Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 5:18 AM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 29 hr. 37 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 5:18 AM PST (13:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 3:01 AM PST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM PST | SNOW 0.1 | Haydon, ID | |
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Nw Colville, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR. MODERATE SNOWFALL AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Porthill, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR PORTHILL. HEAVY SNOWFALL ONGOING AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. ELEVATION IS UNKNOWN. |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | Sacheen Lake, WA | |
| Feb 25, 4:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | S Sandpoint, ID | SPOTTER ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. AT ELEVATION OF 2100 FEET. |
| Feb 25, 4:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.7 | 8 Ssw Newport, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE AFTER 1900 PST YESTERDAY. |
| Feb 25, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Feb 25, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 13 Ne Sandpoint, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-8 |
| Feb 25, 6:45 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-1 |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 6 W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-9 |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 8 Se Northport, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-5 |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Northport, WA | |
| Feb 25, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | Ssw Metaline Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-10 |
| Feb 25, 7:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Boundary Dam, WA | |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 6 Wsw Sagle, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-14 |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-4 |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Springdale, WA | |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Ione, WA | |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | S Sandpoint, ID | 12 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. BONNER 49 |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Se Northport, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER STEVENS 5 |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Ssw Bonners Ferry, ID | 12 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER BOUNDARY 33 |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 1 Sw Bonners Ferry, ID | 12 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER BOUNDARY 8 |
| Feb 25, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 3 W Naples, ID | 12 HOUR ACCUMULATION. STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER BOUNDARY 18. |
| Feb 25, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Sandpoint, ID | |
| Feb 25, 10:35 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| Feb 25, 11:39 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 S Spokane, WA | SINCE 0630AM AROUND 28TH/RAY AREA |
| Feb 25, 12:34 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 2 N Hayden, ID | STILL +SN |
| Feb 25, 12:47 PM PST | SNOW 5.3 | 3 Nnw Spokane, WA | STILL SN TO +SN |
| Feb 25, 1:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 3 Sse Spokane, WA | |
| Feb 25, 1:52 PM PST | SNOW 3.8 | 2 Nw Spokane, WA | |
| Feb 25, 1:52 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 5 Se Spokane, WA | |
| Feb 25, 2:17 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 5 Ese Spokane, WA | |
| Feb 25, 3:51 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 3 Nw Spokane, WA | |
| Feb 25, 3:51 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 4 Nnw Spokane, WA | |
| Feb 25, 3:52 PM PST | SNOW 7.5 | 4 Se Spokane, WA | SINCE 0630AM AROUND 28TH/RAY AREA |
| Feb 25, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Colville, WA |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WWUS46 KOTX 241318 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 518 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND PICKING UP TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT ABOVE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING EXCEPT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH RAIN SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW IN THE MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. IDZ001-004-242130- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.120225T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.120225T0600Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 518 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... 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 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 9 TO 13 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: AROUND 30. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY INTO SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET TONIGHT LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. 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. && $$ WAZ037-242130- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.120225T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 518 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: AROUND 30. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING FRIDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY INTO SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-242130- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 518 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. 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. && $$ WAZ031-242130- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0600Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 518 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 4500 FEET TONIGHT LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
13 follow-up statements
471 WWUS46 KOTX 241753 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 953 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND PICKING UP TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT ABOVE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING EXCEPT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH RAIN SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW IN THE MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. IDZ001-004-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.120225T0600Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 953 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 9 TO 13 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: AROUND 30. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY INTO SATURDAY... THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET TONIGHT LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 953 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-250200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0600Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 953 AM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 4500 FEET TONIGHT LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 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. && $$
265 WWUS46 KOTX 242250 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 250 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND PICKING UP TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT ABOVE VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING EXCEPT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH RAIN SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW IN THE MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. IDZ001-004-250800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.120225T0600Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 250 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 55 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-250800- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0600Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 250 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WET SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF DRIER SNOW FROM LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TURN INTO LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET LOWERING TO LAKE LEVEL. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-250800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 250 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET THIS EVENING LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-250800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0600Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 250 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 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. && $$
