WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 258 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY.
* TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSIFY LATE
THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 1
TO 3 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE HIGHEST AMOUNT WILL OCCUR ALONG
THE WEST SHORE OF LAKE TAHOE.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH SATURDAY BELOW RIDGES. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES 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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