WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 258 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY...
.A STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SIERRA AND
WESTERN NEVADA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST
PORTION OF THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES DURING THIS TIME WILL EXCEED 2
INCHES PER HOUR IN THE SIERRA WITH UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR IN
WESTERN NEVADA. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS WHERE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE SIERRA.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO
SUNDAY ONCE THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM PASSES. SNOW MAY
NOT END IN THE SIERRA UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
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MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES
258 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO
10 AM PST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10
AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
* TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
  SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
  SUNDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 395
  WITH ONE TO THREE FEET ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
  MPH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BELOW THE RIDGES. RIDGE GUSTS UP
  TO 100 MPH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH NEAR
  WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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