915 WWUS46 KOTX 250532 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 932 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH ANY RAIN SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW IN THE MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. IDZ001-004-251500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.120225T0600Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 932 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 60 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-251500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...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 932 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: 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. * SNOW LEVEL: LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS EVERYWHERE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. 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. && $$ WAZ031-251500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0600Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 932 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: FALLING TOWARD 3000 FEET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-251500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.120225T0600Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 932 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WET SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF DRIER SNOW FROM LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TURN INTO LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET LOWERING TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS BY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
880 WWUS46 KOTX 250746 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1146 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH ANY RAIN SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW IN THE MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW FOR SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. WAZ037-251600- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1146 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 10 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY AROUND COLVILLE...PRIEST LAKE...AND NORTHPORT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AROUND DEER PARK...NEWPORT...AND DIAMOND LAKE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-251600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 1146 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 AM SUNDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM COEUR D'ALENE TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-251600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1146 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10 AM...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION. STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AROUND REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...AND SHERMAN PASS...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-251600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1146 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 10 PM SATURDAY...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASING SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-251600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 1146 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TURN INTO LOCALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET LOWERING TO LAKE LEVEL. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
418 WWUS46 KOTX 251223 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 423 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 IDZ001-004-252100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 423 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS...MAINLY OVER EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE EFFICIENTLY AT PLACES LIKE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. 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. && $$ WAZ037-251800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 423 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-251800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 423 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. 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. && $$ WAZ031-252100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 423 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 5 AM TO 10 PM...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-252100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 423 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES...MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND DECREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
827 WWUS46 KOTX 251645 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 845 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 WAZ037-260000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 845 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-260045- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 845 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE EFFICIENTLY AT PLACES LIKE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-251800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 845 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MID MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-260045- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 845 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 845 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...AND DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
687 WWUS46 KOTX 251741 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 941 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 WAZ038-251845- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 941 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. $$ IDZ001-004-260145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 941 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE EFFICIENTLY AT PLACES LIKE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 941 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER AND NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-260145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 941 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 941 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES...MAINLY ON THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY... AND DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...WORLEY... PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
794 WWUS46 KOTX 251846 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1046 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 IDZ001-004-260245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1046 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE EFFICIENTLY AT PLACES LIKE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1046 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. 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. && $$ WAZ036-252100- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T2100Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1046 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ENTER HAZARD TYPE ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET...AND 2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE WEST PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WAZ031-260245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1046 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1046 AM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY... AND DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...WORLEY... PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
