Storm

We are in the middle of a huge storm, Snow, rain and wind do not travel into the Sierras unless you have to. Stay home and wait for this to clear.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/hnx/severe.php
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
421 AM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

.A LARGE PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA
TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN EARLY THIS
MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM MIDDAY TODAY INTO THE
EVENING. GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY...SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS...AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.

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WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
421 AM PST FRI JAN 4 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS...KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS...KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING.

A VERY STRONG PACIFIC STORM FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...AND WILL STRENGTHEN LATER TODAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER
GUSTS OF UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BELOW PASSES AND THROUGH
CANYONS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. SMALL BRANCHES OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES COULD EVEN BE
DOWNED BY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD.

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WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD