-250615- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.121225T1800Z-121226T0900Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 207 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL START LATE CHRISTMAS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL WASHINGTON WILL LIKELY BE TREACHEROUS. HIGHWAY 2 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND HIGHWAY 97 IN THE WENATCHEE AREA WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Dec 23, 4:55 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis and 1 more | 33 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Idaho, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012
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.