WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
950 AM PST MON DEC 17 2007

...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY..

.A STRONG WINTER STORM OVER THE EAST PACIFIC IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA EARLY TUESDAY AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS FROM YOSEMITE TO
KINGS CANYON ABOVE 6000 FEET BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING.

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SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
950 AM PST MON DEC 17 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT PST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE
6000 FEET...FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON..

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA ABOVE 6000 FEET...FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON...FROM 6
AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TUESDAY NIGHT.

A PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA LATE MONDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY THEN MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AFTER
MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE AND COLD AIR
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA NORTH OF KINGS CANYON. SNOW
LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 5000 FEET AND TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE
FROM 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE PARK...TO AROUND
1 FOOT FARTHER SOUTH NEAR KINGS CANYON.

WINDS WILL ALSO BE VERY STRONG OVER THE CREST AND THROUGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES AND VALLEYS. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW..
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD