Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 2, 2015, 3:16 PM PST for 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 3, 2015, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 29 hr. 38 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
- Dec 2, 2015, 3:16 PM PST (23:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2015, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2015, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 1 Nnw Oroville, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-5 |
| Dec 3, 6:15 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Omak, WA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 2 Sse East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-20 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-3 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Se Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-10 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ssw Omak, WA | JUST OVER 2 INCHES AT TIME OF REPORT. SNOWING ONE INCH PER HOUR. 29F |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.1 | 10 Nw Kettle Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-FY-8 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 N Republic, WA | COCORAHS WA-FY-1 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Entiat, WA | THREE INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW. NO ICE CURRENTLY 34F |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.8 | 12 Nw Entiat, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-22 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Winthrop, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-11 |
| Dec 3, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 7 Nnw Winthrop, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-16 |
| Dec 3, 7:15 AM PST | SNOW 2 | East Wenatchee, WA | EM FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY REPORTED 2 INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH A SWITCH TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 3, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nw Plain, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-35 |
| Dec 3, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 8 Nne Republic, WA | COCORAHS WA-FY-5 |
| Dec 3, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Waterville, WA | |
| Dec 3, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | Chelan, WA | |
| Dec 3, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | Entiat Fish Hatchery, WA | |
| Dec 3, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.6 | 1 Nnw Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-23 |
| Dec 3, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Holden Village, WA | |
| Dec 3, 8:17 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Ne Peshastin, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-28 |
| Dec 3, 8:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.4 | 2 Ene Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-27 |
| Dec 3, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Omak, WA | FACEBOOK REPORT FROM PUBLIC 5 INCHES NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 3, 8:45 AM PST | SNOW 1.6 | 1 Wsw Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-13 |
| Dec 3, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Republic, WA | FACEBOOK REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF 3-4 INCHES NEW SNOW IN AND AROUND REPUBLIC. |
| Dec 3, 8:59 AM PST | SNOW 2.1 | Boyds, WA | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 2.1 INCHES NEW SNOW LAST 24 HOURS AS OF 8AM. |
| Dec 3, 8:59 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | MEASURED OVERNIGHT THROUGH 9AM TODAY. |
| Dec 3, 8:59 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION LAST 12 HOURS. |
| Dec 3, 8:59 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Wnw Carlton, WA | NEW SNOW FELL OVERNIGTH THROUGH 8 AM. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. |
| Dec 3, 8:59 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 Nne Brewster, WA | ACCUMULATION LAST 12 HOURS.STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 3, 8:59 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Leavenworth, WA | KHQ TV TWITTER REPORT OF 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION LAST 24 HOURS AT LEAVENWORTH,WA |
| Dec 3, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Plain, WA | |
| Dec 3, 9:30 AM PST | SNOW 1 | Wsw Malaga, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-4 |
| Dec 3, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Sw Tonasket, WA | FACEBOOK POST BY PUBLIC OF E 5-6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON SOUTH PINE CREEK RD. |
| Dec 3, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mazama, WA | FACEBOOK POST BY PUBLIC OF E 6 INCHES NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 3, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Stehekin, WA | |
| Dec 3, 11:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 N Winthrop, WA | FACEBOOK REPORT FROM PUBLIC ESTIMATES 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON RENDEZVOUSE RD. NORTH OF WINTHROP. ALSO 5 INCHES ESTIMATED IN CARLTON. |
| Dec 3, 12:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Leavenworth, WA | PUBLIC FACEBOOK REPORT OF ESTIMATED 5 INCHES NEW SNOW IN LEAVENWORTH. |
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 241 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
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978 WWUS46 KOTX 022316 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 316 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... TONIGHT AND THURSDAY A SECOND AND WETTER STORM SYSTEM QUICKLY FOLLOWS THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE INLAND NORTHWEST LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES OVER TO THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE BASIN...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS IN THE LEE OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES THROUGH THE MORNING ON THURSDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BETWEEN A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. WAZ042-030730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.151203T0500Z-151204T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 316 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.25 INCHES POSSIBLE ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...IN THE WENATCHEE AREA...UP THE WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY AND UP THE ENTIAT RIVER VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 10 AM. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-030730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.151203T0500Z-151204T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151203T2100Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 316 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 10 AM BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AROUND WENATCHEE AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-030730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.151203T0500Z-151204T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 316 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AM AND NOON. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ WAZ034-035-030730- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.151203T0900Z-151203T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 316 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING LATE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL RESULT IN SLICK WALKING AND ROAD SURFACES. EXPECT DIFFICULT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND VANTAGE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
682 WWUS46 KOTX 030037 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 437 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE DUE TO FREEING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TO THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BASIN LATE TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD FURTHER WEST INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS SNOW TRANSITIONS OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. WAZ042-030845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 437 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE ENTIAT RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND NOON THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WENATCHEE UP AND OVER STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-030845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151203T2100Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 437 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER BENCHES ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THROUGH THE MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN BREWSTER AND WENATCHEE AND ON HIGHWAY 2 OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-030845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 437 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AM AND NOON THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF BREWSTER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 BETWEEN TONASKET AND KETTLE FALLS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ WAZ034-035-030845- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.151203T0900Z-151203T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 437 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SLICK CONDITIONS ON WALKWAYS AND AREA ROADWAYS. EXPECT DIFFICULT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND VANTAGE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
