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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA

January 21, 2012Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 21, 2012, 2:22 PM PST for Chelan County, Douglas County, Grant County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report 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 21, 2012, 2:22 PM PST (22:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 6:30 PM PSTHEAVY SNOW 5.82 N Ardenvoir, WASPOTTER CHELAN 91

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2012-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2012-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

262 
WWUS46 KOTX 212222
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
222 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE INLAND
NORTHWEST SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

.THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION BEGINNING SUNDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE CASCADES AND EAST SLOPES...AND LINGER THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING FOR THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM IS
NOT AS STRONG AS THE LAST STORM SYSTEMS BUT WILL STILL BRING
ACCUMULATING SNOW DOWN TO THE VALLEYS FLOORS. 

WAZ041-044-220630-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0003.120122T1500Z-120123T1200Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
222 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM
PST MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE
  THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH SUNDAY
  NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... 
  WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 

* WINDS:SOUTHEAST-SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH

* IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALL WILL 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.

&&

$$

WAZ042-220630-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1500Z-120123T1200Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...
LOUP LOUP PASS
222 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
4 AM PST MONDAY.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH HIGHER
  AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE
  THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH SUNDAY
  NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... 
  STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH

* IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.


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.

&&

$$

WAZ038-043-220630-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1500Z-120123T1200Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...
BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS
222 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
4 AM PST MONDAY.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH THE
  DAY...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW 
  ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... 
  SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... 
  OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOW FALL WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-220630-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T1800Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...
FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
222 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM
PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO
10 AM PST MONDAY.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND THE
  MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASE THROUGH
  THE NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST 
  RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... 
  PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...
  DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... 
  CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...
  ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 

* WINDS: SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOWFALL SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.


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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
661 
WWUS46 KOTX 220535
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
935 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE
INLAND NORTHWEST SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

.THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION BEGINNING SUNDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE CASCADES AND EAST SLOPES...AND LINGER THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING FOR THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM IS
NOT AS STRONG AS THE LAST STORM SYSTEMS BUT WILL STILL BRING
ACCUMULATING SNOW DOWN TO THE VALLEYS FLOORS.

WAZ041-044-221400-
/O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.120122T1500Z-120123T1200Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
935 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
4 AM PST MONDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE 
  THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH 
  SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... 
  WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 

* WINDS:SOUTHEAST-SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH

* IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALL WILL 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.

&&

$$

WAZ042-221400-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1500Z-120123T1200Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...
LOUP LOUP PASS
935 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
4 AM PST MONDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE 
  THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH 
  SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... 
  STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH

* IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT 
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

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.

&&

$$

WAZ038-043-221400-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1500Z-120123T1200Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...
BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS
935 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
4 AM PST MONDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH 
  THE DAY...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW 
  ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... 
  SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... 
  OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOW FALL WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-221400-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T1800Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...
FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
935 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND THE 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASE 
  THROUGH THE NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST 
  RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... 
  PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... 
  DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... 
  CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...
   ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 

* WINDS: SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOWFALL SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

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.

&&

$$
332 
WWUS46 KOTX 221225
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
425 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE INLAND
NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON BY MID DAY AND SPREAD
INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM
LEAVENWORTH TO CHELAN TO GRAND COULEE TO COLVILLE. ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE COMMON IN THIS BAND. SNOW WILL
DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON THIS EVENING AND COME TO AN END
OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO BY MONDAY MORNING.

WAZ041-044-222100-
/O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
425 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WENATCHEE AREA AND THE
WATERVILLE PLATEAU.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID DAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
  THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
  WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS
  AFTERNOON.

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-WAZ035-036-222100-
/O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
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
425 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 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 1 AM PST MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE.
  2 TO 4 INCHES FOR GRAND COULEE AND WILBUR.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
  WILL FALL SUNDAY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
  WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... 
  SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 

* WINDS: SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2 WILL BECOME
  INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ042-222100-
/O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1500Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...
LOUP LOUP PASS
425 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...
  STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS
  AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE
  NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL OVER THE
  CASCADE PASSES THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WAZ038-043-222100-
/O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1800Z-120123T0900Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...
BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS
425 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM PST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 1 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5
  OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE AROUND BREWSTER AND MALOTT.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID DAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
  WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
  DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW
  ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...
  SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...
  OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-222100-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T1800Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...
FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
425 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 4 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL
  BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO BY MONDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASE 
  THROUGH THE NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST 
  RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG...
  PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY 
  PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...
  CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS 
  ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOWFALL SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

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.

