Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2012, 3:48 PM PST for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 36 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012, 3:48 PM PST (23:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Kittitas County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 8:25 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Sse Easton, WA | 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN 24 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH IS APPROXIMATELY 24 INCHES. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 273 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265 WWUS46 KPDT 182348 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES, THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS AND THE ADJACENT VALLEYS FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-190800- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0010.121219T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.W.0014.121219T1200Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$ WAZ026-190800- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0010.121219T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.W.0014.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST END OF THE KITTITAS VALLEY INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ027-190800- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0010.121219T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0900Z/ YAKIMA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY NORTHWEST OF YAKIMA ABOVE 1200 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NACHES AND YAKIMA * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 82 AND HIGHWAY 12. 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. && $$ WAZ521-190800- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0010.121219T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0900Z/ SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 7 INCHES IN THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BECOME POOR AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-190800- /O.NEW.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY WEST OF THE DALLES AND ON THE HIGHER BLUFFS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA GORGE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND SUNDOWN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE DALLES AND WHITE SALMON * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 84. 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. && $$ ORZ509-190800- /O.NEW.KPDT.WS.A.0011.121219T2100Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 348 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER...CAMP SHERMAN AND SISTERS * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
10 follow-up statements
360 WWUS46 KPDT 190352 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES...THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS AND THE ADJACENT VALLEYS FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-191500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.121219T1200Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$ WAZ026-191500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST END OF THE KITTITAS VALLEY INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-191500- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0011.121219T2100Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T2100Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. 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. && $$ WAZ027-191500- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0900Z/ YAKIMA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY NORTHWEST OF YAKIMA ABOVE 1200 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 82 AND HIGHWAY 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ521-191500- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0900Z/ SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 7 INCHES IN THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BECOME POOR AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-191500- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON 752 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY WEST OF THE DALLES AND ON THE HIGHER BLUFFS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA GORGE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND SUNDOWN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 84. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
565 WWUS46 KPDT 190405 CCA WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES...THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS AND THE ADJACENT VALLEYS FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-191530- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.121219T1200Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$ WAZ026-191530- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST END OF THE KITTITAS VALLEY INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-191530- /O.UPG.KPDT.WS.A.0011.121219T2100Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.COR.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T2100Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. 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. && $$ WAZ027-191530- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0900Z/ YAKIMA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY NORTHWEST OF YAKIMA ABOVE 1200 FEET. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 82 AND HIGHWAY 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ521-191530- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0900Z/ SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 7 INCHES IN THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BECOME POOR AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-191530- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T1200Z-121220T0200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON 804 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY WEST OF THE DALLES AND ON THE HIGHER BLUFFS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA GORGE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND SUNDOWN. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 84. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
865 WWUS46 KPDT 191459 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES...THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS AND THE ADJACENT VALLEYS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-192300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 19 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$ WAZ026-192300- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEST END OF THE VALLEY...INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP...KITTITAS * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ027-192300- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0900Z/ YAKIMA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY...WEST AND NORTHWEST OF YAKIMA ABOVE 1200 FEET. * ELEVATION: MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... WHITE SWAN * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 82 AND HIGHWAY 12. 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. && $$ WAZ521-192300- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0900Z/ SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BECOME POOR AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-192300- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY WEST OF THE DALLES AND ON THE HIGHER BLUFFS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA GORGE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 84. 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. && $$ ORZ509-192300- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.121219T2100Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 659 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOW FALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADES AND SOUTH OF BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER...CAMP SHERMAN... SISTERS * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
814 WWUS46 KPDT 192221 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES...THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS AND THE ADJACENT VALLEYS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-200630- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 19 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$ WAZ026-200630- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEST END OF THE VALLEY...INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP...KITTITAS * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ027-200630- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0900Z/ YAKIMA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY...WEST AND NORTHWEST OF YAKIMA ABOVE 1200 FEET. * ELEVATION: MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA... WHITE SWAN * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 82 AND HIGHWAY 12. 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. && $$ WAZ521-200630- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0900Z/ SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BECOME POOR AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-200200- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY WEST OF THE DALLES AND ON THE HIGHER BLUFFS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA GORGE. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON * WINDS: EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 84. 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. && $$ ORZ509-200630- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 221 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOW FALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADES AND SOUTH OF BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER...CAMP SHERMAN... SISTERS * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ JJSMITH
