Heavy Snow at Collier Tunnel Prompts Chain Control on Highway 199_NC_33.40; Conditions Improve as Day Progresses

AI SUMMARY: According to a California Highway Patrol Dispatch log, there were heavy snow conditions reported at Collier Tunnel on Highway 199 North around 9:43 PM. The Department of Transportation (DOT) was contacted and issued R1 chain control for Highway 199. By the next morning at 7:48 AM, the chain control was lifted and drivers were asked to "watch for snow." Later that day at 11:03 AM, active snowfall was reported with the DOT actively plowing the roads. By 7:25 PM, there was no longer any chain control in effect.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 7:29 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


9:43 p.m.
[1] 2ND HAND INFO, HEAVY SNOW AT COLLIER TUNNEL
9:44 p.m.
[3] 1039 DOT
9:57 p.m.
[7] DOT ADVSD R1 CHAIN CONTROL FOR 199
7:48 a.m.
[9] DOT ADV NO LONGER R1 CHAIN CONTROL // NOW "WATCH FOR SNOW" // UPDATED AT 0700 HRS
11:03 a.m.
[12] 95-65 ADV ACTIVE SNOW FALLING // DOT ACTIVELY PLOWING
7:25 p.m.
[13] 1039 DOT // NEG CHAIN CONTROL

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