Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2017
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2017, 3:37 AM PST for 8 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 7, 2017, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 53 hr. 51 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 7, 2017, 3:37 AM PST (11:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2017, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2017, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 53 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 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 8, 5:38 PM PST | SLEET 0.3 | Rockford, WA | . |
| Jan 8, 6:00 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 15 W Lucerne, WA | MESONET STATION LYMAN LAKE /LYLW1/. |
| Jan 8, 7:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 10 Ssw Wenatchee, WA | MESONET STATION 10 SSW WENATCHEE /MSR52/. |
| Jan 8, 7:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 15 Sw Lucerne, WA | MESONET STATION TRINITY /TRIW1/. |
| Jan 8, 7:30 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 4 Ne Republic, WA | SINCE 3 PM. |
| Jan 8, 7:30 PM PST | SNOW 4.5 | Brewster, WA | . |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 1 | 13 Wnw Hunters, WA | MESONET STATION GOLD MOUNTAIN /GLDW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 1 | 3 Ene Chesaw, WA | MESONET STATION GOLD AXE CAMP /GAXW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 1 | 9 Wsw Telma, WA | MESONET STATION 6 ENE STEVENS PASS /BRN27/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 2 | 13 S Avery, ID | MESONET STATION HUMBOLDT GULCH /HUGI1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 2 | 7 E Disautel, WA | MESONET STATION MOSES MOUNTAIN /MMSW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 2 | 7 Ssw Clark Fork, ID | MESONET STATION 6 SSW CLARK FORK /MOQI1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 2 | 7 Wnw Bonners Ferry, ID | MESONET STATION 7 W BONNERS FERRY /MYRI1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 2 | 8 E Santa, ID | MESONET STATION MICA CREEK /MCKI1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 4 Ese Telma, WA | MESONET STATION LAKE WENATCHEE STATE PARK /LKWW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 3.3 | 4 Ese Telma, WA | MESONET STATION 4 ESE TELMA /LAK19/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 3.7 | 13 Wsw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION 12 W MAZAMA /WAP55/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 3.9 | 3 Wnw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION 2 WNW MAZAMA /MAZ22/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 12 Wsw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION WASHINGTON PASS - NWAC /WPNW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 15 S Lucerne, WA | MESONET STATION POPE RIDGE /PPRW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 Nw Leavenworth, WA | MESONET STATION TUMWATER MOUNTAIN LEAVENWORTH /TMTW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 Wnw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION FREESTONE INN MAZAMA, WA /MAZW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 14 Ssw Avery, ID | MESONET STATION 14 SW AVERY /LSLI1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 2 S Desert Aire, WA | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PRIEST RAPIDS DAM /PRWW1/. |
| Jan 8, 8:30 PM PST | SNOW 1.6 | 9 Nw Coolin, ID | MESONET STATION 9 NW COOLIN /ITD66/. |
| Jan 8, 8:30 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Usk, WA | 24 HOUR AMOUNT. |
| Jan 8, 8:30 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Spokane, WA | SINCE MIDDAY. SOME FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN CRUSTING THE TOP. |
| Jan 8, 8:30 PM PST | SNOW 5 | Coeur D'Alene, ID | . |
| Jan 8, 8:30 PM PST | SNOW 7 | Waterville, WA | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Jan 8, 9:00 PM PST | SNOW 1.6 | 4 Ese Chatcolet, ID | MESONET STATION 3 E CHATCOLET /ITDA9/. |
| Jan 8, 9:00 PM PST | SNOW 4.2 | 2 Nnw Huetter, ID | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION POST FALLS /POFI1/. |
| Jan 8, 9:00 PM PST | SNOW 5.9 | 6 Nnw Rose Lake, ID | MESONET STATION 6 NNW ROSE LAKE /ITD19/. |
| Jan 8, 9:30 PM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 8 Ese Northport, WA | SNOW BEGAN 330 PM. |
| Jan 8, 9:39 PM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 N Colville, WA | . |
| Jan 8, 9:40 PM PST | SNOW 4.5 | Cheney, WA | 24 HOUR REPORT. |
| Jan 8, 9:42 PM PST | SNOW 4 | Chelan, WA | . |
| Jan 8, 9:49 PM PST | SNOW 3 | Post Falls, ID | . |
| Jan 8, 9:53 PM PST | SNOW 2.7 | 2 Ne Moses Lake, WA | . |
| Jan 8, 9:59 PM PST | SNOW 2.6 | 3 Ese Airway Heights, WA | ASOS STATION SPOKANE INTL AP /GEG/. |
| Jan 8, 10:45 PM PST | SNOW 3 | Osburn, ID | . |
| Jan 8, 11:00 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 1 Ese Athol, ID | . |
| Jan 9, 12:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 Sse Arden, WA | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 6 HOURS. |
| Jan 9, 5:59 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Oldtown, ID | MESONET STATION PEND OREILLE RIVER BELOW ALBENI FALLS DAM /ALFW1/. |
| Jan 9, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Plain, WA | COCORAHS STATION 1 NNW PLAIN /WA-CH-35/. |
| Jan 9, 6:05 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 2 W Okanogan, WA | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 9, 6:26 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 5 Ese Moyie Springs, ID | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. THE REPORTED OBSERVER LOCATION WAS 7 MILES E MOYIE SPRINGS. |
| Jan 9, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 7 | 1 Ene Huetter, ID | COCORAHS STATION 2.5 WSW COEUR D'ALENE /ID-KT-8/. |
| Jan 9, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 3 Ese Prichard, ID | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PRICHARD 3 ESE /PRDI1/. |
| Jan 9, 7:15 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Wsw Laclede, ID | COCORAHS STATION 3.6 ESE SPIRIT LAKE /ID-KT-1/. |
| Jan 9, 4:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 7 Se Dover, ID | RECORDED 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING. THEN RECORDED ANOTHER 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 9, 5:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 Ssw Hayden, ID | . |
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 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
197 WWUS46 KOTX 071137 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 337 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND VALLEYS NEAR THE CASCADES...MODERATE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A MESSY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAZ042-071945- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.170107T2100Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 337 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. A BREAK PERIOD MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * 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. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-071945- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 337 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TODAY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING. A BREAK PERIOD LATE TONIGHT WILL DETERIORATE BACK INTO A LENGTHY PERIOD OF HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS NEAR DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...12 TO 20 DEGREES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-071945- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 337 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, ALPOWA SUMMIT, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED BUT SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 20S AND 30S ON SUNDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-071945- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 337 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, AND SHERMAN PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LOCALLY A TRACE IN SOUTHERN VALLEYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME A THREAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
