WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 409 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE
4000 FEET...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000
FEET. A FURTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY
AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS...MAINLY NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER.
* TIMING: HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP TODAY AFTER 8
AM AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW
ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...
SHERMAN PASS.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND OVER
PASSES SHOULD PREPARE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PLAN
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY
KIT...INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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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