FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 651 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009
THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND MELTING
SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR SPOKANE AND
KOOTENAI COUNTIES...
THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR
D`ALENE AREAS HAS ENDED...BUT WATER MAY REMAIN OVER SOME ROADS
THROUGH THE MORNING. SNOW AND SLUSH CAN CLOG STORM DRAINS CAUSING
WATER TO STAND IN LOW LYING AREAS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT
OCCURRING IN SPOKANE OR COEUR D`ALENE...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR PONDING ON THE ROADS DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS
EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING ALL DAY...AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR SNOW
WILL MELT TODAY. MANY OF THE STORM DRAINS THAT ARE CLOGGED SHOULD
FLOW FREELY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW MELTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 4741 11658 4737 11663 4736 11703 4726 11705
4726 11783 4781 11782 4783 11773 4788 11768
4779 11759 4780 11753 4804 11753 4804 11704
4797 11703 4799 11651 4788 11649 4788 11633
4742 11633
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GKOCH*!
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 402 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING
OF ICE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AM
AND NOON WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* TIMING: FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON TODAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST OF NORTH IDAHO
BY NOON.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER.
* IMPACTS: EXPECT A GLAZING OF ICE ON STREETS...SIDEWALKS...AND
CARS. SIDEWALKS...PORCHES...STEPS...AND DRIVEWAYS WILL GLAZE
OVER QUICKLY...SO WALKERS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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