Alert archive / Oregon / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this winter storm warning at Jan 16, 2012, 4:05 AM PST for 12 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 41 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2012, 4:05 AM PST (12:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2012, 2:47 PM PST
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Crook County, OR, Deschutes County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 7 Nnw Easton, WA | LIGHT POWDER SNOW. 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 930 PM. MORE THAN 2 FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 17, 9:50 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 1 Ssw Snowden, WA | OBSERVER MEASURE 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
| Jan 17, 9:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Ssw Snowden, WA | OBSERVER MEASURE 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
| Jan 17, 9:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 7 Nnw Easton, WA | UPDATE. 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN 12 HOURS AND IS SNOWING HEAVILY. VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE DUE TO SNOW AND THE FLAKES ARE OF MEDIUM SIZE. ELEVATION 2460 FEET. |
| Jan 17, 12:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Ene White Salmon, WA | OBSERVER REPORTS 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MEASURED IN 24 HOURS, AND 18 INCHES OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS. IT IS STILL SNOWING CURRENTLY. ELEVATION 1955 FEET. |
| Jan 17, 2:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 1 W Trout Lake, WA | 17 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. MOUNT ADAMS RANGER STATION. |
| Jan 17, 4:09 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Wsw Camp Sherman, OR | 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. 12 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Jan 17, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 S Black Butte Ranch, OR | 9 INCHES FELL BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM TUESDAY. |
| Jan 17, 9:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Sw Spout Springs, OR | 8 INCHES IN 11 HOURS BY HIGH RIDGE SNOTEL |
| Jan 17, 11:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Ssw Camp Sherman, OR | 5.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 630 PM. STORM TOTAL 14 INCHES. |
| Jan 18, 12:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 9 Sw Ski Bluewood, OR | MILK SHAKES SNOTEL |
| Jan 18, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Athena, OR | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Heppner, OR | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Ene La Grande, OR | 5 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE STORM BEGAN ON TUESDAY EVENING. |
| Jan 18, 6:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15.4 | Condon, OR | 24 HOUR AMOUNT. |
| Jan 18, 6:42 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Wsw Camp Sherman, OR | 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 4 PM TUESDAY. 15 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. CURRENTLY TEMPERATURE IS 32 DEGREES WITH A LIGHT RAIN/SNOW MIX. |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Ene Cayuse, OR | 12 HR TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Weston, OR | 12 HR OVERNIGHT TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 2 Nne Condon, OR | COCORAHS REPORT. ELEVATION 2762 FEET. |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.2 | 5 Ssw Chenoweth, OR | 24 HR TOTAL SINCE 7AM YESTERDAY. ELEVATION 656 FT. |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 9 N Elgin, OR | COCORAHS REPORT. 24 HOUR TOTAL FROM 7AM YESTERDAY. |
| Jan 18, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 5 Sw Spout Springs, OR | HIGH RIDGE SNOTEL |
| Jan 18, 7:03 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 N Meacham, OR | 10 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE STORM BEGAN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 14-16 INCH DRIFTS. STILL SNOWING HARD. |
| Jan 18, 7:55 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | La Grande, OR | THE OBSERVER REPORTED 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE PAST 5 HOURS AND A 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 7 INCHES. |
| Jan 18, 7:55 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.2 | 5 N White Salmon, WA | THE OBSERVER MEASURE 10.2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 7:55 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13.1 | 9 N Elgin, OR | OBSERVER MEASURED 13.1 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 E Walla Walla, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 5.5 | Bend, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. ELEVATION 3660 FEET. |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Ne Dayton, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 10 Nne Ukiah, OR | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 6 Sw Kamela, OR | BOWMAN SPGS SNOTEL |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Glenwood, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 1 Wnw White Salmon, WA | THE OBSERVER MEASURED 17 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 24 | 3 Sw Lyle, OR | THE OBSERVER MEASURED 24 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. CURRENTLY RAINING. |
| Jan 18, 8:09 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Ene La Grande, OR | 12 HOUR TOTAL...MAINLY FELL LAST EVENING. |
| Jan 18, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Ne Walla Walla, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | La Grande, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. ELEVATION 2755 FEET. |
| Jan 18, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Dayton, WA | REPORT FROM FACEBOOK. |
| Jan 18, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 10 Sse Maupin, OR | RECORDED 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Goldendale, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. ELEVATION 1657 FEET. |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 7 | Cle Elum, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. ELEVATION 1920 FEET. |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Dayton, WA | MAINLY IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. ELEVATION 1557 FEET. |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Wsw Camp Sherman, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | Ski Bluewood, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 21 | 15 Sse Flora, OR | HEAVIEST SNOW THE SPOTTER HAS EVER SEEN IN SUCH A SHORT TIME PERIOD- 17 HRS. |
| Jan 18, 9:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nnw La Pine, OR | 6 INCHES IN 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Ssw Yakima, WA | SNOW BEGAN FALLING OVERNIGHT. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 9 N Ione, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Wnw Bend, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Bend, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | City Of The Dalles, OR | 8 TO 10 INCHES AROUND TOWN. TREE BRANCHES BROKEN AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTS OF POWER OUT AT THE DALLES, DUFUR, ,OSIER, AND BROWS CREEK. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13.1 | 9 N Elgin, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Nw Wasco, OR | REPORTED 10.2 EARLIER, NOW HAVE 14 INCHES TOTAL. TEMPERATURE HAS RISEN TO 35 DEGREES. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 7 Ne Goldendale, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 Se Flora, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 4 Ene White Salmon, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. CURRENTLY 40 DEGREES WITH LIGHT RAIN. THE SNOW DEPTH VARIES FROM 24-32 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 18, 9:46 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Nnw Ukiah, OR | IN LAST 18 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | Yakima, WA | OVERNIGHT TOTAL FROM CO-OP OBSERVER. OFFICIAL OBSERVATION TAKEN IN THE EVENING. |
