NWS Snow Alert, Jan. 6

National Weather Service Alert
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DRAIN…ELKTON…ROSEBURG…SUTHERLIN…
GREEN…MYRTLE CREEK…CANYONVILLE…GLENDALE, 312 AM PST FRI JAN 6 2017. …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 2 INCHES…EXCEPT UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AT CANYON CREEK PASS ON INTERSTATE 5. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS…UP TO 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.  * TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN LATER SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE…ROSEBURG…CANYONVILLE…MYRTLE CREEK AND ALL AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5. * IMPACTS…SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY SNOW PACKED ROADS. CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST HAZARDOUS DURING THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY MORNING AS WATER ON TOP OF ICE IS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…  * STOCK EMERGENCY KIT WITH TIRE CHAINS, FLASHLIGHT, BATTERIES, BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, AND MEDICATIONS. * THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A WINTER STORM IS INDOORS. * PLAN NOW TO AVOID TRAVELING DURING THE STORM. * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL.