Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 15, 2016, 2:40 PM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 15, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr. 26 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2016, 2:40 PM PST (22:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2016, 1:52 PM PST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.2 | 6 N Winthrop, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-20 |
| Jan 16, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Waterville, WA | |
| Jan 16, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.3 | Chelan, WA | |
| Jan 16, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.6 | 1 Nw Plain, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-35 |
| Jan 16, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Holden Village, WA | |
| Jan 16, 8:07 AM PST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Ne Peshastin, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-28 |
| Jan 16, 8:15 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ene Leavenworth, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-27 |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM PST | SNOW 0 | Cashmere, WA | 800 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN YAKSUM CANYON NEAR CASHMERE FROM DOWNED WIRES...LIKELY WEATHER-RELATED. |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM PST | SNOW 0.5 | Moses Lake, WA | BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.00 IN MOSES LAKE. I-90 VERY SLICK BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND VANTAGE. |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wsw Malaga, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-17 |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Wenatchee, WA | RELAYED VIA FB. |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Lake Chelan State Park, WA | REPORT VIA FB |
| Jan 16, 8:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Leavenworth, WA | LEAVENWORTH NFH |
| Jan 16, 8:35 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 1 Wsw Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-CH-13 |
| Jan 16, 9:05 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Tonasket, WA | REPORT VIA FB. |
| Jan 16, 9:05 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Carlton, WA | REPORT VIA FB. STILL SNOWING HARD |
| Jan 16, 9:05 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Twisp, WA | BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES ESTIMATED VIA FB REPORT. |
| Jan 16, 9:05 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mazama, WA | REPORT VIA FB |
| Jan 16, 10:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.8 | Mazama, WA | |
| Jan 16, 10:10 AM PST | SNOW 1 | Moses Lake, WA | |
| Jan 16, 10:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Stehekin, WA | |
| Jan 16, 10:55 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Twisp, WA | |
| Jan 16, 11:30 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Chelan, WA | |
| Jan 16, 11:30 AM PST | SNOW 5.5 | Leavenworth, WA | |
| Jan 16, 12:48 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 1 E Wenatchee, WA | |
| Jan 16, 1:15 PM PST | SNOW 5 | Leavenworth, WA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786 WWUS46 KOTX 152240 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 240 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...SNOW WILL TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY... .MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CASCADES TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY. EXPECT MAINLY SNOW NEAR THE CASCADES...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH BRIEF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. CASCADE VALLEYS MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN MAY COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOWFALL RATES COULD BE INTENSE AT TIMES SATURDAY MORNING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ041>044-160645- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0002.160116T1200Z-160117T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.160116T0600Z-160117T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 240 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 13 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-160645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.160116T1200Z-160117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 240 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING AND LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-160645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.160116T0600Z-160117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 240 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER 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 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. && $$ WAZ035-160645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.160116T0600Z-160117T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 240 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW ALONG AND NORTH THE I-90 CORRIDOR WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN ENDING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
3 follow-up statements
282 WWUS46 KOTX 160444 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 844 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...SNOW WILL TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY... .MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CASCADES TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY. EXPECT MAINLY SNOW NEAR THE CASCADES...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH BRIEF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. CASCADE VALLEYS MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN MAY COULD ALSO EXPERIENCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOWFALL RATES COULD BE INTENSE AT TIMES SATURDAY MORNING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ041>044-161500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.160116T0600Z-160117T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 844 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 13 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-161500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.160116T1200Z-160117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 844 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING AND LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-161500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.160116T0600Z-160117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 844 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER 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 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. && $$ WAZ035-161500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.160116T0600Z-160117T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 844 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW ALONG AND NORTH THE I-90 CORRIDOR WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN ENDING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
747 WWUS46 KOTX 161231 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 431 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 WAZ041>044-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 431 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES AND LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. BY THIS EVENING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-170045- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 431 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-90. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 431 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER 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 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. && $$ WAZ035-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 431 AM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES...BUT LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MID-AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
747 WWUS46 KOTX 162152 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 152 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE ALONG THE CASCADES AND INCREASE IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. EXPECT MAINLY SNOW NEAR THE CASCADES...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. WAZ041>044-162300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 152 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW INTENSITY IN THE EASTERN CASCADES REGION HAS DECREASED AND NOT EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS FOR THE REST OF SATURDAY AND OVERNIGHT. THE CREST OF THE CASCADES COULD STILL SEE 6 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW LEADING TO TRAVEL IMPACTS FOR THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. THE VALLEYS AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES DURING THE OVERNIGHT. $$ IDZ001-004-170600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 152 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS RISING TO 2000FT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 152 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER 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 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. && $$ WAZ035-170000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 152 PM PST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MID- AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS....ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2:55 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:40 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more | 32 hr |
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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.