| Jan 18, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 N La Grande, OR | OVERNIGHT TOTAL. |
| Jan 18, 10:14 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Nne Ione, OR | 24 HOUR TOTAL. NOT CURRENTLY SNOWING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
842 WWUS46 KPDT 161205 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WAZ520-170030- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR...HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. WARMER AIR ALOFT ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY IN KLICKITAT COUNTY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-508-170030- /O.EXA.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 11 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 204. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELLING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY... MAINLY IN THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ028-029-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT MAY BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON... WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW...CREATING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ACROSS THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS OF WASHINGTON. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-WAZ030-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE... SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 11 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 204. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-503-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION... LONG CREEK...UKIAH 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION...UKIAH...LONG CREEK * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 405 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS WHICH INCLUDES CAMP SHERMAN AND SISTERS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
11 follow-up statements
318 WWUS46 KPDT 161221 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WAZ520-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELLING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ028-029-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT MAY BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON... WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW...CREATING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ACROSS THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS OF WASHINGTON. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-WAZ030-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE... SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 11 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 204. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-503-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION... LONG CREEK...UKIAH 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION...UKIAH...LONG CREEK * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS WHICH INCLUDES CAMP SHERMAN AND SISTERS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-508-170030- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 421 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE COULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW COULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE OVER THE RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PENDLETON...HERMISTON...CONDON * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84 AND HIGHWAY 204. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
069 WWUS46 KPDT 162319 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-170730- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-170730- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT...LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-170730- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-170730- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-170730- /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ520-170730- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-170730- /O.EXA.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-170730- /O.EXA.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-508-170730- /O.EXT.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE OVER THE RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PENDLETON...HERMISTON...HEPPNER...CONDON * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ028-029-170730- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 319 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON... WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW...CREATING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ACROSS THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS OF WASHINGTON. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
122 WWUS46 KPDT 170436 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ORZ508-171300- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE OVER THE RAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-171300- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0300Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-171300- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ520-171300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-171300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-171300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-171300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-171300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-171300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-171300- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WW.Y.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 836 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
808 WWUS46 KPDT 171229 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A COUPLE OF STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS WEEK. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES TODAY AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WAZ520-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW WILL MAINLY OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE OVER THE RAIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0300Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-172300- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 429 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
566 WWUS46 KPDT 172159 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES TODAY AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. WAZ520-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY THEN INCREASE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.120118T0300Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-180600- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 159 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
441 WWUS46 KPDT 180346 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. ORZ505-506-181500- /O.UPG.KPDT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ520-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ON RIDGE TOPS. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE LATER TONIGHT. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-181500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 746 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
162 WWUS46 KPDT 181221 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. WAZ520-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-182000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ON RIDGE TOPS. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 421 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
