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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
812 AM PST THU DEC 4 2014

...A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH EARLY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING... ...
ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE INLAND
NORTHWEST...

.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 THIS MORNING. BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...MOST AREAS SHOULD WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S.
ANOTHER WET WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST OF THE CASCADES BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SPREADING WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN
FROM THE WENATCHEE AREA EAST TO SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE.

WAZ041-042-044-050015-
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WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...
CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
812 AM PST THU DEC 4 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST FRIDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... 
  LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...
  CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS...WATERVILLE...
  MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS..ONE QUARTER INCH.

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY THROUGH
  FRIDAY...HOWEVER THE MOST INTENSE INTERVAL OF FREEZING RAIN
  ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO 
  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.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO AROUND 30.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PACK A FLASHLIGHT...BLANKETS...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

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IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-033-041800-
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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
812 AM PST THU DEC 4 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

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

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH...BUT 
  ISOLATED SPOTS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO 
  BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 
  THROUGH MID-MORNING. THERE COULD ALSO BE BRIEF LIGHT SNOW.

* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS MAY BE ICY WITH A DUSTING OF SNOW FOR THE 
  THIS MORNINGS 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 LATE MORNING.

* 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.

&&

$$

WAZ034-035-050015-
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MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...
OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...
COULEE CITY
812 AM PST THU DEC 4 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...
  COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
  NIGHT. TEMPERATURES COULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT 
  TURNING THE FREEZING RAIN TO ALL RAIN.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING RAIN COULD MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS 
  OVERNIGHT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ON LESSER TRAVELED ROADS 
  AND BRIDGE DECKS.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* 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.

&&

$$

IDZ002-WAZ036-050015-
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COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
812 AM PST THU DEC 4 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... 
  SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

* TIMING...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 
  MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES COULD WARM ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS DURING THE 
  EVENING DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS. THE WORST 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SECONDARY AND LESSER TRAVELED 
  ROADS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO OR ABOVE 
  FREEZING...CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY IMPROVE SLOWLY TOWARD 
  MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S IN THE EVENING 
  WARMING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S LATE.

* 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.

&&

$$
