WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 111 PM MST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE
LOWER TREASURE VALLEY AND UPPER WEISER RIVER BASIN IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.
* SNOW AMOUNTS...4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE UPPER WEISER RIVER VALLEY
AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OF OREGON.
MOUNTAIN PEAKS WILL RECEIVE 8 TO 14 INCHES. SOME AREAS WILL
ALSO RAIN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT.
* SNOW LEVELS...AT THE VALLEY FLOORS TODAY...RISING TO 3000 FEET
TONIGHT AND AS HIGH AS 4000 FEET NEW YEARS MORNING. HOWEVER...
POCKETS OF COLD AIR TRAPPED IN SOME VALLEYS WILL RESULT IN AREAS
OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW STARTING AROUND 1 PM MST TODAY MIXING WITH
FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER 8 PM MST TONIGHT AND CHANGING TO
RAIN BELOW 4000 FEET IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS NEW YEARS DAY.
* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADS...ALSO ICE DUE TO A
CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ICE MAY ALSO COLLECT ON POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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