716 WWUS46 KPDT 181356 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. WAZ520-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-182000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ON RIDGE TOPS. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FROM MADRAS NORTHWARD... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FROM MADRAS NORTHWARD. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT SOUTH OF MADRAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF MADRAS. AREAS SOUTH OF MADRAS WILL RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING SOUTH OF MADRAS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 556 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
176 WWUS46 KPDT 181437 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. WAZ520-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BICKLETON... GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...WHITE SALMON * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-182000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A RAIN AND SNOW MIX POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SISTERS...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE... SUNRIVER...BEND * WINDS: BREEZY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ON RIDGE TOPS. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF MADRAS. AREAS SOUTH OF MADRAS WILL RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING SOUTH OF MADRAS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MADRAS...MAUPIN...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOSEPH...WALLOWA...FLORA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-WAZ028-029-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TRI-CITIES...PROSSER...DAYTON...WALLA WALLA...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-182300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 637 AM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JOHN DAY...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS... PAULINA...SENECA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
014 WWUS46 KPDT 182020 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WASHINGTON AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS. ORZ507-182130- /O.CAN.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. $$ ORZ509-182130- /O.EXP.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BELOW 4500 FEET...MAINLY IN SISTERS AND BEND. OTHERWISE... ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING. $$ WAZ520-190300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL... EASTON...ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE * WINDS: IT WILL BE WINDY ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS...BUT THE EASTERN VALLEYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WIND. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH CLE ELUM AND EASTON AND HIGHWAY 12 OVER WHITE PASS AND HIGHWAY 97 OVER BLEWETT PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-026-027-521-190300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES... SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-190000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT... LONG CREEK...UKIAH * WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ049-190000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-190300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF MADRAS. AREAS SOUTH OF MADRAS WILL RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING SOUTH OF MADRAS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SOUTH OF WARM SPRINGS...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-190000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HIGHER PLATEAUS OF NORTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WALLOWA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ508-190300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-WAZ028-029-190300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE...CONNELL... PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE...CONNELL... PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY WEDNESDAY EVENING IF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-506-190000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 1220 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY... SENECA...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...MONUMENT...SPRAY * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN AND IN THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
521 WWUS46 KPDT 182247 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE THURSDAY WITH MIXED WINTERY PRECIPITATION... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF WINTERY PRECIPITATION TO THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND FOOTHILLS WHERE COLD AIR REMAINS TRAPPED. THE MOUNTAINS WILL EXPERIENCE HIGH ELEVATION SNOW. ORZ506-190500- /O.CAN.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.A.0002.120119T1200Z-120120T1200Z/ OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY... SENECA 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: MAINLY ABOVE 4500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SENECA * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY ISSUES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-044-508-WAZ024-028-029-190500- /O.CAN.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.A.0002.120119T1200Z-120120T1200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...BOARDMAN... HERMISTON...IONE...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...WHITE SALMON... CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. THERE WILL ALSO BE PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE...ARLINGTON... THE DALLES...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...CONNELL...PROSSER... TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA...WHITE SALMON * IMPACTS: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ502-503-WAZ030-190500- /O.CAN.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.A.0002.120119T1200Z-120120T1200Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK... UKIAH...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL RANAGE FROM 3500 FEET IN THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND 4500 FEET IN THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK...UKIAH... SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 204...AND HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ042-WAZ026-027-520-521-190000- /O.CAN.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/ NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY- EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUFUR...MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO... PRINEVILLE...REDMOND...ELLENSBURG...THORP...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE... TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ ORZ049-050-505-190000- /O.CAN.KPDT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0000Z/ GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-JOHN DAY BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION... ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ ORZ507-190500- /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.A.0002.120119T1200Z-120120T1200Z/ FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK 247 PM PST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL ALSO BE PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK * IMPACTS: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. ROADS MAY BECOME VERY ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 16, 3:27 AM PST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:27 AM PST, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
327 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WERE
LINGERING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD AS
A DISTURBANCE DRIFTS ACROSS OUR AREA. IN AN UPSLOPE FLOW THE LIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA MOUNTAINS.
A STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE PACNW TONIGHT SPREADING SNOW
INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND A
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS HERE.
SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL STRIKE THE CASCADES INTO TUESDAY AND THE
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY AND WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN HOISTED
ALONG THE OREGON CASCADES...KITTITAS AND YAKIMA VALLEYS...AND INTO
THE GORGE. ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS OUR AREA WITH
SNOW EITHER DEVELOPING OR CONTINUING ACROSS MOST AREAS TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE TWO
STATE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT SPREADING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TO THE REGION
ON A SW FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT. WINTER STORM WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED
WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FOR OUR REGION.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WET UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL
PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. ON WEDNESDAY A VERY MOIST WARM FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BRINGING COPIOUS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND
BREEZY WINDS. TEMPERATURES AND SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE THROUGH THE DAY
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BUT INITIALLY SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED AT ALL ELEVATIONS AND WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MOST OF THE AREA. CENTRAL OREGON WILL THEN SEE A RELATIVELY
CLEAN TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN IN THE LATE MORNING WITH HIGHS
GETTING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S. FARTHER NORTH THE FORECAST
BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED WITH COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE BEING MORE
DIFFICULT TO SCOUR OUT. EXPECT A PERIOD WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN WITH SNOW AND RAIN IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE AND
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON DURING THE AFTERNOON. THEN AS THE WARMER AIR
ADVECTS NORTH IN THE EVENING THE COLUMBIA BASIN...BLUE MOUNTAIN
FOOTHILLS AND THE YAKIMA VALLEY MAY SEE FREEZING RAIN. THE BLUE
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS SHOULD THEN CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WHILE
THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE YAKIMA VALLEY COULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH
FOR FREEZING RAIN TO LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS MOSTLY
SNOW IS EXPECTED UNTIL THURSDAY WHEN SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND
5000 FEET ACROSS OREGON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND TO AROUND 4000
FEET IN THE WASHINGTON CASCADES. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION
WILL DIMINISH SOME BECOMING LIGHT SHOWERS. SOUTHERLY WINDS THURSDAY
WILL HELP WARM THE AREA INTO THE 40S WITH A FEW PLACES IN CENTRAL
OREGON AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS REACHING THE LOW 50S.
WARM AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY KEEPING SNOW LEVELS UP
AS ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE BRINGS MORE RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW
INTO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
SHOULD BE IN THE 50S WITH 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND CONCERNING THE TIMING OF THE NEXT SEVERAL
DISTURBANCES. HOWEVER...IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT UNSETTLED WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH PERIODIC RAIN AND SNOW AND BREEZY
WINDS. TRIMARCO
&&
.AVIATION...12Z TAFS...CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE VFR THE NEXT 24
HOURS...EXCEPT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AT KPDT AND KALW WHERE SNOW
SHOWERS HAVE REDUCED VSBYS/CIGS TO IFR. VARIABLE MID AND HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WITH SHOWERS RETURNING THIS
EVENING...POSSIBLE DROPPING CONDITIONS BELOW VFR. WINDS WILL BE
AROUND 5-15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 20-25 KNOTS. 82
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 36 26 40 25 / 30 30 40 90
ALW 37 29 41 28 / 30 30 40 100
PSC 38 28 40 26 / 20 20 20 90
YKM 33 22 35 19 / 20 30 60 90
HRI 38 25 39 26 / 20 30 20 90
ELN 31 23 32 18 / 20 40 70 100
RDM 33 21 36 26 / 20 40 50 70
LGD 31 22 31 24 / 30 50 50 90
GCD 33 21 36 23 / 30 30 50 70
DLS 39 28 38 27 / 30 50 60 90
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ044-507-508.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ502.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ049-503.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ509.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING ORZ041.
WA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WAZ030.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST
WEDNESDAY WAZ520.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING WAZ024-026-027-521.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING WAZ028-029.
&&
THREAT INDEX
TODAY : YELLOW
TUESDAY : YELLOW
WEDNESDAY : RED
GREEN: NONE OR LIMITED NEED FOR WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES.
YELLOW: A FEW WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
RED: NUMEROUS WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
97/82/82Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 5:08 PM PST, 10 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
508 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2012
UPDATED FOR WINTER STORM WATCH INFORMATION
ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-
161415-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
508 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, SIMCOE HIGHLANDS,
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON, KITTITAS VALLEY,
YAKIMA VALLEY, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON, FOOTHILLS
OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS
OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH
CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, LOWER
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY
BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
A COLD UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...ALTHOUGH A FEW
SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SNOW MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, SIMCOE HIGHLANDS,
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON, KITTITAS VALLEY,
YAKIMA VALLEY, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON, FOOTHILLS
OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS
OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH
CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, LOWER
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY
BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
WINTER MIX WEDNESDAY
SIMCOE HIGHLANDS, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON,
KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF
WASHINGTON, FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON,
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON,
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF
OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY
BASIN
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL INVADE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEK.
WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN
WASHINGTON ZONES AS WELL AS THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND
THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. DETAILS WILL BE FOUND IN
THE NWS PRODUCT PDXWSWPDT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE
AREAS UNDER THE WINTER STORM WATCH...AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
AND ADJACENT VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
MAY SEE FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
IT WILL ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORT REQUESTS WILL BE LIKELY THIS WEEK FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML
ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE.Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Oregon, 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.