WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 222 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7
PM PST THIS EVENING.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE AT
TIMES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 95. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL FALL THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY...TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY 12 INCHES IN
PARTS OF NORTHERN LYON COUNTY.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES
IN THE SNOW. THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES IN THE FERNLEY
AND FALLON AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
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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