WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 500 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS AND THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE
TOOELE VALLEY...SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY...AS WELL AS ON THE BENCHES
OF WESTERN SALT LAKE VALLEY. THE VALLEY FLOOR IN THE SALT LAKE
AND UTAH VALLEYS...AND WELL AS THE EASTERN BENCH AREAS WILL SEE
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE FROM THIS STORM.
* TIMING: SNOW OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE
DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHERE HEAVY
SNOW EXISTS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE
PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS.
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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