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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
420 PM PDT MON OCT 13 2025
CAZ323-326>331-140800-
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YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY-UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER-KAISER
TO RODGERS RIDGE-KINGS CANYON NP-GRANT GROVE AREA-SEQUOIA NP-
SOUTH END OF THE UPPER SIERRA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DEVILS POSTPILE, FLORENCE LAKE, GIANT
FOREST, TUOLUMNE MEADOWS, SHAVER LAKE, GRANT GROVE, LAKE THOMAS
EDISON, CEDAR GROVE, JOHNSONDALE, WAWONA, HUME LAKE, HUNTINGTON
LAKE, LAKE WISHON, AND LODGEPOLE
420 PM PDT MON OCT 13 2025
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED WITH SNOW LEVELS 6,000 TO 7,000 FEET.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET, EXCEPT AROUND 3 FEET OVER
THE HIGHEST PEAKS.
* WHERE...SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO LAKE ISABELLA AREA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY
MORNING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
PERSONS SHOULD DELAY ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE
MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU, AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION, AND BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS
WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
BSO
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