587 WWUS46 KOTX 252102 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 102 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 WAZ036-252215- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120225T2100Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 102 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OFTHE AFTERNOON...WITH FURTHER MINOR ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. $$ IDZ001-004-260515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 102 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORE EFFICIENTLY AT PLACES LIKE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 102 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING: FREQUENT AND OCCASIONALLY INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 FROM SHERMAN PASS THROUGH REPUBLIC INTO WAUCONDA AND ALONG HIGHWAY 21 FROM REPUBLIC TO THE BC BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-260515- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 102 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-260000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 102 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY... AND DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...WORLEY... PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
825 WWUS46 KOTX 252305 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 305 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 WAZ037-260015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 305 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT ANY FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-260015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 305 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT ANY FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ IDZ001-004-260715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 305 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER SHOSHONE COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: CONTINUOUS SNOW SHOWERS...OCCASIONALLY INTENSE...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-260600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 305 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
911 WWUS46 KOTX 260152 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 552 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 IDZ001-260300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 552 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...THROUGH THE NIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE VALLEYS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS LESS THAN THREE INCHES THROUGH THE NIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ004-261000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 552 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: CONTINUOUS SNOW SHOWERS...OCCASIONALLY INTENSE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-260600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 552 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
137 WWUS46 KOTX 260603 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1003 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 WAZ031-260715- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120226T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1003 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE NORTHEASTERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT. $$ IDZ004-261200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1003 PM PST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS... AND 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: CONTINUOUS SNOW SHOWERS...OCCASIONALLY INTENSE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH SHOSHONE COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 NORTH FROM SANDPOINT TO THE BC BORDER. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
658 WWUS46 KOTX 261101 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 301 AM PST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...LOCALIZED WET AND HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DESCEND FROM CANADA TODAY AND BRING BANDS OF SNOW TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTH IDAHO. SOME SPOTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW AND SOME SPOTS MAY RECEIVE VERY LITTLE SNOW AT ALL TODAY GIVEN THE BANDED NATURE OF THE SNOW. IDZ004-261215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120226T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 301 AM PST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES AREAS. SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID MORNING. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-261915- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0011.120226T1101Z-120227T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 301 AM PST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM 3 AM TO EARLY AFTERNOON...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES AROUND METALINE FALLS...NORTHPORT...AND IONE. * TIMING: BANDS OF SNOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO FAR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE TODAY. SNOW BANDS THAT REMAIN OVER A PARTICULAR SPOT FOR HOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAPID ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY. ROADS WILL BE SLICK...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 24, 4:19 AM PST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 4:19 AM PST, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
419 AM PST Fri Feb 24 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A low pressure system will bring increasing chances for
precipitation today and especially into the weekend as snow
levels fall to most valley floors by early Saturday morning. Very gusty
winds will also be common Saturday. A cool and unsettled weather
pattern will persist into next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Today: A potent upper level trough will approach the region.
Isentropic ascent out ahead of this system will moisten the
atmosphere with increasing cloud cover expected. Enough dry air in
place will limit the amount of precipitation that will fall with
the northern mountains seeing the best chances. Wet bulb cooling
should result in precipitation falling as snow down to valley
floors. We may see some snow as far south as Spokane/Coeur d'Alene
to the northern Waterville Plateau, but any snowfall accumulations
will be light today. Heavier precipitation amounts will occur with
the cold front passage tonight.
Tonight through tomorrow night: The cold front is expected to
cross the Cascade crest around midnight tonight and then progress
into the Idaho Panhandle by the early morning hours on Saturday.
Warm and moist southerly flow out ahead of the front will raise
snow levels above the valley floors for most areas. This has made
snow levels quite tricky especially closer to the Canadian border.
Locations this far north should remain cold enough to see
precipitation in the form of snowfall. Places like Bonners Ferry,
Colville, and Republic are expected to see at least a few inches
of some wet heavy snowfall. Confidence is higher that significant
snowfall will fall across the valleys of Northern Idaho as
precipitation is expected to be more widespread here through
Sunday morning here rather than across the northeastern Washington
mountains where precipitation will likely be more hit and miss.
Idaho Panhandle mountains should see heavy snowfall accumulations
with up to a foot or more possible through Sunday morning. Thus,
we decided to upgrade the Winter Storm Watch for the Northern
Panhandle and Central Panhandle Mountains to a Winter Storm
Warning. Central Panhandle valleys will likely start out with rain
tonight or a mix of rain and snow with little accumulations, but
should change over to all snow by Saturday morning as snow levels
crash behind the cold front. For the Northeast Mountains, decided
to issue a Winter Weather Advisory as snowfall is not expected to
as heavy and amounts, at least in the valleys, should be below our
warning criteria. Also, decided to add the Okanogan Highlands and
the Northeast Blue Mountains to the Advisory as these areas will
see in the neighborhood of 3 to 7 inches of snowfall.