12 follow-up statements
664 WWUS46 KOTX 072000 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1200 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND VALLEYS NEAR THE CASCADES...MODERATE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A MESSY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAZ042-080400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.170107T2100Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1200 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. A BREAK PERIOD MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * 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. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-080400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1200 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TODAY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING. A BREAK PERIOD LATE TONIGHT WILL DETERIORATE BACK INTO A LENGTHY PERIOD OF HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS NEAR DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...12 TO 20 DEGREES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-080400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 1200 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, ALPOWA SUMMIT, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED BUT SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 20S AND 30S ON SUNDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-080400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 1200 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LOCALLY A TRACE IN SOUTHERN VALLEYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME A THREAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 072242 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 242 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT BEFORE A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND THE NEARBY VALLEYS...MODERATE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A MESSY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAZ042-081230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 242 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A BREAK IS EXPECTED IN THE SNOW SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO LIGHT SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * 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. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-081230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 242 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A BREAK PERIOD LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WILL DETERIORATE BACK INTO A LENGTHY PERIOD OF HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO LIGHT SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-081230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 242 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, ALPOWA SUMMIT, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE COEUR D'ALENE AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES PALOUSE...UP TO 1 INCH LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...AND POMEROY AREAS. FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CAMAS PRAIRIE 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. A ROUND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WITH THIS ROUND WILL FALL AS MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 90 AROUND THE RITZVILLE AREA...AND HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL. FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE LEWISTON AREA AND PALOUSE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL FALL AS RAIN ALTHOUGH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...CHANGING TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-081230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.170108T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 242 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, LOOKOUT PASS, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES VALLEYS EXCEPT 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE SILVER VALLEY AND SAINT MARIES AREA. 5 TO 10 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A BREAK PERIOD SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL DETERIORATE BACK INTO A LENGTHY PERIOD OF HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
421 WWUS46 KOTX 081152 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .AFTER A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND THE NEARBY VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A MESSY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IDZ001-WAZ037-082200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-082200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL VALLEY FRESCO RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MAINLY IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 13 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL BECOME FREQUENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS VERY SLIPPERY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-082200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, AND SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AROUND DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE 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. && $$ WAZ042-082200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN THIS MORNING AND INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS NEAR DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-043-044-082200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...A BREAK PERIOD AFTER LAST NIGHT'S SNOW WILL END THIS MORNING AS LIGHT SNOW BEGINS ONCE AGAIN. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS BY DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-082200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 352 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, ALPOWA SUMMIT, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH MAINLY EAST OF RITZVILLE AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE AS FAR WEST AS MOSES LAKE AND AS FAR NORTH AS SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...THE NEXT ROUND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WITH THIS ROUND WILL FALL AS MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM RITZVILLE TO SPRAGUE...AND HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL. FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE LEWISTON AREA AND PALOUSE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL FALL AS RAIN ALTHOUGH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...CHANGING TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
