255  
WWUS46 KHNX 220941  
WSWHNX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA  
241 AM PDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
CAZ323-326>328-330-221700-  
/O.CON.KHNX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260423T0000Z/  
YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY-UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER-KAISER  
TO RODGERS RIDGE-KINGS CANYON NP-SEQUOIA NP-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FLORENCE LAKE, DEVILS POSTPILE, CEDAR  
GROVE, LODGEPOLE, LAKE WISHON, GIANT FOREST, LAKE THOMAS EDISON,  
HUNTINGTON LAKE, WAWONA, SHAVER LAKE, AND TUOLUMNE MEADOWS  
241 AM PDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3  
INCHES AROUND 7,000 FEET AND UP TO ONE FOOT AT THE HIGHEST PEAKS.  
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...KAISER TO RODGERS RIDGE, KINGS CANYON NP, SEQUOIA NP,  
UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, AND YOSEMITE NP OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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