SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 226 PM PST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION...
FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN GRIP SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE INTO THE
LOWER 20S AT THE COAST TO WELL BELOW ZERO IN AREAS EAST OF THE
CASCADES BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS FRIGID BUT WILL STILL RANGE FROM THE
MIDDLE 20S AT THE COAST AND UPPER TEENS IN THE WESTERN
VALLEYS TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE EAST SIDE. THIS STRING
OF COLD TEMPERATURES HAS NOT BEEN FELT SINCE LATE DECEMBER OF
1998.
THE LONG DURATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE UNPROTECTED
WATER PIPES TO BURST. DRAIN ALL EXTERIOR WATER HOSES...FAUCETS AND
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. TRAILER HOMES AND OLDER HOMES ARE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE TO PIPES FREEZING. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER HOME OR
OLDER HOME YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAUCETS DRIPPING OVERNIGHT TO
HELP PREVENT PIPES FROM FREEZING AND POSSIBLY BURSTING.
PETS ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR
PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH
UNFROZEN WATER.
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