291 WWUS46 KOTX 082200 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND THE NEARBY VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... AND ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A MESSY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAZ042-090700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS NEAR DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-041-043-044-090700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AROUND DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-090700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-090700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE VALLEYS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL BECOME FREQUENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS VERY SLIPPERY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-090700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * 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. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.05-0.15 INCHES OF ICE SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY INCLUDING ROCKFORD...SPANGLE...AND POSSIBLY CHENEY AREAS, AND FROM INTERSTATE 90 FROM RITZVILLE TO SPRAGUE AND HIGHWAY 395 FROM RITZVILLE TO CONNELL. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...EXCEPT LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM RITZVILLE SOUTH. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE ALL AREAS CHANGE BACK TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-090700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. FOR THE PALOUSE ICE WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO NORTH AND WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF ST. JOHN...ROSALIA..LA CROSSE...AND HAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET MONDAY MORNING...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES CAMAS PRAIRIE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS...A MIXED BAG OF DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICY ROADWAYS WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL SEE RAIN WITH WET OR SLUSHY ROADS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
672 WWUS46 KOTX 090048 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... .A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND THE NEARBY VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... AND ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A MESSY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAZ042-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, TWISP, WINTHROP, STEHEKIN, CONCONULLY, BLEWETT PASS, AND LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS NEAR DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-041-043-044-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, WENATCHEE, CHELAN, ENTIAT, CASHMERE, OMAK, OKANOGAN, BREWSTER, BRIDGEPORT, OROVILLE, NESPELEM, DISAUTEL PASS, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AROUND DAWN MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN INTENSIFYING OVERNIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE VALLEYS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN INTENSIFYING OVERNIGHT. STEADY SNOW WILL BECOME FREQUENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS VERY SLIPPERY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * 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. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.15-O.30 INCHES OF ICE SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY INCLUDING ROCKFORD AND SPANGLE. UP TO 0.05 INCH OF ICE ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND RITZVILLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...EXCEPT LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM RITZVILLE SOUTH. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE ALL AREAS CHANGE BACK TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 195 SOUTH OF SPOKANE TO ROSALIA AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 27 SOUTH OF SPOKANE VALLEY TO LATAH. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 448 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. FOR THE PALOUSE ICE WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO NORTH AND WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF ST. JOHN...ROSALIA..LA CROSSE...AND HAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET MONDAY MORNING...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES CAMAS PRAIRIE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS...A MIXED BAG OF DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICY ROADWAYS WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL SEE RAIN WITH WET OR SLUSHY ROADS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
592 WWUS46 KOTX 090630 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 WAZ042-091200- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH, MAZAMA, WINTHROP, AND STEHEKIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2 WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEST OF LEAVENWORTH TO STEVENS PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-041-043-044-090730- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. $$ WAZ034-090730- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-091430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. A SHORT BREAK WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF SNOW POSSIBLE FOR MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-091430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN VALLEYS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS VERY SLIPPERY. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-091430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, RITZVILLE, ODESSA, WILBUR, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS....AROUND A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MIXED WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT ICY CONDITIONS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. FREEZING DRIZZLE GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-091430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 1030 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A MIXED BAG OF DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICY ROADWAYS WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL SEE SNOW WITH WET OR SLUSHY ROADS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
