SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 142 PM PST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 245 AM PST TUE DEC 08 2009
...VERY COLD LOW TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION...
ANOTHER NIGHT OF FRIGID TEMPERATURES RETURNS TO THE REGION. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S AT THE COAST TO BELOW
ZERO IN AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS
COLD AIR MASS REMAINS FIRMLY IN PLACE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SIMILAR
LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLIGHTLY WARMER
OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS STRING OF COLD
TEMPERATURES HAS NOT BEEN FELT SINCE LATE DECEMBER OF 1998.
THE LONG DURATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE UNPROTECTED
WATER PIPES TO BURST. DRAIN ALL EXTERIOR WATER HOSES...FAUCETS AND
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. TRAILER HOMES AND OLDER HOMES ARE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE TO PIPES FREEZING. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER HOME OR
OLDER HOME YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAUCETS DRIPPING OVERNIGHT TO
HELP PREVENT PIPES FROM FREEZING AND POSSIBLY BURSTING.
PETS ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EXTREME COLD. KEEP PETS INDOORS
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR
PETS HAVE WARM DRY SHELTER...AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH
UNFROZEN WATER.
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