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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1146 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2026
CAZ318-320-322>331-333-140415-
/O.NEW.KHNX.WS.A.0001.260216T0600Z-260219T0600Z/
MARIPOSA-MADERA LOWER SIERRA-FRESNO-TULARE LOWER SIERRA-SOUTH END
OF THE LOWER SIERRA-YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY-YOSEMITE
VALLEY-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER CANYON-UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER-KAISER TO
RODGERS RIDGE-KINGS CANYON NP-GRANT GROVE AREA-SEQUOIA NP-SOUTH
END OF THE UPPER SIERRA-PIUTE WALKER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LODGEPOLE, JOHNSONDALE, BASS LAKE, FISH
CAMP, HUNTINGTON LAKE, OAKHURST, YOSEMITE VALLEY, GRANT GROVE,
AUBERRY, COARSEGOLD, SHAVER LAKE, LAKE WISHON, CEDAR GROVE, GIANT
FOREST, NORTH FORK, TUOLUMNE MEADOWS, CAMP NELSON, WAWONA, HUME
LAKE, FLORENCE LAKE, DEVILS POSTPILE, AND LAKE THOMAS EDISON
1146 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE
6,000 FEET WITH 5 TO 7 FEET OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND 1 TO 2
FEET DOWN TO 4,000 FEET. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* WHERE...SIERRA NEVADA AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS, AS WELL AS THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE PIUTES AND GREENHORN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 4,000 FEET.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING
COMMUTES. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN AT 5,500 TO 6,000 FEET
ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND LOWER TO 4,000 FEET TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DOWN TO 3,000 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
BSO
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