016 WWUS46 KOTX 091042 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 242 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 WAZ042-091145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 242 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE CASCADE CREST TODAY BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-091800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 242 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF SNOW WILL ENVELOP THE REGION THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-091845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 242 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-091600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 242 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, RITZVILLE, ODESSA, WILBUR, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THIS MORNING MAY ALLOW A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 8AM AND 9AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. EXPECT ICY CONDITIONS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. FREEZING DRIZZLE GLAZING BARE PAVEMENT AND CONCRETE SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-091600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 242 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH ESPECIALLY IN THE L-C VALLEY AND OTHER VALLEYS BELOW 2000 FEET ELEVATION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES MAINLY ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION. * TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 AM. FURTHER PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME A RAIN SNOW MIX IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AFTER 8 AM. * IMPACTS...A MIXED BAG OF DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICY ROADWAYS WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL SEE SNOW WITH WET OR SLUSHY ROADS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING BARE PAVEMENT OR CONCRETE SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
428 WWUS46 KOTX 091451 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 651 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 IDZ002-003-026-WAZ031>033-035-036-091600- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 651 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-091800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 651 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING...ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF SNOW WILL ENVELOP THE REGION THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-092300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 651 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * 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. && $$ IDZ027-091600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 651 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, AND SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM AND THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
677 WWUS46 KOTX 091614 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 814 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 WAZ037-091715- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 814 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD MODERATE SNOW HAS ENDED FOR TODAY. EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT SNOW TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY. $$ IDZ027-091715- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 814 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD MODERATE SNOW HAS ENDED FOR TODAY. EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT SNOW TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ001-091800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- 814 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH VALLEYS AND 1 TO 3 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF SNOW WILL ENVELOP THE REGION THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-100015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 814 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF A BIT EARLY THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD REDEVELOP BEFORE MIDDAY. CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
553 WWUS46 KOTX 091719 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 919 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 IDZ001-100130- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- 919 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF BONNERS FERRY AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-100130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 919 AM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
114 WWUS46 KOTX 092314 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 314 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .FOLLOWING THE PERSISTENT SNOWS UNTIL EARLY EVENING...THE THREAT TURNS TO BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND LIKELY CLOSE SOME ROADS. IDZ001-004-100200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 314 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN SANDPOINT AND THE SILVER VALLEY AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-100715- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.170110T1500Z-170111T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 314 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AROUND COMMUTE TIME TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEW SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW THAT MAY BLOCK ROADS. THIS WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO, OR AS BAD AS, ZERO AT TIMES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 30 MPH. ALL ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE SUBJECT TO BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ033-036-100715- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.170110T2100Z-170111T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- 314 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2.5 INCHES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MIDDAY TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEW SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL LIKELY BLOCK ROADS. ALL ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE SUBJECT TO BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO, OR AS BAD AS, ZERO AT TIMES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
136 WWUS46 KOTX 100156 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 556 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .INCREASING NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE AREA...WEST PLAINS OF SPOKANE...NORTHERN PALOUSE AND OVER THE BASIN. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND LIKELY CLOSE SOME ROADS. IDZ001-004-100300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170110T0200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 556 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED WITH SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. $$ WAZ034-035-044-101300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.170110T1500Z-170111T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 556 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 30 MPH. ALL ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE SUBJECT TO BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AROUND COMMUTE TIME TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEW SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW THAT MAY BLOCK ROADS. THIS WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO, OR AS BAD AS, ZERO AT TIMES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ033-036-101300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.170110T2100Z-170111T1800Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- 556 PM PST MON JAN 9 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MIDDAY TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...NEW SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL LIKELY BLOCK ROADS. ALL ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE SUBJECT TO BLOWING AND/OR DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO, OR AS BAD AS, ZERO AT TIMES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST, 0 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
337 AM PST Sat Jan 7 2017
.SYNOPSIS...
