Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
400 PM PST THU MAR 11 2010
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SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
400 PM PST THU MAR 11 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST
SATURDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY
MIDDAY FRIDAY...WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SPREADING SOUTH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A STORM TOTAL OF UP TO 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET AT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...WITH
UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.
* ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET FRIDAY
NIGHT DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...FALLING TO AROUND 4000 FEET
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES.
* TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY NIGHT...TAPERING
OFF SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW RESIDUAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
INCLUDING BADGER PASS...HUNTINGTON LAKE...LAKE WISHON..AND GRANT
GROVE.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: ROADS ABOVE 6000 FEET WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES.
BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
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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