Alert archive / Washington / Ice Storm Warnings in 2017
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this ice storm warning at Jan 16, 2017, 3:13 PM PST for 7 counties in Washington; Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 27 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2017, 3:13 PM PST (23:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2017, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2017, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Kootenai County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 90 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
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 5:31 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 6 S Tum Tum, WA | 3 INCHES SNOW ON TOP OF ICE. |
| Jan 18, 5:35 AM PST | SNOW 1 | Lincoln, WA | 1 INCH SNOW ON TOP OF ICE. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 5:40 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nnw Rose Lake, ID | HEAVY SNOW. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 5:40 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Tonasket, WA | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 5:51 AM PST | SNOW 7 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | 7 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 15 HOURS. |
| Jan 18, 6:14 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Colbert, WA | HEAVY WET SNOW. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
082 WWUS46 KOTX 162313 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MOISTURE OVERRUN THE VERY COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE. THE FIRST ROUND ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES AND SPREADS EAST LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE LIGHT BUT ALSO IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES...WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN...AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THIS IS A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WHICH HAS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO PRECIPTIATION TYPES WAZ042-170715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.40 TO 0.90" FOR VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO 0.25" IN THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN AND 12 TO 24 INCHES. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-170715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ034-170715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170118T1700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 0.15 AND 0.35". LOCALLY UP TO HALF AN INCH NEAR COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-170715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15 TO 0.25" SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. UP TO 0.15" NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.50" POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN BREWSTER AND KELLER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. * SNOW LEVEL...2000-4000 FEET SOUTH TO VALLEY FLOORS NORTH. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$ WAZ035-170715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T1600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.10-0.15" WITH UP TO 0.35" FROM COULEE CITY TO COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING TO THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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. && $$ IDZ002>004-WAZ033-036-170715- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 313 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN A TRACE TO FEW HUNDRETHS. * TIMING...A BAND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING AFTER 10 AM COMING IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING 20S TO LOWER 30S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
10 follow-up statements
529 WWUS46 KOTX 162332 CCA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MOISTURE OVERRUN THE VERY COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE. THE FIRST ROUND ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES AND SPREADS EAST LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE LIGHT BUT ALSO IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES...WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN...AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THIS IS A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WHICH HAS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO PRECIPTIATION TYPES WAZ042-171145- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.40 TO 0.90" FOR VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO 0.25" IN THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN AND 12 TO 24 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-171145- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ034-171145- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170118T1700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 0.15 AND 0.35". LOCALLY UP TO HALF AN INCH NEAR COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-171145- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15 TO 0.25" SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. UP TO 0.15" NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.50" POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN BREWSTER AND KELLER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. * SNOW LEVEL...2000-4000 FEET SOUTH TO VALLEY FLOORS NORTH. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$ WAZ035-171145- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.170117T1400Z-170119T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T1600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.10-0.15" WITH UP TO 0.35" FROM COULEE CITY TO COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING TO THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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. && $$ IDZ002>004-WAZ033-036-171145- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 332 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN A TRACE TO FEW HUNDRETHS. * TIMING...A BAND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING AFTER 10 AM COMING IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING 20S TO LOWER 30S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
316 WWUS46 KOTX 170501 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MOISTURE OVERRUN THE VERY COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE. THE FIRST ROUND ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES AND SPREADS EAST LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE LIGHT BUT ALSO IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES...WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN... AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THIS IS A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WHICH HAS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO PRECIPTIATION TYPES WAZ042-171415- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.40 TO 0.90" FOR VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO 0.25" IN THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN AND 12 TO 24 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ034-171415- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170118T1700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 0.15 AND 0.35". LOCALLY UP TO HALF AN INCH NEAR COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-171415- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-171415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15 TO 0.25" SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. UP TO 0.15" NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.50" POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN BREWSTER AND KELLER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. * SNOW LEVEL...2000-4000 FEET SOUTH TO VALLEY FLOORS NORTH. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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>004-WAZ033-036-171415- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN A TRACE TO FEW HUNDRETHS. * TIMING...A BAND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING AFTER 10 AM COMING IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET OR SNOW AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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. && $$ WAZ035-171415- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T1600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 901 PM PST MON JAN 16 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.10-0.15" WITH UP TO 0.35" FROM COULEE CITY TO COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES TUESDAY MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING TO THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
