KHNX2902221481 KHNX@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-02-09T03:25:50-08:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS46 KHNX 091125 WSWHNX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KHNX.WW.Y.0004 Met Future Severe Possible 2010-02-10T10:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: WILL BE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ON THE GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASS. * ELEVATION: THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 4500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND TO 3500 TO 4000 FEET THIS EVENING. * TIMING: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST TODAY. AS IT INTENSIFIES...SNOW IS LIKELY TO BEGIN DURING THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND CONTINUE MUCH OF TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOW DECREASING...AND MOSTLY ENDING BEFORE NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TEHACHAPI...FRAZIER PARK...LAKE ISABELLA. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...AND HIGHWAY 58 THROUGH TEHACHAPI PASS COULD BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && * WINDS: NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. P-VTEC /O.NEW.KHNX.WW.Y.0004.100209T2200Z-100210T1800Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 37.12869,-121.20488 37.289337,-120.99402 37.345782,-120.964223 37.633499,-120.387329 37.711052,-120.341385 37.81146,-120.07028 37.761257,-119.88954 37.901825,-119.90962 37.901825,-119.90962 38.092594,-119.85942 38.11268,-119.72889 38.17886,-119.55555 38.094756,-119.291119 37.953024,-119.273089 37.885827,-119.200283 37.726631,-119.201078 37.728195,-119.114446 37.475796,-118.804474 37.361178,-118.768148 37.141826,-118.654593 37.059818,-118.437137 36.690435,-118.366128 36.346137,-118.100317 35.809161,-118.008043 35.797251,-117.632996 34.822526,-117.653292 34.817754,-118.894466 34.922174,-119.482754 35.076885,-119.482719 35.179975,-119.563641 35.429133,-119.890045 35.6025,-120.08032 35.61254,-120.170685 35.789204,-120.204146 35.873596,-120.22089 35.963963,-120.41167 35.963963,-120.41167 36.114574,-120.62251 36.20494,-120.662674 36.30535,-120.662674 36.30535,-120.662674 36.31539,-120.58235 36.476044,-120.57231 36.74714,-120.903656 36.836657,-121.141523 36.951248,-121.214536 36.961248,-121.215406 37.12869,-121.20488 UGC CAZ095-091930-