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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10
PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO INTENSIFY LATE THIS EVENING BECOMING
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE SATURDAY EVENING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH
4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 395.
* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BY EARLY
SATURDAY. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* 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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