Cold, mostly dry conditions will continue today. A more active
weather pattern arrives tonight and Sunday, and continues through
the middle of next week, with several rounds of snow. The snow
may mix with rain or a wintry mix at times across southeastern
Washington. An active and stormy weather period will continue well
into next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Today through Sunday night...Big changes in the recent weather are
on the way as a much more active and stormy period envelopes the
region through the next few days. Morning satellite loop indicates
a deep and cold upper low circulating off the Canadian coast...and
near the base of this circulation crashing into California and
southern Oregon is a strong and deep fetch of Pacific moisture
ready to be drawn into the forecast area from the south. A very
cold boundary layer continues to squat in the Columbia Basin which
will take some time to scrub as the air mass moistens up and
begins precipitating.
All these elements will conspire to produce a long run period of
initially snow...in some areas staying snow...and in other areas
subject to a messy change-over to rain probably involving some
freezing rain and sleet in the process.
Over the next 36 hours two distinct disturbances will transit the
region. The first will be a shearing and weakening short wave in
the southwest flow which will pass form south to north this
evening bringing an initial round of light snow...probably on the
order of a mere inch or two overnight but will affect everywhere
in the forecast area. Then on Sunday the moisture feed will become
most favorable with a stronger warm front bringing another round
of beefier accumulating snow to the deep basin and Cascades...and
initial snow changing over to sleet or freezing rain and finally
to simple rain over the Palouse and points south. The mountainous
zones north of the basin and the Idaho Panhandle mountains will
remain snow. The wild card is the Spokane/CD'A metro area which
will lay near the northern fringe of the warm tongue
aloft...either remaining snow or suffering the messy change over
during Sunday afternoon and evening. It is too early to
confidently nail this down yet.
Sunday night a trailing cold front will sweep the region and allow
a tapering off of snow in the Cascades lee and basin...while
continuing to promote upslope snow showers driving into the Idaho
Panhandle mountains. The good news is this stormy period will
scrub the arctic air mass out of the region by Monday for more
moderate and normal temperatures.
This whole scenario will be addressed with a series of Winter
Weather Advisories for the eastern zones for snow over the
mountain zones and snow followed by an ugly transitional mess over
the eastern basin zones. The Cascades and the
Wenatchee/Waterville/Okanogan Valley will likely see no change
over...just a slow and somewhat intermittent build up of snow
accumulation resulting Winter Storm Warning criteria of 4 to 5
inches in the valleys and 8 to 15 inches in the Cascades by Monday
morning. These highlights will begin generally this afternoon or
evening and run through the Monday morning commuter period.
/Fugazzi
Monday through Wednesday: The parent low off the coast will
begin to move inland and weaken this period, but will continue to
direct waves across the Pacific Northwest and providing varied
opportunities for snow or maybe some rain/snow mix. The main
rain/snow mix threat will be toward the L-C Valley. By this time
the storm track shifts a bit further south and east of the CWA and
the steering flow turns more westerly. From Monday and Tuesday
this will tend to keep the highest precipitation chances near the
Cascade crest and eastern third of WA and north ID and away from
the lee of the Cascades and deeper Columbia Basin, though it won't
end the risk totally. The precise track of the individual
shortwaves will have to fine-tuned to increase confidence in where
the higher precipitation amounts go. Yet in general the central
Panhandle mountains and secondarily the higher Palouse, Blues,
Camas Prairie will have opportunity for multiple inches.