244 WWUS46 KOTX 171340 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE TODAY. HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MOISTURE WILL OVERRUN THE VERY COLD AIR MASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THE FIRST ROUND ARRIVES THIS MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES AND SPREADS EAST LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE LIGHT BUT ALSO IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES...WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN... AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THIS IS A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WHICH HAS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO PRECIPTIATION TYPES WAZ042-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.40 TO 0.90" FOR VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO 0.25" IN THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN AND 12 TO 24 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * 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 MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ034-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170118T1700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 0.15 AND 0.35". LOCALLY UP TO HALF AN INCH NEAR COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.170117T1500Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.170117T1500Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15 TO 0.25" SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. UP TO 0.15" NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.50" POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN BREWSTER AND KELLER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THE FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT AND AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * SNOW LEVEL...2000-4000 FEET SOUTH TO VALLEY FLOORS NORTH. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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>004-WAZ033-036-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN A TRACE TO FEW HUNDRETHS. * TIMING...A BAND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING AFTER 10 AM COMING IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW SNOW AND DEPARTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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. && $$ WAZ035-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.170117T1700Z-170118T1600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 540 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.10-0.15" WITH UP TO 0.35" FROM COULEE CITY TO COULEE DAM. * TIMING...THE FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE. THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
975 WWUS46 KOTX 171831 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE TODAY. HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MOISTURE WILL OVERRUN THE VERY COLD AIR MASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THE FIRST ROUND ARRIVES THIS MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES AND SPREADS EAST LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE LIGHT BUT ALSO IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES...WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN... AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THIS IS A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WHICH HAS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO PRECIPTIATION TYPES WAZ042-180245- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.40 TO 0.90" FOR VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO 0.25" IN THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN AND 12 TO 24 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * 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 MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ034-180245- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1700Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 0.15 AND 0.35". LOCALLY UP TO HALF AN INCH NEAR COULEE DAM. * TIMING...FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-180245- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-180245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15 TO 0.25" SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. UP TO 0.15" NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.50" POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN BREWSTER AND KELLER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THE FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT AND AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * SNOW LEVEL...2000-4000 FEET SOUTH TO VALLEY FLOORS NORTH. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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>004-WAZ033-036-180245- /O.EXT.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN A TRACE TO FEW HUNDRETHS. * TIMING...A BAND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING BUT GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SIMPLE WARM RAIN OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE PERIOD. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO 20S WARMING 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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. && $$ WAZ035-180245- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 1031 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.10-0.15" WITH UP TO 0.35" FROM COULEE CITY TO COULEE DAM. * TIMING...THE FIRST ROUND OF VERY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS MORNING COMING IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...OR SNOW. LOOK FOR A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE. THEN MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
777 WWUS46 KOTX 172253 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 253 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...AREAS OF HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVERRUNNING A COLD LOW LEVEL AIR MASS ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS A NEAR CERTAINTY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES...WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN...AND LOCALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT. WAZ034-180700- /O.EXT.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 253 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ042-180700- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 253 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 10 TO 20 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-180700- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 253 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE THIRD OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-180700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 253 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO LOCALLY ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN FERRY, STEVENS, PEND ORIELLE AND BONNER COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHERN VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 13 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES TONIGHT AND AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH LESS FREEZING RAIN AND MORE SNOW AND SLEET WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL BUT A LOWER THREAT FOR POWER OUTAGES. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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>004-WAZ033-035-036-180700- /O.EXT.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 253 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING BUT GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SIMPLE WARM RAIN LATE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE PERIOD. FREEZING RAIN MAY END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT GLAZE ICE WILL LINGER ON ROADS AND SURFACES THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * 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. && $$
