Winter Storm Warning until 12:00AM Sunday
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...HIGHWAY 58 OVER TEHACHAPI SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 178 OVER WALKER PASS.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND ICE.
* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES AT PASS LEVEL AND 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
Instructions:
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Address/Location
City of Tehachapi
220 W C St
Tehachapi, CA 93561
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 661-822-2222
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TEHACHAPI followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Warning