URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE - STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

354 PM SAT NOV 30 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN
  THE MOUNTAINS 10 TO 18 INCHES.

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS
  WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD.

* SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING...RISING TO 3000-3500 FT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER
  THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS
  AGAIN ON MONDAY.

* IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE
  CHANGING TO RAIN.

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

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.