WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 720 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST MONDAY.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE 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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