WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 353 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING THEN BECOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LATE
AFTERNOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT AGAIN MONDAY EVENING
BEFORE ENDING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 36 INCLUDING THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN. UP TO 30 INCHES
ABOVE 7000 FEET. UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN
LASSEN COUNTY.
* WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. RIDGES WILL BE
GUSTING UP TO 90 MPH THIS EVENING THEN DECREASING TO 70 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED BELOW A HALF MILE DURING
HEAVY SNOW...WITH NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY POSSIBLE IN GUSTY WINDS
AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES
IN THE HIGH SIERRA.
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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