WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW OR POSSIBLY SLEET...BUT WILL
LIKELY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN LATER TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN
WILL SWITCH TO RAIN IN SOME AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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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