{"id":6917,"date":"2019-02-04T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2019-02-04T11:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:00:34","slug":"winter-weather-advisory-issued-for-yakima-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/winter-weather-advisory-issued-for-yakima-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm Warning Issued for Yakima Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Weather Service (&#8220;NWS&#8221;) has issued a winter storm warning for the Yakima area. It is in effect today, Monday, February 4<sup>th<\/sup>, through 4:00 am tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NWS issued the warning at 9:14 am today, and it anticipates total snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches due to a low pressure system. The NWS previously issued a winter weather advisory earlier today before updating it to a winter storm warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Yakima\nurges residents to use caution when driving during the weather advisory and to\nlimit travel if possible. The NWS advises drivers to anticipate slippery road\nconditions and limited visibility at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/apps\/snow-routes\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/apps\/snow-routes\/<\/a> for a map of the City of Yakima&#8217;s snow routes, where vehicles may\nbe towed if plows need to get through during storms that drop at least 3 inches\nof snow. The map also shows the priority for citywide snow plow routes when\nstorms drop at least 3 inches of snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also,\nclick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/refuse-division-seeks-publics-help-during-winter-weather\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/refuse-division-seeks-publics-help-during-winter-weather\/<\/a> for more information on\nhow winter weather impacts refuse collection and tips for the public to help\nensure safe and timely garbage pick-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Winter-Storm-Warning-News-Release.pdf\">Winter Storm Warning &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Winter-Storm-Warning-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Weather Service (&#8220;NWS&#8221;) has issued a winter storm warning for the Yakima area. It is in effect today, Monday, February 4th, through 4:00 am tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5th. The NWS issued the warning at 9:14 am today, and it anticipates total snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches due to a low pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6923,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6917\/revisions\/6923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}