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Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV

February 21, 2008Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this heavy snow warning at Feb 21, 2008, 6:12 PM PST for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2008, 6:12 PM PST (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

County Inyo County, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heavy snow warning went out at Feb 21, 3:30 PM PST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 3:30 PM PST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 3:07 AM PST, 15 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
307 AM PST THU FEB 21 2008

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-220800-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
307 AM PST THU FEB 21 2008 /407 AM MST THU FEB 21 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING SNOW TO THE SIERRA TODAY AND CHANCES FOR
MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN TO THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CHANCES FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT
FRIDAY AS WELL. AFTER A BREAK ON SATURDAY...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
WILL AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM COULD BRING
SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. STRONG WINDS COULD
ALSO BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE EXACT LOCATION AND TIMING ARE STILL
UNCERTAIN. MUCH QUIETER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 4:09 AM PSTSnow AdvisoryVEFClark, Lincoln, Nye17 hr
Feb 22, 4:09 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchVEFInyo12 hr
Feb 22, 1:24 PM PSTWind AdvisoryVEFSan Bernardino6 hr
Feb 22, 3:54 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningVEFInyo54 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in California, 2008Every heavy snow warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.