URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
346 PM PDT THU APR 21 2016
...SNOW RETURNS TO THE SOUTHERN CASCADE RANGE AND NORTHERN SIERRA
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...
.A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ON HIGHWAYS CROSSING THE NORTHERN SIERRA PASSES...
AND NEAR LASSEN NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY
LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
CAZ068-069-221400-
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WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON
346 PM PDT THU APR 21 2016
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* MAIN IMPACTS: POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS...CHAIN CONTROLS OVER THE
PASSES.
* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY EVENING.
* LOCATIONS...INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS...HIGHWAY 50 OVER
ECHO SUMMIT...HIGHWAY 88 OVER CARSON PASS. HIGHWAY 89 THROUGH
LASSEN NATIONAL PARK WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE ROADWAYS OF
INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 50...AND 7 TO 11 INCHES OVER HIGHER
PEAKS...WITH UP TO 16 INCHES OVER LASSEN NATIONAL PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.