January 19, 2017 - The National Weather Service in Hanford has issued a Winter Storm Warning:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA

1117 AM PST THU JAN 19 2017

SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YOSEMITE...TUOLUMNE MEADOWS...SHAVER LAKE...HUNTINGTON LAKE...CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST...GRANT GROVE...LODGEPOLE...JOHNSONDALE

. ...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT STORM FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY. IN THE MEANTIME, SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL LEAVE LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW INCHES DOWN TO 4000 FEET. 3 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. 2 FEET OR MORE ABOVE 7000 FEET.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE AND CREATE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

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.
Source: NOAA