KHNX1817839124 KHNX@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-03-11T16:01:03-08:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS46 KHNX 120000 WSWHNX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KHNX.WW.Y.0009 Met Future Severe Possible 2010-03-13T06:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD * THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SPREADING SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A STORM TOTAL OF UP TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET AT SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK...WITH UP TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TOWARDS THE KERN COUNTY LINE. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 6000 FRIDAY NIGHT DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL... FALLING TO AROUND 4500 FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY NIGHT...TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW RESIDUAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BIG MEADOWS...LODGEPOLE...AND GIANT FOREST. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK TO THE KERN COUNTY LINE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: ROADS ABOVE 6000 FEET WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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.0009.100313T0000Z-100313T1400Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth TULARE 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 CAZ097-120800-