Wild weather impacts Central California communities

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Thursday evening thrust looked calmer aft dense rainfall came down hard earlier successful the afternoon.

The downpour created for a messy commute home.

The California Highway Patrol says it saw respective accidents successful the day due to the fact that of the rain.

"We're going to get the other measurement of calls retired there, particularly with this large downpour, similar we had oregon during the commute hour," said Officer Mike Salas with CHP Fresno. "The 99, the 41, the 180, they were truly impacted with crashes retired there, astir of which we're going to beryllium non-injury."

Fresh pulverization besides covered the mountains.

The CHP told Action News they besides received reports of dense snowfall successful the Shaver Lake area.

When it comes to progressive upwind similar this, you tin expect to spot much officers retired connected patrol.

"We person immoderate other staffing headed up determination again, not lone for the concatenation control, but we've had immoderate issues with vehicles," said Officer Salas, "either spinning retired oregon getting stuck successful that snow."

ABC30 Insider Jim Allen shared photos earlier and aft photos up successful the Bootjack area.

Wednesday showed cleared bluish skies with immoderate snowfall dusting those upland tops successful the distance. But by Thursday afternoon, snowfall wholly covered his yard.

Doug McIsaac besides capturing snowfall successful Bass Lake successful Madera County.

The snowfall besides impacted students successful the Bass Lake School District who were trying to get home.

"Unfortunately the tempest arrived a small early, astir an hr and 45 minutes. Our day routes were successful the mediate of the snowfall storm," said Superintendent Randy Seals of the Bass Lake Joint Union School District.

"Thankfully the snowfall was not sticking connected the roadworthy initially. So our buses were capable to tally safely, but those unit and students who were portion of the aft schoolhouse program, immoderate of them were stranded astatine schoolhouse for a while."

Supt. Seals said those students and unit were capable to yet get location safely erstwhile the roads were cleared. But the tempest forced schools successful the Bass Lake School District to adjacent tomorrow.

"The fig 1 precedence ever is going to beryllium the information of our students, their families, and our staff," said Supt. Seals. "You can't enactment a terms connected a quality life. When we're talking astir overnight temperatures dropping good beneath freezing, the snowfall that we got this afternoon, down it came a break. We had a melt off. So we person lasting h2o retired successful our roadways."

Supt. Seals says they expect the closure to past lone done Friday and expects schoolhouse to beryllium backmost connected unfastened connected Monday.

The Yosemite Unified School District besides cancelled classes time due to the fact that of the upwind and roadworthy conditions.

"Out of an abundance of caution, each Yosemite Unified schools volition beryllium closed time owed to upwind and roadworthy conditions. The information of our students, staff, and families is of the utmost importance. We volition utilize 1 of our pre-determined marque up days aboriginal successful the schoolhouse twelvemonth to guarantee students person the afloat twelvemonth of learning," said Brian Beck, superintendent of the Yosemite Unified School District.

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