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WWUS46 KSEW 161042
WSWSEW
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
242 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
WAZ303-304-328-162200-
/O.UPG.KSEW.WW.Y.0023.251217T0000Z-251218T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KSEW.WS.W.0009.251217T0000Z-251218T0600Z/
CASCADES OF SOUTHERN KING COUNTY-CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS
COUNTIES-OLYMPICS-
INCLUDING WHITE PASS, MOUNT RAINIER, CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, LONGMIRE,
SR18 AT TIGER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT, PARADISE, HURRICANE RIDGE,
ASHFORD, SNOQUALMIE PASS, AND GREENWATER
242 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 15
INCHES AT SNOQUALMIE PASS AND HURRICANE RIDGE. TOTAL ACCUMULATION
OF 18 TO 24 INCHES ELSEWHERE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT PARADISE ON
MOUNT RAINIER. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...OLYMPICS, CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES, AND
CASCADES OF SOUTHERN KING COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. VERY
STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES.
WAZ301-302-162200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0009.251217T0000Z-251218T0600Z/
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND
NORTHERN KING COUNTIES-
INCLUDING STEVENS PASS AND MOUNT BAKER
242 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 20
INCHES AT STEVENS PASS AND 18 TO 36 INCHES AT MOUNT BAKER. WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND NORTHERN KING COUNTIES AND
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. VERY
STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
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