344  
WWUS46 KOTX 281241  
WSWOTX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
441 AM PST WED JAN 28 2026  
 
IDZ001>003-WAZ032-033-036-037-290145-  
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260129T1800Z/  
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER  
GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-  
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DAVENPORT, FAIRFIELD, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS  
ROAD, TEKOA, HAYDEN, PULLMAN, FRUITLAND, UNIONTOWN, DEER PARK,  
OAKESDALE, POTLATCH, ATHOL, MOSCOW, METALINE, TIGER, PRIEST  
RIVER, LA CROSSE, ROCKFORD, BONNERS FERRY, METALINE FALLS,  
SPOKANE VALLEY, DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, NEWPORT, COLVILLE, CHEWELAH,  
IONE, PLUMMER, POST FALLS, SANDPOINT, CLARK FORK, NORTHPORT,  
SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COEUR D'ALENE, ORIN-RICE ROAD, COLFAX,  
CHENEY, CLARKSTON, WORLEY, AIRWAY HEIGHTS, GENESEE, ALPOWA  
SUMMIT, KETTLE FALLS, EASTPORT, POMEROY, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, AND  
ROSALIA  
441 AM PST WED JAN 28 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WITH  
LOCAL AMOUNTS TO TWO INCHES ON HIGHER BENCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS  
AROUND A LIGHT GLAZE IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST  
WASHINGTON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS DURING THE WEDNESDAY  
MORNING COMMUTE ON UNTREATED SURFACES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE MAIN THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE  
ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND COLUMBIA BASIN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. IN IDAHO, FOR THE LATEST  
ROAD INFORMATION IN IDAHO, CALL 5 1 1. IN WASHINGTON, FOR THE LATEST  
TRAVEL INFORMATION IN WASHINGTON, GO TO HTTPS://WSDOT.WA.GOV/TRAVEL  
 

 
 

 
 
IDZ004-290145-  
/O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260129T2000Z/  
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOOKOUT PASS, KELLOGG, MULLAN, ST.  
MARIES, OSBURN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, FERNWOOD, WALLACE, DOBSON  
PASS, AND PINEHURST  
441 AM PST WED JAN 28 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 4 INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...LOOKOUT PASS, KELLOGG, MULLAN, ST. MARIES, OSBURN, FOURTH  
OF JULY PASS, FERNWOOD, WALLACE, DOBSON PASS, AND PINEHURST.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS DURING THE WEDNESDAY  
MORNING COMMUTE ON UNTREATED SURFACES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
INFORMATION IN IDAHO, CALL 5 1 1.  
 

 
 

 
 
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