Expires:200911171515;Remove:200911171515;988467 FPUS76 KOTX 171212 NOWOTX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 412 AM PST TUE NOV 17 2009 WAZ035-038-043-044-171515- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 412 AM PST TUE NOV 17 2009 .NOW... VERY WINDY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING FROM WILBUR TO OMAK. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM THE SOUTH TO AROUND 50 MPH IN THE HIGHEST THREAT CORRIDOR FROM GRAND COULEE TO NESPELEM. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 174 FROM WILUR TO COULEE DAM...AND HIGHWAY 155 FROM GRAND COULEE TO NESPELEM...AND DISAUTEL. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY 830 AM. TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAYS 174 AND 155 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS. $$