581 WWUS46 KOTX 180403 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...AREAS OF HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVERRUNNING A COLD LOW LEVEL AIR MASS ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS A NEAR CERTAINTY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AREA...AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA...AND LOCALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SE WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ042-181500- /O.CAN.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. WHILE FREEZING RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN TONIGHT...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 9 TO 17 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. AREAS WHERE FREEZING RAIN OCCURS WHILE LEAD TO VERY ICY ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. * 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 MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-181500- /O.UPG.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S WARMING INTO THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 0.75 INCHES NORTHERN GRANT...LINCOLN...AND SPOKANE COUNTIES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ034-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.30-0.60 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINU THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15-0.50 INCHES WITH HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...UP TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-181500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.2 INCHES...MAINLY SOUTH OF OMAK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW ...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-181500- /O.EXB.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1500Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, CLARKSTON, AND POMEROY 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, CLARKSTON, AND POMEROY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE VERY SLICK ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT WITH MOST AREAS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ033-181500- /O.EXT.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, AND UNIONTOWN 803 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, AND UNIONTOWN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.05-0.20 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING BUT GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SIMPLE WARM RAIN LATE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE VERY SLICK ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT WITH MOST AREAS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
127 WWUS46 KOTX 180641 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1041 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...AREAS OF HEAVY ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVERRUNNING A COLD LOW LEVEL AIR MASS ARRIVES THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS A NEAR CERTAINTY. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...SPOKANE AREA...AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA...AND LOCALLY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SE WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ002-WAZ034>036-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD 1041 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S WARMING INTO THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 0.75 INCHES NORTHERN GRANT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS, TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1041 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15-0.50 INCHES WITH HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...UP TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-042-043-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 1041 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.25 INCHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY FAR SOUTHERN OKANOGAN...FERRY...STEVENS...PEND OREILLE...BONNER COUNTIES AND NORTHERN SPOKANE AND KOOTENAI COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF NESPELEM...SPRINGDALE...DEER PARK...AND PRIEST RIVER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. ELSEWHERE 2 TO 6 INCHES EXCEPT 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW ...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-026-027-WAZ031>033-181445- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, AND UNIONTOWN 1041 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, AND POMEROY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE VERY SLICK ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE OVERNIGHT WITH MOST AREAS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
188 WWUS46 KOTX 181312 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 512 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 IDZ003-WAZ031-033-181415- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1500Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 512 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. TEMPERATURES OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. A FEW LOWLAND SPOTS IN LATAH AND BENEWAH COUNTIES THAT ARE SHELTERED FROM THE WIND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING, BUT PLACES LIKE PULLMAN, COLFAX, THORNTON, AND POTLATCH HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. $$ WAZ041-044-181800- /O.EXT.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 512 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL A TENTH OF AN INCH AROUND WENATCHEE, CHELAN, AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TIMING...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 INCLUDING WATERVILLE AND MANSFIELD. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-181800- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, AND DAVENPORT 512 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, NORTH SPOKANE, HAYDEN, AND DAVENPORT. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S FOR THE MOSES LAKE, OTHELLO, AND EPHRATA AREAS. LOWER 30S FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREAS WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE NORTHERN METRO. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO THIRD OF AN INCH FOR PLACES THAT REMAIN BELOW 32 DEGREES THROUGH LATE MORNING LIKE MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, COULEE CITY, AND WILBUR. * TIMING...ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA DUE TO TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-042-043-181815- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 512 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE LEAVENWORTH AND PLAIN AREAS. POCKETS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ALSO OCCUR AROUND DEER PARK, NEWPORT, CHEWELAH, HUNTERS, AND CUSICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS OF FAR NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE METHOW VALLEY AND REPUBLIC AREA MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE OVER MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-026-027-WAZ032-181800- /O.EXT.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, AND NEZPERCE 512 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND CRAIGMONT AND WINCHESTER BY MID AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET INCLUDING THE WINCHESTER AND CRAIGMONT AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE OVER MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY. * 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. && $$
554 WWUS46 KOTX 181458 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 658 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 IDZ002-WAZ036-181600- /O.CAN.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- 658 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. TEMPERATURES OVER MOST OF THE METRO HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF TOWN, NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. UNTREATED OR UNPLOWED STREETS WILL BE SLUSHY AND ICY THIS MORNING. $$ WAZ034-035-181800- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 658 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL A TENTH OF AN INCH, MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL WASHINGTON DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...AREAS AROUND MOSES LAKE AND OTHELLO LIKELY RECEIVED OVER A QUARTER INCH OVERNIGHT. ROADS WILL BE VERY ICY THIS MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA DUE TO TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-181800- /O.CON.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 658 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL WASHINGTON DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2 INCLUDING THE WENATCHEE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 INCLUDING WATERVILLE AND MANSFIELD. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-042-043-182300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 658 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH AN INCH IN THE LEAVENWORTH AND PLAIN AREAS. POCKETS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ALSO OCCUR AROUND DEER PARK, NEWPORT, CHEWELAH, HUNTERS, AND CUSICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS OF FAR NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE METHOW VALLEY AND REPUBLIC AREA MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE OVER MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-026-027-WAZ032-181800- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, AND NEZPERCE 658 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND CRAIGMONT AND WINCHESTER BY MID AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET INCLUDING THE WINCHESTER AND CRAIGMONT AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE OVER MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
221 WWUS46 KOTX 181805 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1005 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 WAZ034-035-181915- /O.EXP.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, AND COULEE CITY 1005 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE MOSES LAKE AREA TODAY WITH ICE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME MELTING. EXPECT UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS TO REMAIN SLICK. $$ WAZ041-044-181915- /O.EXP.KOTX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1005 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... PRECIPITATION WILL BE SHOWERY THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY WITH A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET POSSIBLE AT TIMES. HEAVIER ICE ACCUMULATION AS ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. $$ IDZ004-026-027-WAZ032-181915- /O.EXP.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170118T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, AND NEZPERCE 1005 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. ONLY SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-042-043-190215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, AND DISAUTEL PASS 1005 AM PST WED JAN 18 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, LOUP LOUP PASS, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH AN INCH IN THE LEAVENWORTH AND PLAIN AREAS. POCKETS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ALSO OCCUR AROUND DEER PARK, NEWPORT, CHEWELAH, HUNTERS, BONNERS FERRY, SANDPOINT AND CUSICK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS OF FAR NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE METHOW VALLEY AND REPUBLIC AREA MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MOSTLY ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE, BUT DOWN INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND METHOW VALLEY AS WELL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE OVER MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. * 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice 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 ice storm warning went out at Jan 16, 2:42 PM PST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 2:42 PM PST, 31 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
242 PM PST Mon Jan 16 2017
.SYNOPSIS...
Tonight will remain mostly dry, with cold temperatures. A
prolonged period of active weather develops Tuesday and continues
at least through Thursday. This will start out as a wintry mix,
with the potential for significant snow or ice for some, before
transitioning to warmer, wet weather later Wednesday into
Thursday. Localized flooding will also be possibility.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight: The Inland NW be relatively quiet this night, before a
wintry mess starts in Tuesday. A strong surface high will keep
cloud cover and/or some fog across the western Columbia Basin and
sheltered valleys. The approaching Pacific system and resulting
easterly flow allowed some clearing over the central Panhandle
to Palouse, portions of the Spokane/C'dA area and some shallower
NE valleys. A forecast challenge be how much the low clouds and
fog re-expand through the evening into the overnight. Either way
middle to high cloud will also be spreading from the west,
especially overnight. The high Palouse south is more likely stay
out of the deeper clouds, thanks to the easterly wind. The wind
into the stratus west of here may squeeze out flurries/isolated snow
shower across the Columbia Basin, especially western and northern
area. It may be mixed with freezing drizzle overnight, but it is
expected to be too light for real impacts. A threat of measurable
precipitation increases in the Cascades, largely near the crest,
and some of the northeastern mountains through the night with the
Pacific system. Overnight low temperatures will be the other
challenge. Most guidance suggests temperatures should remain
steady or slowly rise through the night, but areas where skies
have cleared out and have snow on the ground will again have the
opportunity to drop quickly after sunset. Single digits and teens
will be common, with some 20s in the mountains. /J. Cote'
...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON...
...WARMER TEMPERATURES AND HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
Tuesday and Tuesday night: An active weather pattern is setting up to say the
least as an atmospheric river barrels into the region and
overruns a very cold air mass in place. This will bring a variety
of winter weather during this period lingering well into
Wednesday. The first slug of moisture arrives Tuesday morning,
roughly 12 hours slower than forecast models were advertising
yesterday. This will be a light precipitation event with most
locations receiving less than a tenth of liquid equivalent however
accompanying p-type will be an issue. We will not see the strong
push of warmer air with this system but if you look at the morning
balloon data from Spokane, you can see that a strong subsidence
inversion has developed under this ridge warming temperatures 5-7k
ft AGL near to above freezing. This is within a degree or two of
falling as sleet or freezing rain, perhaps light snow if
precipitation intensities are heavier enough. Winter highlights
have been hoisted to account for this light wintry mix but the
main focus for ice and snow accumulations will come Tuesday
evening and into the night as the main slug of subtropical
moisture comes inland along an accompanying warm front.
Moderate to heavy precipitation intensities will accompany the warm
front Tuesday night bringing the potential for upwards of a half
an inch of QPF or more over the 6-12 hour period. Very cold air in
place will make this one of the most challenging precipitation
type forecasts I have ever encountered but confidence continues to
increase that the cold air will remain firm in the lee of the
Cascades allowing precipitation to persist as freezing rain and
sleet south of Lake Chelan and Omak and mix of sleet and snow
northward. We also expect to see a difference in precipitation
types across the northern mountains ranging from snow and sleet
along and north to snow, sleet, and freezing south. The air mass
is a touch colder than guidance was indicating yesterday and
thinking this is due to the slower onset of atmospheric river and
more time for the subsidence inversion to wetbulb below freezing.
As such, ice accumulations up to 0.30" will be possible from
Nespelem to Springdale to Priest River with 4-10 inches to the
north and in the mountains. With these higher impacts expected
Tuesday night and Wednesday, decided to go with winter storm
warnings for ice and snow at this point and may look into
upgrading some areas to ice storm warnings if the data is
consistent. Further south into the Basin, we are looking at the
potential for significant icing across the Western Basin including
locations like Wenatchee, Chelan, Douglas, Waterville, Moses
Lake, and Grand Coulee. Ice accumulations moving east into the
Eastern Basin and Idaho Panhandle should be significantly lighter
with a switch to rain sooner as winds increase from the S/SE but
this will need to be monitored closely in the event the models are
scrubbing out the air mass too quick. Freezing rain advisories
have been issued for these locations to account for the light
icing expected Tuesday morning/afternoon. At this time, these
advisories will expire early Tuesday evening but we will need to
reassess where cold pockets still exist going into the nighttime
hours with the next slug of moisture arriving after 10PM. SREF
probabilities for freezing rain are very impressive for the
Cascade East Slopes and Western Basin, moderate for the lower
sections of the northern valleys, and into pockets of southern
Shoshone County around Avery, Deary, and Clarkia. We have also
added some freezing rain for cold air trapped in the valleys
around the L-C Valley and Camas Prairie. Precipitation will
largely skip these areas Tuesday but will increase Tuesday night
but with winds expected to be on the rise, confidence is much
lower for ice accumulations. /sb
Wednesday through Thursday: The messy...wet and locally icy
transition period from our current deep winter inversion regime to
a more seasonably normal but continued unsettled regime will
continue through this period. The atmospheric river impinging on
the region will be most favorably directed into the forecast area
with PWAT values upwards of 0.75 inches on Wednesday and Wednesday
night. This moisture will be efficiently enhanced into near
universal precipitation isentropically as it glides over the dense
cooler air in the basin...and helped along by dynamic support
ahead of a migrating trough Wednesday night and Thursday...with
some drying beginning in the Cascades lee Thursday afternoon as
flow turns more westerly and downslope in the wake of the short
wave trough axis passage.
Mountains above 3500 to 4000 feet will confidently remain snow
through this period...picking up a good 8 to 14 inches of snow.
The lower elevations will be a mixed bag of snow...rain...sleet
and freezing rain eventually turning to rain then tapering off
somewhat by late Thursday. Three general geographic areas will
display distinct evolutions.
First...the eastern Columbia Basin and the valleys of northern
Idaho and northeast Washington will be in the process of
transitioning from freezing rain/sleet and some snow to all rain
during the day...probably in the morning over the basin if it
hadn't already occurred overnight...and in the afternoon in the
valleys near the Canadian border.
The deep basin and Cascades lee zones will be hit hard with
a long run period of freezing rain and sleet from about Quincy
and Grand Coulee and points westward up into the valleys of the
Cascades south of Lake Chelan. The deep cold air trapped against
the Cascades here will be very stubborn to eradicate. Travel over
the Waterville Plateau...the Wenatchee to Chelan corridor and the
highway 2 corridor will likely be extremely slippery and dangerous
on Wednesday. A transition to simple rain will probably occur
late Wednesday afternoon or evening as precipitation begins to
taper off.
The northern valleys of the Cascades particularly the Methow will
feature deep enough cold air to promote snow through Wednesday
with another 3 to 6 inches of accumulation during the day with a
change over period Wednesday night.
Flooding issues from saturated low elevation snow melt and rain
fall will probably become noticeable in low laying areas and urban
drainages by Wednesday evening or Thursday morning especially over
the eastern basin and Idaho Panhandle. At this time no mainstem
rivers are expected to flood from this system.
Friday through Monday...Models are in good agreement in
maintaining an upper low just off the Northwest Pacific coast with
a general trough appending off this mother low laying over the
forecast area Friday and Saturday...and then moist southwest flow
over the region Sunday as the offshore low evolves into an open
trough...with the offshore trough ejecting inland on Monday.
