WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8
INCHES BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15
INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...
MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO
NAVIGATE.
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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