WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 219 AM PST TUE DEC 15 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...
.THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL COME TO AN END IN THE
WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND WATERVILLE AREAS BY 4 AM. SNOW WILL
DECREASE IN THE SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND SANDPOINT AREAS BY MID
MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON
AND NORTHERN IDAHO.
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CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...
LOOKOUT PASS
218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8
  INCHES BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN
  AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE
  MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: ROUND ONE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A
  BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT
  INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...
  MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO
  NAVIGATE.
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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