861 WWUS46 KOTX 030712 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1112 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE DUE TO FREEING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TO THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BASIN LATE TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD FARTHER WEST INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS SNOW TRANSITIONS OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. WAZ042-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1112 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE ENTIAT RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND NOON THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WENATCHEE UP AND OVER STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151203T2100Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1112 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER BENCHES ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THROUGH THE MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN BREWSTER AND WENATCHEE AND ON HIGHWAY 2 OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.151203T0900Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1112 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND NOON THURSDAY. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF BREWSTER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 BETWEEN TONASKET AND KETTLE FALLS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ WAZ034-035-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.151203T0900Z-151203T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1112 PM PST WED DEC 2 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SLICK CONDITIONS ON WALKWAYS AND AREA ROADWAYS. EXPECT DIFFICULT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND VANTAGE. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
785 WWUS46 KOTX 031430 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 630 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION HAS SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL WASHINGTON. WHILE BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED...SNOW CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE IN THE EAST SLOPES...WENATCHEE AREA...OKANOGAN COUNTRY...INTO COULEE CITY. MEANWHILE...MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS GRANT COUNTY HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING GREATLY REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN AROUND MOSES LAKE AND WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR QUINCY, GEORGE, AND OTHELLO. MODERATE PRECIPITATION RATES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH A WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN CHELAN COUNTY WHILE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL AT MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITIES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. EAST OF HIGHWAY 97...WARMER AIR WILL BEGIN SURGING NORTHWARD WITH A WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE IN EASTERN OKANOGAN AND FERRY COUNTIES ROUGHLY BEFORE NOON. WAZ042-032230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 630 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. 6 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF ICE MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * TIMING...THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING. A SECOND WAVE OF MOISTURE WILL FILL QUICKLY FILL IN ITS HEELS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT MODERATE TO HEAVY NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN WITH A WINTRY MIX SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WENATCHEE UP AND OVER STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-032100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151203T2100Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 630 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN BREWSTER AND WENATCHEE AND ON HIGHWAY 2 OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S THIS MORNING...WARMING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-032230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 630 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN SPOTS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 97 MIXING THEN CHANGING TO RAIN. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SOME ICING WILL CREATE SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD LEAD RESULT IN SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF BREWSTER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 BETWEEN TONASKET AND KETTLE FALLS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ WAZ034-035-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151203T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OTHELLO...QUINCY 630 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...OTHELLO...QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A FEW HUNDRETHS. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SLICK CONDITIONS ON WALKWAYS AND AREA ROADWAYS NEAR QUINCY, GEORGE, AND OTHELLO. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
923 WWUS46 KOTX 031841 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1041 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES... .A WIDESPREAD MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE MOSES LAKE AREA AND UPPER COLUMBI BASIN WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS MOST OF THE FREEZING RAIN THERE HAS ENDED. WAZ042-040245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1041 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. 6 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF ICE MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * TIMING...NOW. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WENATCHEE UP AND OVER STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-032100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151203T2100Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1041 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND MODERATE SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN BREWSTER AND WENATCHEE AND ON HIGHWAY 2 OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S THIS MORNING...WARMING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-040245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1041 AM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 97 MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN THEN CHANGING TO RAIN. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SOME ICING WILL CREATE SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD LEAD RESULT IN SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF BREWSTER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 BETWEEN TONASKET AND KETTLE FALLS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$
951 WWUS46 KOTX 032037 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1237 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 WAZ041-044-032145- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151203T2100Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1237 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... MOST...IF NOT ALL...LOCATIONS HAVE CHANGED OVER TO RAIN. A FEW LOCATIONS SUCH AS ENTIAT STILL HAVE LIGHT SNOW OCCURRING BUT FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM. $$ WAZ042-040445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1237 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. 6 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF ICE MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * TIMING...NOW. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WENATCHEE UP AND OVER STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-040445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1237 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 97 MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN THEN CHANGING TO RAIN. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SOME ICING WILL CREATE SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND COULD LEAD RESULT IN SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF BREWSTER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 BETWEEN TONASKET AND KETTLE FALLS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
644 WWUS46 KOTX 040422 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 822 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 WAZ038-043-040530- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 822 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND HIGHLANDS. WARMER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA AND PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT STEADY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. $$ WAZ042-040900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T0900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 822 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS...POWER OUTAGES...AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WENATCHEE UP AND OVER STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
697 WWUS46 KOTX 040900 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 100 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE ALONG CASCADE CREST THROUGH EARLY MORNING... WAZ042-041400- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 100 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES * IMPACTS...SNOWY TRAVEL IS LIKELY ACROSS LOUP LOUP AND STEVENS PASS. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL OVER BLEWETT PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
698 WWUS46 KOTX 041400 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 600 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 .PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT PASSES OVER THE CASCADES. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. OVERALL...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. WAZ042-041500- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151204T1400Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 600 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 10:32 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 17 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:16 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 19 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.