Thanksgiving winter storm sandbag locations, storm preparation tips – YubaNet

NEVADA CITY, Calif. November 26, 2019 The incoming winter storm arrives today bringing heavy snow, rain, and strong winds to the area with major travel impacts extending into the Thanksgiving holiday. Much cooler temperatures are in store for the week.

The well-advertised strong system is on track to bring rain, heavy snow (measured in feet) to the foothills and mountains, and strong southerly winds later this afternoon into tonight. Impacts will be severe during the peak pre-Thanksgiving travel period later today through Wednesday. Another strong, cold winter storm is forecast to impact NorCal this weekend through early next week.

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Today is your last day to prepare for the storm. Please make sure your people, pets and plants are safe from the storm and the freezing temperatures.

Be Prepared

Sandbag locations

Sandbags are available throughout locations in the Foothills. Bring your own shovel, sand and bags are provided for free.

Nevada County

Residents must bring their own shovel to fill the sandbags with sand. Sand bags are very limited, Nevada County OES requests that residents only take what they plan to use for protection of their personal property.

Report Nevada County Road Issues due to Weather

For road failures and trees down in the right of way during business hours call (530) 265-1411 and call 911 for any emergencies. You can also report issues with County roads online with theAsk Nevada County web pageor download the app in the App Store or Google Play.

Placer County

El Dorado County:

Reminders for severe weather preparedness:

If you are operating a vehicle, please review the following tips:

Dont forget to accomplish the following if possible

Rock and mudslides on mountain roadways are likely. Reduce your speed, turn on your headlights and be aware of your surroundings.

Travel could be very difficult with some roads covered by water. Turn around, do not drown.

Safety tips from PG&E:

Be prepared before storms arrive:

If outages occur:

Before calling PG&E about a power outage:

Please be safe everyone!

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Thanksgiving winter storm sandbag locations, storm preparation tips - YubaNet