Alert archive / Nevada / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2008, 3:26 PM PST for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; Inyo County, California. It took effect at Dec 24, 2008, 4:18 AM PST. It was in force for 43 hr. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2008, 3:26 PM PST (23:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2008, 4:18 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2008, 11:16 PM PST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Mt. Charleston, NV | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 5 | Aspendell, CA | THE SNOW FELL FROM 1800 ON THE 24TH THROUGH 0800 ON THE 25TH. |
| Dec 25, 11:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Pioche, NV | AN ESTIMATED 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE, MOSTLY IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. |
| Dec 25, 1:30 PM PST | SNOW 3.5 | Tonopah, NV | |
| Dec 25, 2:00 PM PST | SNOW 3 | Bishop, CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN BISHOP. THE TIME LISTED FOR THIS EVENT IS AN ESTIMATED END TIME. |
| Dec 25, 2:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 6 Se South Lake, CA | AN ESTIMATED 14.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE BIG PINE CREEK SNOTEL AT AN ELEVATION OF 9800 FEET. |
| Dec 25, 2:25 PM PST | SNOW 11 | Aspendell, CA | A SPOTTER MEASURED 11.0 INCHES OF SNOW IN ASPENDELL. |
| Dec 25, 3:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 10 Sw Lone Pine, CA | AN ESTIMATED 12.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE COTTONWOOD LAKES SNOTEL AT AN ELEVATION OF 10150 FEET. |
| Dec 25, 3:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 4 Sse Aspendell, CA | AN ESTIMATED 14.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE SOUTH LAKE SNOTEL AT AN ELEVATION OF 9600 FEET. |
| Dec 25, 4:00 PM PST | SNOW 5.2 | 4 Wnw Kyle Canyon Raws, NV | THE KYLE CANYON SNOTEL HAD AN ESTIMATED 5.2 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 8626 FEET. |
| Dec 25, 4:00 PM PST | SNOW 11.7 | 3 Ssw Kyle Canyon Raws, NV | THE RAINBOW CANYON SNOTEL HAD AN ESTIMATED 11.7 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 7975 FEET. |
| Dec 25, 4:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 5 Wnw Kyle Canyon Raws, NV | THE BRISTLECONE PINE TRAIL SNOTEL HAD AN ESTIMATED 15.0 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 8979 FEET. THIS ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON A 10 TO 1 RATIO. |
| Dec 25, 5:24 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mt. Charleston, NV | MT. CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. MODERATE SNOW WAS STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 25, 5:24 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Mt. Charleston, NV | MT. CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. MODERATE SNOW WAS STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 25, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 Nw Pioche, NV | TRAINED SPOTTER IN PIOCHE REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. SNOW WAS STILL FALLING HEAVILY WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 25, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 Nw Pioche, NV | TRAINED SPOTTER IN PIOCHE REPORTED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 25, 8:17 PM PST | SNOW 1 | 12 Ese Cedar Hills, AZ | AT AN ELEVATION OF 4,377 FEET IN KINGMAN SNOW STARTED FALLING 45 MINUTES AGO AND AT 0417Z MEASURES AT 1.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 25, 9:50 PM PST | SNOW 0 | 5 Ssw Downtown Las Vega, NV | AN OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE OBSERVED A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 15 AND TROPICANA AVENUE JUST WEST OF THE STRIP IN LAS VEGAS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KVEF 232326 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 326 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. CAZ519-240730- /O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0012.081225T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 326 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA CREST EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY SINCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ015-240730- /O.EXA.KVEF.WS.A.0012.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 326 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY ABOVE 5000 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...BUT HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH STORM TOTALS OF A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT DETAILS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ018-019-240730- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.A.0012.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 326 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 /426 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. THERE MAY BE A TEMPORARY BREAK CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS LATE IN THE DAY AND CONTINUES MUCH OF THURSDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH STORM TOTALS OF A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT DETAILS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. $$ ASG
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KVEF 240734 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1134 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. CAZ519-241500- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1134 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA CREST EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY SINCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-241500- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.A.0012.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 1134 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 /1234 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA ABOVE 5000 FEET. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. THERE MAY BE A TEMPORARY BREAK CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS CHRISTMAS DAY AND CONTINUES MUCH OF THURSDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH STORM TOTALS OF A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT DETAILS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN. $$ PIERCE
000 WWUS45 KVEF 241218 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 418 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-241830- /O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0012.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 418 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 /518 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA ABOVE 5000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE TONIGHT THEN INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE CHRISTMAS DAY RESULTING IN SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES DOWN THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ519-241830- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 418 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA LATE THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATIONS OF A 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA CREST EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ JA
000 WWUS45 KVEF 241835 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1035 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. CAZ519-250030- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1035 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAS STARTING FALLING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WITH ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS REPORTED. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATIONS OF A 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA CREST EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-250030- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 1035 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 /1135 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE TONIGHT THEN INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE CHRISTMAS DAY RESULTING IN SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES DOWN THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ014-250030- /O.NEW.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.081225T0200Z-081226T0000Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1035 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE TONIGHT THEN INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE CHRISTMAS DAY RESULTING IN SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KVEF 242352 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 352 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA ABOVE 5000 FEET THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. CAZ519-250800- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 352 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA CREST EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-250800- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.081225T0200Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 352 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 /452 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE TONIGHT THEN INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE CHRISTMAS DAY RESULTING IN SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ014-250800- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.081225T0200Z-081226T0000Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 352 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE TONIGHT THEN INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE CHRISTMAS DAY RESULTING IN SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KVEF 250649 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1049 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL IMPACT THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET...ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG WINDS. CAZ519-251400- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1049 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN CHRISTMAS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA CREST CHRISTMAS MORNING...WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE CHRISTMAS DAY...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES WILL TURN SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-251400- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 1049 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 /1149 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY...AND THE CLARK COUNTY MOUNTAINS UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA CHRISTMAS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ014-251400- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1049 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MORGAN
000 WWUS45 KVEF 251359 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 559 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 CAZ519-252000- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 559 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING THEN TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER THE SIERRA CREST WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE SHARPLY COLDER TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-252000- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 559 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 /659 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ520>522-252000- /O.EXA.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...TECOPA 559 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW FALLING IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OWENS VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING THEN TAPER OFF AND BECOME SHOWERY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM LONE PINE TO BISHOP. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK CAN EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ABOVE 4500 FEET BEFORE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NVZ014-252000- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 559 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN TODAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JA
000 WWUS45 KVEF 251949 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1149 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 CAZ519-260000- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1149 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AS OF 1130 AM AT ASPENDELL WAS ESTIMATED AT 7 TO 8 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL STRONG WINDS OVER THE SIERRA CREST WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE SHARPLY COLDER TONIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-260000- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 1149 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 /1249 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL AT THE TOWN OF MT. CHARLESTON AS OF 1130 AM WAS ESTIMATED AT 7 TO 8 INCHES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ520>522-NVZ014-260000- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1149 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...THE MOUNTAINS OF DEATH VALLEY AND FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES IN NEVADA. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KVEF 252353 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 353 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 CAZ519-260100- /O.EXP.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 353 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA. THE AXIS OF THE WINTER STORM WHICH PRODUCED ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW AT ASPENDELL WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CAZ520>522-260100- /O.EXP.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0000Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...TECOPA 353 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF DEATH VALLEY. THE AXIS OF THE WINTER STORM WHICH WAS PRODUCING SNOW SHOWERS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-260600- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 353 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 /453 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CLARK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE AND ABOVE 3500 FEET IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET IN MOHAVE COUNTY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ014-260600- /O.EXT.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 353 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. THE BAND OF SNOWFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MORE SLOWLY THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10 PM THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...MAINLY IN CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KVEF 260548 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 948 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 NVZ014-260700- /O.EXP.KVEF.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 948 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW HAD ENDED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING...SO THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-261200- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 948 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 /1048 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...THE CLARK COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. SPOTTER REPORTS AND WEB CAMS INDICATED SNOW CONTINUING IN THE WARNING AREAS THIS EVENING. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS IN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DRIER AIR WAS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST...AND THE NEVADA PORTION OF THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED AROUND MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MORGAN
000 WWUS45 KVEF 260716 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1116 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 AZZ001-003-NVZ015-018-019-260830- /O.CAN.KVEF.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081226T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 1116 PM PST THU DEC 25 2008 /1216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...THE CLARK COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY. DRIER AIR HAD ALREADY OVERSPREAD THE CLARK COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND WAS WORKING INTO LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. SNOWFALL RATES HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE LATE EVENING...AND WILL DECREASE FURTHER AS THE DRY AIR PUSHES IN. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MORGAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 23, 2:55 PM PST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 2:55 PM PST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
255 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2008
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHERN GREAT
BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE
MOUNTAINS...RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS. THE
UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CHANGE THIS WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF
DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND REMAINS THROUGH AT
LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS STILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE
SPRING MOUNTAINS. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
SUNSET BEFORE STARTING TO DISSIPATE. NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA
IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 132W/40N. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
DIVE SOUTH AND START TO BRING MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN CA BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. AS THIS LOW APPROACHES THE COAST...ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL
BE DRAWN NORTHEASTWARD AND WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN. LOOKS LIKE THE MOISTURE WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER
ARRIVING INTO THE CWA AND IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL
REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THE
SIERRA. MOISTURE AMOUNTS ARE GOING TO BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE OVER THE
SIERRA CREST LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE
THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WARNING. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO MOVE
INLAND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA.
CURRENT THINKING IS THAT BETWEEN A TENTH AND A HALF AN INCH WILL BE
THE NORM OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN CWA. IN ADDITION A SECONDARY
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE
PARENT LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN WELL NORTH OF NEVADA...BUT A STRONG
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. ASSOCIATED FRONTAL DYNAMICS AND UPWARD FORCING LOOK
IMPRESSIVE AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE
FRONT. HAVE KEPT THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH UP FOR THE CLARK
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND MOHAVE COUNTY...BUT HAVE ALSO ADDED LINCOLN
COUNTY TO THE MIX AS THIS AREA WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR SEEING
HEAVY SNOW. SNOW LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE 5000 FEET AND
THEN DROP QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT. HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN
BEHIND THE FRONT IS IN QUESTION...BUT SNOW LEVELS COULD DROP TO
AROUND 3000 FEET. WINDS WILL BE ANOTHER FACTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND
WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY.
.LONG TERM...THE LAST IN A SERIES OF STORMS TO IMPACT THE REGION
BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA FRIDAY AND IS FOLLOWED BY DRY NORTHWEST FLOW
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED THAT FEATURES A FEW MINOR
SHORTWAVES PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA. SOME LINGERING SHOWER ACTIVITY
LIKELY ON FRIDAY ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN CWA...WITH ABUNDANT
CLOUD COVER AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE
WEEKEND FORECAST SHOULD BE DRY THROUGHOUT BUT COLD AIR WILL LINGER
IN THE VALLEYS SATURDAY BEFORE THE AIRMASS MODIFIES A BIT ON SUNDAY.
DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES RETURN TO
NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A SCT-BKN CLOUD DECK FROM 6-7KFT EXPECTED
THROUGH 02Z FOLLOWED BY SOME CLEARING IN THE LOW LEVELS. HOWEVER MID
AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS THE
NEXT STORM APPROACHES THE AREA. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS RETURNING
THURSDAY. THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH A DECENT CHANCE CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER FRIDAY.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS UNDER 10 KTS ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAINLY SCT-BKN CLOUD DECKS
WITH CIGS AS LOW AS 5-7KFT TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CLARK...
MOHAVE...LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
ANOTHER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING
AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS...LOW CEILINGS AND MOUNTAIN
OBSCURATIONS. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY WITH POTENTIAL TURBULENCE ALOFT AND MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTION IN
THE LEE OF THE SIERRA. IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR NVZ015-018-019.
AZ...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR AZZ001-003.
CA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR CAZ519.
&&
GORELOW/SALMEN
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASHazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 6:29 AM PST, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 629 AM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-241300- 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- 629 AM PST TUE DEC 23 2008 /729 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARIZONA WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE ROCKIES. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 3500 TO 4000 FEET. WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. A COLD FRONT PUSHING DOWN THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SURROUNDING AREAS CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY POTENTIALLY STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES FRIDAY LEAVING GENERALLY QUIET WEATHER IN ITS WAKE THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Nevada, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2008Every winter storm 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.