&&

$$
471 
WWUS46 KOTX 221740
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
940 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE INLAND
NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON BY MID DAY AND SPREAD
INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM
LEAVENWORTH TO CHELAN TO GRAND COULEE TO COLVILLE. ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE COMMON IN THIS BAND. SNOW WILL
DIMINISH OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON THIS EVENING AND COME TO AN END
OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO BY MONDAY MORNING.

WAZ041-044-230145-
/O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.120122T1800Z-120123T0600Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
940 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID DAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES 
  THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... 
  WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS 
  AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ042-230145-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...
LOUP LOUP PASS
940 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY 
  AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... 
  STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS 
  AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO 
  TRAVEL OVER THE CASCADE PASSES THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING 
  SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WAZ038-043-230145-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120122T1800Z-120123T0900Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...
BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS
940 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 
  OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE AROUND BREWSTER AND MALOTT. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID DAY. THE HEAVIEST 
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 
  EVENING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW 
  ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... 
  SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... 
  OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-230145-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T1800Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...
FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
940 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 4 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES 
  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO BY MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASE 
  THROUGH THE NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST 
  RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG... 
  PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY 
  PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...
   CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS 
  ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOWFALL SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

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-WAZ035-036-230145-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
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
940 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR SPOKANE AND COEUR 
  D'ALENE. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR GRAND COULEE AND WILBUR. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST
  SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... 
  WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... 
  SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD

* WINDS: SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2 WILL
  BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING. 

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.

&&

$$
422 
WWUS46 KOTX 222206
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
206 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

WAZ041-044-230600-
/O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
206 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: NOW UNTIL 10 PM. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN DECREASE
  THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... 
  WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED.

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.

&&

$$

WAZ042-230600-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...
LOUP LOUP PASS
206 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING: NOW UNTIL 10 PM. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN
  DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... 
  STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. LOCALIZED
  ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CASCADE
  CREST. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL OVER THE CASCADE PASSES
  SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WAZ038-043-230615-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...
BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS
206 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 
  OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE AROUND BREWSTER AND MALOTT. 

* TIMING: NOW UNTIL 1 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL BE
  HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN DIMINISH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW 
  ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... 
  SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... 
  OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 

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.

&&

$$

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-230615-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T1800Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...
FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
206 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 4 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES 
  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO BY MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* TIMING: NOW SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASE THROUGH
  THE NIGHT...THEN DECREASE MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST 
  RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG... 
  PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY 
  PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...
   CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS 
  ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

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-WAZ035-036-230615-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.120123T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
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
206 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR SPOKANE AND COEUR 
  D'ALENE. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR GRAND COULEE AND WILBUR. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL SPREAD WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASE
  THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... 
  WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... 
  SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD

* WINDS: SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2 WILL BECOME
  INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

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.

&&

$$
130 
WWUS46 KOTX 230552
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

WAZ041-044-230700-
/O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. 

$$

WAZ043-230700-
/O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...
BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY.

STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. A FEW SNOW
SHOWERS MAY LINGER TONIGHT BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL
ACCUMULATE.

$$

WAZ042-230700-
/O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0600Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...
LOUP LOUP PASS
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. 

$$

WAZ038-230900-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...
BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 
  OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE AROUND BREWSTER AND MALOTT. 

* TIMING: NOW UNTIL 1 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL DIMINISH
  EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW 
  ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... 
  SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... 
  OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED.

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.

&&

$$

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-231400-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T1800Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...
WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...
KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...
FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 4 INCHES. AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES 
  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO BY MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* TIMING: NOW SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEN
  DECREASE MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST 
  RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG... 
  PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...
   DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK... 
  CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...
   ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 

* IMPACTS: MODERATE SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

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-WAZ035-036-230900-
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0900Z/
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN...WORLEY...WILBUR...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
952 PM PST SUN JAN 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET...

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR SPOKANE AND COEUR 
  D'ALENE. 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR GRAND COULEE AND WILBUR. 

* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000
  FEET...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT RAIN WILL FALL BELOW
  2000 FEET.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... 
  WORLEY...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... 
  SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 

* WINDS: SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS: ROADS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 2 WILL BECOME
  SNOW TONIGHT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 7:03 PM PSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryOTXLincoln, Spokane9 hr
Jan 21, 4:17 AM PSTWind AdvisoryOTXAdams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane and 1 more14 hr
Jan 21, 2:22 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOTXAdams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more42 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 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.