Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
212 PM PST THU FEB 25 2010
...A WINTER STORM IS ON THE WAY FOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FROM LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...
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SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
212 PM PST THU FEB 25 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FROM YOSEMITE TO THE KERN COUNTY
LINE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FROM YOSEMITE
TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
ABOVE 7000 FEET. 1 TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
5000 TO 7000 FEET.
* ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 6000 FEET FRIDAY
NIGHT...AND FALL TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE YOSEMITE PARK AREA BY
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO TULARE
COUNTY BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES
THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AND
DIMINISHING BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST...JOHNSONDALE...
LODGEPOLE...SHAVER LAKE...YOSEMITE VALLEY
* WINDS: GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER AND NEAR THE
CREST. ELSEWHERE NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WILL BE SEVERELY
HAMPERED WHERE HEAVY SNOW OCCURS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS ABOVE
5000 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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JDB