519 WWUS46 KPDT 200151 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 551 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES AND THE KITTITAS VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ027-521-200300- /O.CAN.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0900Z/ YAKIMA VALLEY-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NACHES...SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH... YAKIMA...BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 551 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SNOW TO THE YAKIMA VALLEY AND THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS HAS MOVED TO THE EAST AND SNOW IS NO LONGER ACCUMULATING IN THE AREA. AS A RESULT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS EVENING WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ ORZ041-WAZ024-200300- /O.EXP.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121220T0200Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...WHITE SALMON 551 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SNOW TO THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE HAS MOVED TO THE EAST AND SNOW IS NO LONGER ACCUMULATING IN THE AREA. AS A RESULT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS EVENING WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ WAZ520-201000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 551 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 19 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$ WAZ026-201000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 551 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEST END OF THE VALLEY...INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-201000- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 551 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND SOUTH OF BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. 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. && $$
408 WWUS46 KPDT 200550 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 950 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES AND THE KITTITAS VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW IN THESE AREAS AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-201500- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 950 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 19 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ WAZ026-201200- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 950 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEST END OF THE VALLEY...INCLUDING THORP. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELLENSBURG...THORP * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 82. 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. && $$ ORZ509-201500- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 950 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND SOUTH OF BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ACCUMULATE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SECONDARY ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND SLOW DOWN TO ADJUST FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
147 WWUS46 KPDT 201210 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 410 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ026-201315- /O.EXP.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ KITTITAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLENSBURG...THORP 410 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING SOME SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. $$ WAZ520-201800- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 410 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 19 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-202015- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 410 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND SOUTH OF BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. 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. && $$
619 WWUS46 KPDT 201732 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 932 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY BRINGING MORE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE EVEN AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ520-210000- /O.EXT.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 932 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 19 INCHES... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-210000- /O.CON.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 932 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND SOUTH OF BEND. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 97 AND HIGHWAY 20. 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. && $$
814 WWUS46 KPDT 202219 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 219 PM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...SNOW IS COMING TO AN END OVER THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS COMING TO AN END ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS ALONG THE WASHINGTON CASCADE CREST. STRONG WINDS ARE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LESS OF A CONCERN. ORZ509-202330- /O.CAN.KPDT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 219 PM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS LARGELY ENDED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ WAZ520-210000- /O.CON.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 219 PM PST THU DEC 20 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: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 19 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...ROSLYN... TROUT LAKE * WINDS: WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. 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. && $$
257 WWUS46 KPDT 202346 WSWPDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 346 PM PST THU DEC 20 2012 WAZ520-210100- /O.EXP.KPDT.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON... ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE 346 PM PST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. $$
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 Dec 18, 2:56 PM PST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 2:56 PM PST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
256 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...ANOTHER PACIFIC WEATHER
SYSTEM WILL MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA AND PROVIDE VARIOUS
WEATHER ELEMENTS TO THE FORECAST AREA. SOUTHEAST PRESSURE GRADIENTS
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING. THIS WILL PROMOTE
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY...WALLOWA COUNTY...AND
POTENTIALLY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS
AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON FOOTHILLS. WIND HIGHLIGHTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR SEVERAL OF THE LISTED AREAS. PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT PDXNPWPDT
FOR DETAILS ON WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES.
EASTERLY GRADIENTS WILL ALSO AID IN THE TRAPPING OF COLD AIR ALONG
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES...EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE...THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS...THE YAKIMA AND KITTITAS VALLEYS.
THERE IS ALSO CONCERN STARTING LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR
SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE 4000FT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE OREGON CASCADES. THIS COMBINED WITH A MODERATE TO STRONG
SURFACE GRADIENT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
THEREFORE WINTER HIGHLIGHTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. PLEASE
REFER TO PRODUCT PDXWSWPDT FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON
WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MOST SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH SATURDAY AS
A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OFFSHORE. THERE WILL BE CONTINUOUS
SHOWERS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS SURGES OF MOISTURE MOVE THROUGH
THIS PATTERN. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 1000 FEET TO AROUND 3500
FEET. LOWEST SNOW LEVELS WILL BE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
WASHINGTON CASCADES AS MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO A COLD POOL OF
AIR IN THIS REGION. HIGHEST SNOW LEVELS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. EVENTUALLY THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BRINGING COLDER AIR AND
LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. THIS WILL OCCUR LATE SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.
91
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS BEGIN
TO EXHIBIT TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THEIR 12Z RUN SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF
THE MOVEMENT/SPEED OF A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE
INTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER, BOTH THE GFS AND
ECMWF ENSEMBLE RUNS INDICATE A GENERAL INCREASE IN 500MB HEIGHTS
FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BY VIRTUE OF A MID/UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION, WHICH POINTS
TO MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE FORECAST FOR THE
NEW DAY SEVEN 24-HOUR PERIOD (FROM DAYBREAK TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT) HINGES ON THE MODEL THAT HAS BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. I
CHOSE TO FOLLOW THE ECMWF MODEL FOR THE POPS FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT AS THE 00Z AND 12Z ECMWF MODEL RUNS SHOW VERY GOOD RUN-TO-RUN
CONSISTENCY, WHEREAS THE 00Z AND 12Z GFS RUNS SHOW EXTREMELY POOR
RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. AS SUCH I GAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT TO THE LATEST
12Z ECMWF RUN, WHICH INDICATES A WARM FRONT PUSHING THROUGH A RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE COAST CAUSING WARM AIR ADVECTION INTO THE
FORECAST AREA RESULTING IN OVERRUNING PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THE WARM FRONT FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. I THEREFORE INCREASED
POPS FOR TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE VERY LOW TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A MIX OF
RAIN/SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. POLAN
&&
.AVIATION...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS. CLOUD
BASES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4000 AND 10000 FEET AGL WITH A BROKEN DECK
OF HIGH CIRRUS THIS MORNING WITH ONLY FEW-SCT LOWER CLOUDS AND CIGS
AT MID/UPPER LEVELS. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAINS. THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF MVFR CONDITIONS WITH SNOW SHOWERS AT KRDM AND KBDN
THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS AT KDLS WILL BECOME MVFR TO IFR TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 12Z/19TH UNTIL 18Z/19TH DUE TO SNOW
DECREASING CIGS AND VIS. WINDS WILL BE 5-15 KTS AT ALL SITES, WHILE
KPSC, KPDT AND KALW MAY SEE SOME HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. POLAN
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 26 38 33 41 / 10 20 20 20
ALW 30 40 34 42 / 10 20 20 20
PSC 28 38 35 44 / 10 70 60 30
YKM 23 33 27 36 / 10 80 80 60
HRI 28 39 34 45 / 10 60 40 30
ELN 21 34 26 36 / 10 90 90 70
RDM 19 39 26 37 / 20 30 30 80
LGD 22 32 29 34 / 20 60 50 40
GCD 19 33 26 34 / 20 50 40 50
DLS 29 40 33 41 / 20 70 80 70
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY ORZ050.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY ORZ507.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ503-508.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ509.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY ORZ041.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO NOON PST THURSDAY ORZ049.
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST
THURSDAY WAZ027.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST
THURSDAY WAZ521.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY
WAZ520.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY WAZ024.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY
WAZ026.
&&
THREAT INDEX
WEDNESDAY : RED
THURSDAY : RED
FRIDAY : GREEN
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
89/99/91/99Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 5:33 AM PST, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
533 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-
191315-
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-
533 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE CWA TODAY, MAINLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, LIGHT FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE DURING
THE AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW WEDNESDAY
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, SIMCOE HIGHLANDS,
KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY
STRONG WIND WEDNESDAY
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF
THE OREGON CASCADES, 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
SNOW THURSDAY
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, SIMCOE HIGHLANDS,
KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY
STRONG WIND THURSDAY
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF
THE OREGON CASCADES, 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 WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, THE SIMCOE HIGHLANDS, YAKIMA
VALLEY, AND KITTITAS VALLEY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD EAST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO A RAIN OR RAIN-SNOW MIX WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO A RAIN-SNOW MIX IN THE LOWER
YAKIMA VALLEY OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF
THURSDAY NIGHT.
THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF
OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN
WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. A HIGH WIND
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LADD AND PYLES CANYONS WHERE CONFIDENCE IS
HIGH THAT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS (WARNING OR ADVISORY) WILL OCCUR.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD TO THE REST OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND THE
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN, BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS, AND THE NORTHWEST
BLUES IN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY, THEN DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL WIND HIGHLIGHTS
ARE LIKELY.
UNSETTLED AND COLD WEATHER WILL PERSIST THE REST OF THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 4:57 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 23 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:58 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 55 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:48 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Klickitat, Yakima | 47 hr |
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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.