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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 14, 2013, 3:20 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Nov 15, 2013, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 42 hr. 22 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
- Nov 14, 2013, 3:20 PM PST (23:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2013, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:32 AM PST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 9:00 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 5 Sse Murray, ID | MESONET STATION SUNSET /SNSI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 15, 10:00 PM PST | SNOW 5.1 | 9 Nw Coolin, ID | MESONET STATION 9 NW COOLIN /ITD66/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 2:47 AM PST | SNOW 4.7 | 3 Ssw Clarkia, ID | MESONET STATION 3 SW CLARKIA ITD /ITD89/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 3:00 AM PST | SNOW 14 | 6 N Hauser, ID | MESONET STATION RAGGED MOUNTAIN /RAGI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 3:29 AM PST | SNOW 7.1 | 5 Sw Emida, ID | MESONET STATION 5 WSW EMIDA ITD /ITD83/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 5:50 AM PST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 Wsw Laclede, ID | COCORAHS STATION 2 WSW LACLEDE /7804A/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 6:24 AM PST | SNOW 8 | Tensed, ID | FACEBOOK SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 6:25 AM PST | SNOW 6 | Cocolalla, ID | FACEBOOK SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 6:49 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Rathdrum, ID | REPORT FROM FACEBOOK OF WET, SLUSHY SNOW SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 12 | 6 Nw Troy, ID | MESONET STATION MOSCOW MOUNTAIN /MSCI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 7:45 AM PST | SNOW 4.3 | 1 E Wallace, ID | MESONET STATION 1 E WALLACE ITD /ITD90/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 7:45 AM PST | SNOW 8.3 | 9 N Onaway, ID | MESONET STATION 5 SW SANDERS /ITD40/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 4 Se Santa, ID | COOP OBSERVER STATION FERNWOOD 1SSW /FWDI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 9:45 AM PST | SNOW 4.7 | 3 Sw Joel, ID | ELEVATION 2858 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 2:00 PM PST | SNOW 12 | 14 Wsw Porthill, ID | MESONET STATION HIDDEN LAKE /HDLI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 3:44 PM PST | SNOW 8.7 | 9 N Onaway, ID | MESONET STATION 5 SW SANDERS /ITD40/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 3:45 PM PST | SNOW 9.4 | 5 Sw Emida, ID | MESONET STATION 5 WSW EMIDA ITD /ITD83/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 3:48 PM PST | SNOW 4.3 | 3 Ssw Clarkia, ID | MESONET STATION 3 SW CLARKIA ITD /ITD89/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 16, 4:00 PM PST | SNOW 13 | 6 Nw Troy, ID | MESONET STATION MOSCOW MOUNTAIN /MSCI1/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 17, 12:38 AM PST | SNOW 5 | Cocolalla, ID | KG7CSG COCOLALLA SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 17, 12:39 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | Elmira, ID | N6SXR ELMIRA SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 17, 12:46 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 2 N Hayden, ID | GARWOOD ID REPORT VIA FACEBOOK SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WWUS46 KOTX 142320 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 320 PM PST THU NOV 14 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING AROUND LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MID DAY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS...BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY DROP SNOW ACCUMULATION LEVELS TO VALLEY FLOORS. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IDZ001-151400- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.131115T1200Z-131117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.131115T1800Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 320 PM PST THU NOV 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 11 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW OR RESTRICTED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR THIS HEAVY SNOWFALL TO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-151400- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.131115T1800Z-131117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.131115T1800Z-131117T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 320 PM PST THU NOV 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 21 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW OR RESTRICTED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BUT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR THIS HEAVY SNOWFALL TO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS BY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 4TH OF JULY PASS AND LOOKOUT PASS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO STICK TO ROADWAYS IN THE VALLEYS FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY TIME FRAME. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-151400- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.131115T1200Z-131117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131115T1800Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 320 PM PST THU NOV 14 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW OR RESTRICTED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS: SHERMAN PASS IS EXPECTED TO SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES COOL. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-151400- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.131115T1800Z-131117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131115T1800Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 320 PM PST THU NOV 14 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3500 FEET. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
9 follow-up statements
568 WWUS46 KOTX 151104 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 304 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING AROUND LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MID DAY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS...BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY DROP SNOW ACCUMULATION LEVELS TO VALLEY FLOORS. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IDZ001-004-152015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.131115T1800Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 304 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 19 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW OR RESTRICTED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR THIS HEAVY SNOWFALL TO ACCUMULATE IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500-3000 FEET FRIDAY...LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-152015- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131116T0200Z-131116T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 304 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 2800 FEET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * SNOW LEVEL: 2800 FEET ON FRIDAY...FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: IF PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW SOONER...THE EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED HOWEVER CURRENT TIMING SUGGEST THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS FRIDAY EVENING INTO THE NIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-152015- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131116T0200Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 304 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-152015- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131115T1800Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 304 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM UP FOR NON ACCUMULATING SNOW OR RESTRICTED TO GRASSY SURFACES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IN THE VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: BETWEEN 2000-2500 FEET FRIDAY...FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: SHERMAN PASS IS EXPECTED TO SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES COOL. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-152015- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131115T1800Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 304 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 129. WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
