WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PST SUNDAY FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS SNOW.
* PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX SATURDAY OVER MUCH
OF THE PORTLAND METRO AREA...WITH SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
ALL POSSIBLE. THE NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF THE METRO AREA MAY
PROBABLY STAY AS ALL SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED
ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE
SOUTH PART OF THE METRO AREA.
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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