Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1003 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2017
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST... LODGEPOLE...JOHNSONDALE
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT STORM FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...
* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 4000 FEET.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 FEET.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1226 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2017
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MARIPOSA, MADERA, AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOS BANOS...COALINGA...MENDOTA... FRESNO...HANFORD...LEMOORE...AVENAL...CORCORAN...BAKERSFIELD... VISALIA...OAKHURST...MARIPOSA
1226 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2017
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE NORTH OF FRESNO THIS EVENING, THEN SPREAD SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
100 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2017
...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE SUNDAY...
.A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILL REGIONS STARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS WITH A THREAT OF ROCK SLIDES...MUD SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS.
MARIPOSA, MADERA, AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS- TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COARSEGOLD...OAKHURST...SQUAW VALLEY... AUBERRY...NORTH FORK...MARIPOSA...SPRINGVILLE...THREE RIVERS... TEHACHAPI...LAKE ISABELLA...CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST... LODGEPOLE...GRANT GROVE...JOHNSONDALE
100 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2017
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS... MARIPOSA, MADERA, AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS...TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS AND TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE WEST TO SOUTH FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SUNDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT.
* LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES ARE VERY COMMON DURING INTENSE RAIN EVENTS AND COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES.
* TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. SOME ROADS MAY BE FLOODED OR IMPASSABLE. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH UNKNOWN DEPTHS OF WATER... TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Source: NWS
