WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 614 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009

...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.HAVE UPDATED TO SHOW A SLIGHT DELAY IN ONSET OF THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A TWO PART STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. A ROUND OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. WARM AIR WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON... CHANGING SNOW TO RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE
IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND
WENATCHEE VALLEY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A SECOND DISTURBANCE
WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...
COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM
PST WEDNESDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8
  INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...
  FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY
  MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND
  8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* TIMING: ROUND ONE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A
  BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
  PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER
  PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
  SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL
  ROAD.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO
  NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 703 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 715 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
701 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
701 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHERN IDAHO LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS
ARE LIKELY BY TOMORROW MORNING AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ON WEDNESDAY ABOVE THE
VALLEY FLOORS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.
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