Special Weather Statement

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...

CAZ096-097-260630-
/O.UPG.KHNX.WS.A.0006.100227T0000Z-100228T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KHNX.WS.W.0006.100227T0000Z-100228T0600Z/
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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FROM YOSEMITE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.

&&

$$

JDB

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1214 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010

...A WINTER STORM IS ON THE WAY FOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FROM LATER
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

CAZ096-097-270500-
/O.CON.KHNX.WS.W.0006.100227T0000Z-100228T0600Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1214 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA
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 TONIGHT
AND FALL TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE YOSEMITE PARK AREA
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO
TULARE COUNTY BY TONIGHT. 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.

&&


$$

JDB

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
849 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010


CAZ096-097-271300-
/O.CON.KHNX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100228T0600Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
849 PM PST FRI FEB 26 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
SATURDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA FROM YOSEMITE PARK
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 FALL TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING...THEN SLOWLY TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HUNTINGTON LAKE...TUOLUMNE MEADOWS...SIERRA
SUMMIT...SHAVER LAKE...WISHON...LODGEPOLE...GIANT FOREST...CAMP
NELSON...JOHNSONDALE.

* 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.

&&


$$

BINGHAM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
101 PM PST SAT FEB 27 2010

CAZ095>097-280615-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
101 PM PST SAT FEB 27 2010

...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL KEEP A THREAT OF SNOW OVER THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS TODAY...AS A PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE
FROM 3500 TO 4000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE...TO 5000 TO 5500 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE 3
TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET .

ACCUMULATING SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY ABOVE PASS
LEVEL...HOWEVER WET WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT
MOUNTAIN PASSES IN AND OUT OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
TODAY SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AND EXPECT POSSIBLE DELAYS.

$$

SANGER