767 WWUS46 KOTX 151704 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 904 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT FIRST THE SNOW WILL HAVE TROUBLE ACCUMULATING IN THE VALLEYS EXCEPT ON GRASSY SURFACES...HOWEVER COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL READILY ACCUMULATE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. IDZ001-004-160115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.131115T1800Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 904 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 19 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS ON GRASSY SURFACES. THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500-3000 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-160115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131116T0200Z-131116T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 904 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 2500 FEET. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...BUT SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET TODAY...FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 95 BEGINNING THIS EVENING...BUT THERE WILL BE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-160115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131115T1800Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 904 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO GRASSY LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES BRINGING THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO ALL LOCATIONS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: BETWEEN 2000-2500 FEET TODAY...FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING TODAY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND PASSES...INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. IN THE VALLEYS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY RESULTING IN ACCUMULATING SNOWS AT ALL ELEVATIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-160115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131116T0200Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 904 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL LIKELY NOT ACCUMULATE UNTIL OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-160115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131115T1800Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 904 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 129. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
571 WWUS46 KOTX 152313 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 313 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL GENERALLY KEEP HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. ACCUMULATION LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 2500 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IDZ001-004-160715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 313 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 11 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BELOW THIS LEVEL. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000-2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-160715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131116T0200Z-131116T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY 313 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN OR WET SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: WORLEY. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-160715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 313 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 4 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: A RAIN AND SNOW MIX OR WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ONLY GRASSY SURFACES BELOW 3000 FEET EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. COOLER TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL DOWN TO 2000 FEET. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET THIS EVENING...FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES WILL SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD...INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. IN THE VALLEYS... ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY RESULTING IN ACCUMULATING SNOWS IN THE VALLEYS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-160715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.131116T0200Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 313 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THIS EVENING BUT WILL LIKELY NOT ACCUMULATE UNTIL OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3500 FEET LOWERING TO 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-160715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 313 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 11 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW INTENSITY WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING WITH MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 129. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
255 WWUS46 KOTX 160452 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 852 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL GENERALLY KEEP HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. ACCUMULATION LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 2500 FEET TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IDZ001-004-161400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 852 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 11 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING: TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2500 FEET...BUT SOME SPOTTY LOCALIZED 1 TO 3 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE USUALLY COLD POCKETS IS POSSIBLE AND NOT LIKELY TO LINGER FOR LONG. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000-2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-161400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131116T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY 852 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN OR WET SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: WORLEY. * SNOW LEVEL: BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-161400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 852 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET AND 4 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: A RAIN AND SNOW MIX OR WET SNOW ACCUMULATING TONIGHT TO AS LOWS AS 2000 FEET. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS TO 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES WILL SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD...INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. IN THE VALLEYS... ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY RESULTING IN ACCUMULATING SNOWS IN THE VALLEYS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-161400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 852 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3500 FEET LOWERING TO 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-161400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 852 PM PST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 11 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW INTENSITY WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING WITH MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 129. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
636 WWUS46 KOTX 161100 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. NORTHERN VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE FURTHER MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING AND SNOW LEVELS RISE TO ABOVE 2500 TO 3000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IDZ001-004-162000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS MAINLY THIS MORNING...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL DECREASE TODAY IN THE VALLEYS AND TURN SHOWERY. CONTINUOUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS RISING TO 2500 TO 3000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TODAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-161800- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131116T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BLEWETT PASS 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING: FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BLEED OVER THE CREST THROUGH THIS MORNING. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * LOCATIONS: BLEWETT PASS...HIGHWAY 2 APPROACHING STEVENS PASS. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-161800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131116T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO RAIN AND BECOMING SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: POST FALLS...COEUR D'ALENE...WORLEY. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-162000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * TIMING: RAIN OR WET SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES WILL SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD...INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. IN THE VALLEYS... ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-162000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-162000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 300 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 129. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
104 WWUS46 KOTX 161754 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. NORTHERN VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE FURTHER MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE WELL ABOVE FREEZING AND SNOW LEVELS RISE TO ABOVE 2500 TO 3000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IDZ002-161900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131116T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WORLEY 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE MIXED WITH RAIN. THIS ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOVE FREEZING SHOULD KEEP ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LIGHT. $$ WAZ038-161900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. $$ IDZ001-004-170200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS RISING TO 2500 TO 3000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-170000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BLEWETT PASS 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING: FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BLEED OVER THE CREST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * LOCATIONS: BLEWETT PASS...HIGHWAY 2 APPROACHING STEVENS PASS. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * TIMING: RAIN OR WET SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT VALLEYS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD ...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES WILL SEE MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN THE VALLEYS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 954 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 129. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
842 WWUS46 KOTX 162231 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 231 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 IDZ027-WAZ031-037-042-162345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... BLEWETT PASS 231 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER IN THE REGION BUT THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAS DIMINISHED. $$ IDZ001-004-170900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 231 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
844 WWUS46 KOTX 170432 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 832 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 IDZ001-004-171200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 832 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
054 WWUS46 KOTX 171132 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 332 AM PST SUN NOV 17 2013 IDZ001-004-171245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-131117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 332 AM PST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 14, 2:35 PM PST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 2:35 PM PST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
235 PM PST Thu Nov 14 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A strong weather system will spread rain and snow into most of the
region Friday and Saturday with accumulating snow in the mountains
as well as some valley areas. Drier weather is expected on Sunday
into early Monday before wet and warmer conditions move in for
Tuesday into Wednesday.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight and Friday...A short wave ridge will move over the area
tonight ahead of a strong low pressure system dropping south from
British Columbia. This will lead to dry conditions for most of the
area through early Friday morning. However lingering boundary
layer moisture over the Idaho Panhandle and increasing upslope
flow with 850mb winds backing to the southwest at 20-30 kts by
Friday morning will likely lead to an increase chance for light
valley rain/snow and mountain snow. Boundary layer moisture over
Northeast Washington and the Okanogan Highlands is more shallow
which combined with some clearing this evening and light winds
will allow for more effective radiational cooling and a good
chance for valley fog development. The dewpoints this afternoon
are in the upper 30s which will impact low temperatures for
tonight which will be important for precipitation type and snow
levels on Friday. The higher dew points will make it difficult for
temperatures to drop much below freezing with some lower
elevations expected to have lows near 32F.
Models show increasing isentropic lift across northeast Washington
and the north Idaho Panhandle Friday morning. This early timing in
the morning will favor the potential for light valley
accumulations mainly above 2500 feet which includes Republic.
Models show precip sagging south into Spokane/Coeur D'Alene
between 9am-11am and then down to the Palouse and Blue Mountains
in the afternoon. With some warming expected prior to precip
developing courtesy of increasing southwest winds precip type will
likely be rain or a rain/snow mix for most elevations below
2500-3000 feet...with accumulating snow in the mountains. Its
worth noting that the NAM shows more drying at the surface tonight
with lower snow levels on Friday down to 2000 feet giving valley
areas a better chance for accumulations. However with low level
winds tonight shifting to the south and no evidence as of 2 pm of
any significant drying in the area believe the NAM is drying
things out too much supporting the higher snow levels on Friday
per the GFS and ECMWF models. JW
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...
Friday night through Sunday: The storm track is beginning to shift
from the north-northwest today. Satellite imagery shows a strong
weather system pushing south across BC this afternoon with a
healthy P-wat plume of over an inch ahead of the cold front
pushing into western WA and about half of this making its way into
eastern WA and the ID Panhandle. A strong jet of 170 kts and PVA
at the base of the upper level trough will help to spin up a
surface low through BC. In the warm sector of this system will be
strong WAA and isentropic ascent to aid in low level lift across
the eastern two-thirds of the forecast area. Models have been
consistently showing the onset of precip around late Friday
morning with the heaviest precip occurring Friday afternoon into
Saturday for eastern WA. Moist upslope flow into the ID Panhandle
will likely result in precip continuing through at least Saturday
night. Confidence is high in the timing of the storms system and
for a wet system to boot.
The uncertainty lies in precip type across the region. Snow levels
across the region will be low enough that higher elevations will
see snow. The amount of forcing and moisture associated with this
system would suggest that snowfall amounts will be quite heavy in
some mountain locations. Westerly flow will be strong enough that
all models show a well defined precip shadow just east of the
Cascade crest. Snowfall is expected to be quite heavy along the
Cascade crest starting as early as Friday morning. This will
result in some accumulating snowfall up over Stevens Pass and over
the North Cascade Highway. Road temperatures should warm up above
freezing during the day, but more snowfall accumulations will be
possible over the passes again Friday night. This will also be the
case for other mountain passes across the region such as Sherman
and Lookout Pass.
