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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

January 3, 2008Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this winter storm watch at Jan 3, 2008, 3:15 AM PST for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 5, 2008, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2008, 3:15 AM PST (11:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2008, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 4, 2008, 3:32 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Jan 3, 3:06 AM PST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:06 AM PST, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 3:30 AM PST, 23 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
330 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008

CAZ519-521-030800-
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
330 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. A SERIES OF STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC STORMS WILL
SLAM INTO THE SIERRA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER
THE WEEKEND. ONE STORM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ON
THURSDAY...THEN A MUCH STRONGER STORM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW
AND HIGH WINDS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF
BREAK...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY BEFORE THE SNOW FINALLY TAPERS OFF ON MONDAY. THIS SERIES
OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO RIVAL THE EVENT OF JANUARY 7-10
2005...WHEN 54 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN ASPENDELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY CONDITIONS WHICH MEET REPORTING CRITERIA.
ACTIVATION CAN BE EXPECTED BEGINNING ON FRIDAY.

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520-522>527-NVZ014>022-030800-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY-
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-
330 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008 /430 AM MST WED JAN 2 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A SERIES OF STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC STORMS WILL CROSS THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH
CHANCES FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND
INCREASING OVER THE WEEKEND. ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE
SIERRA IS URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
WARNINGS...AS VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY CONDITIONS WHICH MEET REPORTING CRITERIA.
ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

MORGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 3:58 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchVEFInyo, San Bernardino11 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Nevada, 2008Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.