This all adds up to a continued unsettled weather period with a
few waves and disturbances migrating through the region...each
capable of producing light snow accumulations at night and mainly
light snow but also a non-accumulating rain/snow mix or just rain
in the lower elevations of the basin during the days. None of the
models develop any organized or significant storm systems...and
the flow regime will promote temperatures generally near normal
for this time of year...well below freezing overnights...but not
arctic-like...and highs in the lower to mid 30s during the days.
/Fugazzi
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: A ridge of high pressure will linger over the region
today but will start to break down and shift east later tonight
into Tuesday. IFR/MVFR low clouds and fog will continue to plague
the central and western Columbia Basin, near EAT/MWH, with some
breaks east. PUW will most likely be VFR, but there is the
potential for more clouds coming in this evening before a more
resolute easterly wind going into early Tuesday. GEG/SFF/COE/LWS
will see a mix of flight conditions, with stratus sloshing about.
However expect some MVFR/VFR conditions this afternoon, before
conditions degrade again tonight. There is some potential the
easterly flow may limit the ability for the low clouds to expand
back in, but confidence leans toward the MVFR/IFR conditions. A
chance of flurries or the stray snow shower will be found around
the cloudy TAF sites today and this evening. A slight chance for
light mixed precipitation starts to develop early Tuesday, with
the best risk near EAT. This may include freezing rain or a mix.
/J. Cote'
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 12 29 29 40 34 38 / 10 80 100 100 100 50
Coeur d'Alene 16 31 31 41 35 39 / 10 80 100 100 100 70
Pullman 12 34 32 41 35 40 / 10 40 100 100 100 60
Lewiston 12 32 32 44 38 44 / 10 10 100 100 90 60
Colville 15 29 29 39 36 39 / 10 80 100 100 100 60
Sandpoint 19 30 30 40 35 39 / 10 90 100 100 100 90
Kellogg 17 28 28 40 35 39 / 10 70 100 100 100 90
Moses Lake 11 25 25 39 32 38 / 10 90 100 90 80 20
Wenatchee 11 26 25 33 29 37 / 10 80 100 80 70 20
Omak 18 28 28 37 33 37 / 10 70 100 100 90 30
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Air Stagnation Advisory until 10 AM PST Tuesday for Central
Panhandle Mountains-Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse-Lewis
and Southern Nez Perce Counties-Lewiston Area-Northern
Panhandle.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Tuesday to 8 AM PST Thursday for
Northern Panhandle.
Freezing Rain Advisory from 9 AM to 4 PM PST Tuesday for Central
Panhandle Mountains-Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse.
WA...Air Stagnation Advisory until 10 AM PST Tuesday for East Slopes
Northern Cascades-Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Moses
Lake Area-Northeast Blue Mountains-Northeast Mountains-
Okanogan Highlands-Okanogan Valley-Spokane Area-Upper
Columbia Basin-Washington Palouse-Waterville Plateau-
Wenatchee Area.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Tuesday to 8 AM PST Thursday for
East Slopes Northern Cascades-Northeast Mountains-Okanogan
Highlands-Okanogan Valley.
Freezing Rain Advisory from 9 AM to 4 PM PST Tuesday for Spokane
Area-Washington Palouse.
Freezing Rain Advisory from 9 AM Tuesday to 8 AM PST Wednesday
for Upper Columbia Basin.
Ice Storm Warning from 7 AM Tuesday to 9 AM PST Wednesday for
Moses Lake Area.
Ice Storm Warning from 7 AM Tuesday to 4 PM PST Wednesday for
East Slopes Northern Cascades-Waterville Plateau-Wenatchee
Area.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 5:43 AM PST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 543 AM PST MON JAN 16 2017 IDZ001-WAZ034-035-037-038-041>044-171400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 543 AM PST MON JAN 16 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY A MOIST AND WARMER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION STARTING TONIGHT AND NOT DEPART UNTIL THURSDAY. THERE IS GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO RAIN. MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE, POWER OUTAGES, AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-036-171400- 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-SPOKANE AREA- 543 AM PST MON JAN 16 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY A MOIST AND WARMER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND NOT DEPART UNTIL THURSDAY. THERE IS GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT PRECIPITATION WILL START AS FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE SWITCHING TO RAIN TUESDAY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A SLICK TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING FIELDS AND SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 65 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:32 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 42 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.