Snowfall accumulations in the valleys is the hardest part of the
forecast. Models are generally coming to a consensus of the surface
low brushing across northeast WA and the ID Panhandle Friday night
into Saturday. As the low pushes closer, 850 mb winds will
increase, but will remain from out of the south and southwest
through the period along and south of the Highway 2 and I90
corridor. This will result in strong WAA advection across the
basin and into the Spokane Area. Snow levels are anticipated to be
right around 2,000 feet to 2,500 in Spokane. This will result in a
mixture of rain/snow in the Spokane area without much if any snow
accumulating on the roadways. Valleys further north will see a
better chance of accumulating snowfall, mainly for Friday night
through Saturday morning. The track of the low seems to be a bit
too far north to get much cold Canadian air into the region, so it
is a bit difficult to say for sure that these areas will see heavy
snowfall. Confidence is a bit higher for the ID Panhandle,
especially above 2,500 feet. The Winter Storm Watch will be
upgraded to a Warning for the Northern Panhandle and Central
Panhandle Mountains where approximately 3 to 8 inches snowfall
will possible in the valleys. Snow amounts I think will be a bit
lighter further west, especially toward the Okanogan Highlands
which will be covered by a Winter Weather Advisory for snow above
2,000 feet. These valley locations will see a chance for about 2-5
inches of snowfall. The mountains above 3,000 feet will have the
potential for close to a foot in the Northeast Mtns and a foot and
half to two feet in the ID panhandle. We will also upgrade the
Winter Storm Watch for the Northeast Blue Mountains to a Winter
Weather Advisory for snow. Best snowfall accumulations this far
south will likely be above 3,500 feet in elevation. /SVH
Sunday Night through Thursday: Throughout this time frame we will
see the flow pattern shift from NNW to a more SW component, then
back to NW by Thursday. With this flow shift snow levels will be
on the rise from Sunday Night through midweek until the a cold
front passage switches our flow pattern back to NW.
Moisture in the progressively changing flow pattern looks to
remain sufficient to have the chance of rain and snow showers
throughout the period. Areas that stand the best chance to see the
precip will be the Cascades, the mountains of northern Washington
and the ID Panhandle as normal. Snow levels throughout the period
were raised significantly from the last forecast as the SW flow
looks to push into the region earlier than previously forecast.
Models still show levels higher than forecast and thus may have to
be raised in the future. This will raise snow levels above valley
floors for the first part of the week and they could push above
mountain locations by midweek leading to only rain for the entire
region. Temperatures were also raised drastically to account for
the switch to SW flow. Temps as well may have to be increased if
models remain consistent.
By later Wednesday we will see a cold front swing through
dropping snow levels and temperatures. Increased precip chances
will accompany the front and mountains will see the switch back to
snow while valleys will likely remain as rain or a rain/snow mix.
More details on the far part of the extended will come as we get
closer and models come into better agreement. /Fliehman
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFs: A moist boundary layer will linger though 18z Friday
resulting in continued areas of stratus. Most of the stratus has
lifted into 3000-4000 ft AGL except KLWS where VLIFR persists.
Model guidance is not handling this well so confidence is low. The
fog should begin to lift after 22z with a weak system passing
through and then mid level clouds should prevent fog from
reforming tonight. Again however this is a low confidence
forecast. As the next system approaches tonight south-southwest
winds will aid in increasing low level moisture with IFR/MVFR
stratus likely increasing around KGEG/KSFF/KCOE/KPUW by 12z. JW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 34 37 33 35 25 35 / 10 100 100 90 30 10
Coeur d'Alene 34 37 33 35 25 33 / 10 100 100 100 30 20
Pullman 32 40 34 36 27 37 / 10 80 100 90 30 20
Lewiston 36 45 35 39 30 43 / 10 50 90 80 30 20
Colville 33 37 31 38 17 34 / 10 100 100 90 30 20
Sandpoint 34 36 31 35 23 33 / 10 100 100 100 40 30
Kellogg 36 36 31 33 26 32 / 20 100 100 100 70 40
Moses Lake 31 45 36 44 29 44 / 0 40 20 10 10 10
Wenatchee 35 45 32 43 29 43 / 0 10 10 10 10 10
Omak 32 42 30 40 22 37 / 0 20 20 10 10 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Storm Warning from 10 AM Friday to 4 AM PST Sunday for
Central Panhandle Mountains-Northern Panhandle.
WA...Winter Weather Advisory from 10 AM Friday to 4 PM PST Saturday
for Northeast Mountains-Okanogan Highlands.
Winter Weather Advisory from 10 AM Friday to 4 PM PST Saturday
for Northeast Blue Mountains.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 6:10 AM PST, 9 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 610 AM PST THU NOV 14 2013 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-035>038-042-151415- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 610 AM PST THU NOV 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LIGHT VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY. DUE TO THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND MUCH OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE SYSTEM BRINGING TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. WAZ034-041-043-044-151415- MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 610 AM PST THU NOV 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:20 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Kootenai, Lewis, Nez Perce | 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.