WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1055 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION: SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* WINDS: VERY STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80
MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PASSES OF THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER EVENT.
WP
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