Update: National Weather Service warning for Strait of Juan de Fuca communities: “Heavy snow”

  • Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:42pm
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…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM

PST THURSDAY FOR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA ZONES…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR THE ZONES ADJACENT TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA FOR

HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST

THURSDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…SEKIU…PORT ANGELES…SEQUIM.

* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE

LIKELY.

* TIMING…WHILE BRIEF SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN

SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING…EXPECT HEAVY SNOW

WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS

ARE POSSIBLE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

* AFFECTED LOCATIONS…PORT TOWNSEND…OAK HARBOR.

* ACCUMULATIONS AND TIMING…ACCUMULATIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH

WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVIER

AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE

POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING

OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE

PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS…WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PLAN

ACCORDINGLY.

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