WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 229 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM
PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY
TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE
WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN SHOSHONE
COUNTY IDAHO.
* TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...
PINEHURST...CALDER...CLARKIA...LOOKOUT PASS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...
ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY
WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW
BANDS.
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.
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