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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
307 PM PST WED DEC 3 2014

...FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.A WARM MOIST PACIFIC AIR MASS WILL CROSS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
THE LOWER IDAHO PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES OVER THE PALOUSE AND
PORTIONS OF THE LEWISTON, CLARKSTON VALLEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF
BEING BELOW FREEZING AS THE PRECIPITATION STARTS TONIGHT. BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MOST AREAS SHOULD
WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-033-040800-
/O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.141204T0600Z-141204T1800Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...
LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN
307 PM PST WED DEC 3 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...
  COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...
  CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...
  CULDESAC...GIFFORD.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH...BUT
  ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN
  WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM.

* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BE ICY FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE
  CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME TREATED ROADS WILL
  BE WET...WHILE OTHERS WILL BE ICE COVERED. MANY SIDE STREETS AND
  PARKING LOTS WILL BE SLICK. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING OVER
  BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SIDEWALKS...PORCHES...STEPS...AND
  DRIVEWAYS WILL GLAZE OVER QUICKLY...SO WALKERS SHOULD BE VERY
  CAREFUL.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...WARMING ABOVE
  FREEZING BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX.

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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