Snow levels will fall quickly with frontal passage tonight with
light snowfall possible in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area and
across the Palouse, but this snowfall should be short lived before
most of the moisture moves into the Panhandle. The unstable air
mass on Saturday will result in continued shower activity. Strong
winds will mix down Saturday afternoon. Strongest winds are
expected to be from the Columbia Basin over into the Palouse and
the foothills of the Northeastern Blue Mountains. Winds will be
strong over mountain ridges as well. Wind highlights may be need,
but will hold off at the moment. /SVH
Sunday through Monday night...the threat of light snow will continue
for portions of the Inland Northwest on Sunday with a drying trend
from northwest to southeast overnight Sunday into Monday. A surface
low will slide across the region, bringing some valley snow that
could result in moderate snowfall locally if deformation bands
develop in the vicinity of the surface low. Models continue to
depict a band of heavier precipitation across the northeast quadrant
of the forecast area, but these small-scale features are difficult
to pin down. The low pressure at the surface and aloft will move
quickly through the region. The upper trough axis will shift to
eastern Idaho/western Montana on Monday. Instability showers will
linger over the southeast zones Monday while the -32C cold pool at
500mb tracks over the forecast area. The Camas Prairie will see some
light snowfall accumulation as north to northwest upslope flow
enhances ascent. Since the northerly flow will be mixing drier air,
qpf will be dwindling. Clearing skies will allow temperatures to get
quite cold, especially across the northern valleys where single
digits will be common.
Tuesday through Thursday...The ridge of high pressure will be
pushed quickly to the east by the next Pacific trough that
will be propelled by a 140 kt jet. The sharp trough broadens as it
settles over the region, allowing unseasonably cold air to spread
into the forecast area. Moist westerly flow will keep the threat of
precipitation across the region. The cool and unsettled conditions
will continue through Thursday with temperatures below normal and
pops near to slightly above climo. /Kelch
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAFS: A warm front will provide the possibility of some light
snow in the Cascades and across the northern mountains this morning
into this afternoon. A mid level cold front will cross into Central and
Eastern Washington between 3-6z Saturday with -RA likely developing
at all TAF sites except possibly KEAT, which may get rain shadowed
by the Cascades. This front will pack strong winds off the surface
across the the Columbia Basin and into the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene
area and into the Palouse. Low level wind shear will be possible
between 04-10Z with winds mixing down to the surface with frontal
passage thereafter. Expect MVFR CIGS with this system tonight with
deteriorating VIS as rain changes over to snow on the backside of
the cold front. /SVh
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 44 34 37 27 36 22 / 30 100 60 40 60 10
Coeur d'Alene 42 33 36 27 36 18 / 30 100 80 60 70 20
Pullman 46 34 35 27 38 23 / 10 100 60 50 50 30
Lewiston 50 37 41 29 44 24 / 0 80 50 30 50 30
Colville 40 31 38 23 38 13 / 60 100 60 60 70 10
Sandpoint 39 32 35 25 35 13 / 60 100 90 80 70 20
Kellogg 40 30 33 24 34 12 / 20 100 100 90 70 40
Moses Lake 47 34 44 26 45 21 / 10 60 20 10 20 10
Wenatchee 44 31 39 26 42 22 / 10 50 20 20 20 10
Omak 40 30 38 20 37 12 / 50 100 20 20 30 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Storm Warning from 10 PM this evening to 4 AM PST Sunday
for Central Panhandle Mountains-Northern Panhandle.
WA...Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM PST
Saturday for Northeast Mountains-Okanogan Highlands.
Winter Weather Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 PM PST
Saturday for Northeast Blue Mountains.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 4:46 PM PST, 12 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 446 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-250100- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 446 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR WET HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS TYPE OF LATE WINTER STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS...WITH UP 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. WAZ042-250100- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 446 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WET...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY OVER THE NORTHERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS. THIS TYPE OF LATE WINTER STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL LIKELY FALL ACROSS TOWNS CLOSER TO THE CASCADE CREST SUCH AS PLAIN... LEAVENWORTH...LAKE WENATCHEE AND STEHEKIN. IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-038-041-043-044-250100- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 446 PM PST THU FEB 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS MOST LIKELY OCCURRING FROM THE PALOUSE TO SPOKANE. A SECOND POCKET OF GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE CASCADES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:18 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai, Latah | 41 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:59 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce | 32 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Idaho, 2012Winter 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.