Toward Tuesday night and Wednesday models tend to focus the main
threat of precipitation across the southern half or at least
southern third of WA and the lower Panhandle. The wave tends to
track further south and the lower level winds turns northerly,
increase and start to bring drier air in from the north. Still
some light to moderate snow risk will linger. By this time colder
air should make this a lighter, fluffier snow (i.e. a higher
ratio). The precise track of this wave will determine where and
how much snow may fall and whether it will warrant any highlights.
At this time the main impact from said snow around Wednesday
appears to track over the Blues and Camas Prairie, north-northeast
into the Palouse and Central Panhandle. But stay tuned. As mentioned
north/northeast winds increase Tuesday night into Wednesday too
and they could be the locally breezy. If those winds interact with
some snow it may cause some blowing/drifting, but right now the
best snow threat and the best wind threat do not entirely sync up.
/J. Cote'
Wednesday night through Saturday: A zonal flow pattern is expected
to build over the region while a north/south flow pattern is
expected to build over Canada. The amount of moisture the region
sees will depend on the strength and location of the north/south
flow pattern. The model agreement on this is low. The best chances
of precip during this period will be the southern portions of WA
and the Central ID Panhandle through Friday. The next major push
of moisture is expected sometime Saturday and could bring wide
spread snowfall to the region. Cloudy skies will help keep
temperatures on the moderate side with highs in the 20s to low 30s
and lows in the teens and low 20s. /JDC
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAFS: Low confidence forecast for fog and stratus across most
of the TAF sites this morning. Fog and LIFR stratus is in-and-out
of KSFF at 12Z this morning. Light easterly winds may advect this
fog into KGEG between 12Z and 16Z this morning. Fog product
satellite suggests no widespread stratus or fog is forming this
morning so all other TAF sites will probably remain VFR this
morning. VFR conditions are expected through today but moist
southwest flow will be moistening the air mass with increasing
high clouds and lowering and thickening ceilings...culminating in
an onset of -SN with at least MVFR ceilings and vis at all TAF
sites after 00-03Z and continuing through 12Z Sunday...with the
best chance for IFR conditions over the eastern TAF sites as snow
continues through the night. /MJF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 22 20 31 26 31 21 / 10 70 80 80 50 40
Coeur d'Alene 23 20 32 27 32 21 / 10 70 70 80 60 50
Pullman 24 22 35 29 33 25 / 10 80 80 90 70 50
Lewiston 26 24 36 33 36 27 / 20 70 70 80 60 30
Colville 19 17 27 25 31 21 / 10 50 80 80 30 40
Sandpoint 20 20 28 28 32 24 / 10 80 70 100 60 50
Kellogg 23 20 32 29 32 23 / 10 80 70 90 80 60
Moses Lake 21 16 27 20 31 17 / 30 70 100 60 20 30
Wenatchee 15 14 20 20 29 19 / 40 70 100 60 20 30
Omak 17 15 22 21 31 17 / 10 60 90 70 20 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM PST
Monday for Central Panhandle Mountains-Coeur d'Alene Area-
Idaho Palouse-Lewis and Southern Nez Perce Counties-
Lewiston Area-Northern Panhandle.
WA...Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM PST
Monday for Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Moses Lake
Area-Northeast Blue Mountains-Northeast Mountains-Okanogan
Highlands-Spokane Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Washington
Palouse.
Winter Storm Warning from 4 PM this afternoon to 4 AM PST Monday
for Okanogan Valley-Waterville Plateau-Wenatchee Area.
Winter Storm Warning from 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM PST Monday
for East Slopes Northern Cascades.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:59 AM PST, 21 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 559 AM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 IDZ003-026-WAZ031>035-071400- IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- 559 AM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOCALLY BELOW ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEKEND AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR RAIN AT TIMES. IDZ001-002-004-027-WAZ036>038-041>044-071400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 559 AM PST FRI JAN 6 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW AND ABOVE ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE COLD WILL LAST THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEKEND AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 52 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.