Chain controls for the Sierra, wet and windy day for Sacramento Valley as atmospheric river rolls in

NYACK – Drivers should slow down and give themselves extra time to get to their destination on Tuesday as significant wet weather rolls into Northern California. Heavy rain is expected through Tuesday night as an atmospheric river moves over the region. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Advisory for parts of Butte, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba, and Placer counties through mid-morning Tuesday. A wind advisory is also in effect through Tuesday afternoon for the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley, with wind gusts of up to 45 mph expected. Sierra chain controls For the high country, a Winter Storm Warning went into effect Monday and will be in place through Wednesday. People are being discouraged from mountain travel during this period, with chain controls already going into effect Tuesday night. As of early Tuesday afternoon, Interstate 80 is seeing chain controls from Kingvale to Truckee. Highway 50’s chain controls are were effect from Twin Bridges to…..

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