Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
242 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...SERIES OF STORMS TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
THROUGH SUNDAY...
.A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. SEVERAL
FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA. EXACT TIMING OF EACH SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS
TIME. NEARLY CONTINUOUS SNOW FALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY WITH BRIEF BREAKS IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE STRONGEST
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
CAZ096-097-110645-
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SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAVER LAKE...YOSEMITE VALLEY...
CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST...JOHNSONDALE...LODGEPOLE
242 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON PST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM
THIS EVENING TO NOON PST FRIDAY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED STARTING EARLY THIS
EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION: 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
ABOVE 6000 FEET.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY DEVELOP STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION: SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* WINDS: VERY STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80
MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER EVENT.
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Winter Weather Advisory
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