WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1000 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL
TAPER TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN
INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE
NEXT SYSTEM.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395.
ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY: 12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 6000
FEET WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS.
* WINDS: INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH BY EARLY SATURDAY. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS...
FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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