Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this winter storm warning at Nov 29, 2009, 4:28 AM CST. It took effect at Nov 29, 2009, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 55 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
- Nov 29, 2009, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2009, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2009, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 291028 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 328 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTRY WEATHER WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW ON THE WAY TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE TO JUST SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO...ALONG WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH OVER THE AREA BY THIS EVENING...WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE RAIN SHOWERS THAT GRADUALLY SWITCH TO SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME SNOW LEVELS ARE GENERALLY AROUND 7500 FEET...A BIT LOWER OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN FALLING LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO AROUND 6000 FEET...MEANING MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. BY LATE TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 5000 FEET...WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLE TO NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS. BY DAYBREAK MONDAY SNOW LEVELS SHOULD BE LOW ENOUGH TO ALLOW MOSTLY SNOW AT THE VALLEY FLOORS. THE UPPER LOW EXITS INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ALLOWING THE SNOW TO END AND SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR. NMZ022-292200- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-091129T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0003.091129T2100Z-091201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091130T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SILVER CITY 328 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING SOME HEAVY SNOW TO THIS AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET TODAY...WITH THIS LEVEL LOWERING TO 6000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO SNOW AT ALL ELEVATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW FALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND SKIES CLEARING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ025-292200- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-091129T1600Z/ /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0003.091129T2100Z-091201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091129T1900Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 328 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING SOME HEAVY SNOW TO THIS AREA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW AREAS OF SNOW MAY ALREADY BE FALLING ABOVE 7500 FEET. THIS SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO AROUND 6000 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND ENDS MID DAY TUESDAY. SNOW FALL OF 7 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ023-292200- /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0003.091129T2100Z-091201T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091130T0700Z-091201T1200Z/ SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 328 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING SOME HEAVY SNOW TO THIS AREA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND TURN TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW FALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ024-030>032-TXZ055-056-292200- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.A.0003.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...LORDSBURG...DEMING... LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 328 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING DEVELOP WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH OR TURN TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW FALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HEFNER
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 292331 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 431 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT ALL SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA PENINSULA WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS...PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE BORDERLAND EARLY TUESDAY. MEANWHILE... COOLER AIR WILL FILTER IN FROM THE NORTH BEHIND A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT. THE UPPER LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY HOVER AROUND 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT... AND WILL DROP THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 4000 FEET. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE EVEN IN THE LOWLAND DESERTS BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT EARLY TUESDAY. NMZ024-031-032-TXZ055-056-301200- /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0003.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...DEMING...LAS CRUCES... EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 431 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE 6000 FEET...BUT WILL DROP CLOSER TO 5000 FEET BY MORNING. SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE A MESSY DAY WITH LOWLAND RAIN SHOWERS MIXING WITH SNOW DURING HEAVIER BURSTS. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP ERRATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BUT CONSISTENT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY FEATURE AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION AND ISOLATED AREAS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HORUS...AS SNOW LEVELS DROP BELOW 4000 FEET...AND WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF BY DAWN TUESDAY. T BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER THE LOWLAND DESERTS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FAVOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EAST OF THE I-10/I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING MUCH OF HUDSPETH COUNTY. EAST-FACING SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL ALSO BE PREFERRED AREAS FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ030-301200- /O.UPG.KEPZ.WS.A.0003.091130T1200Z-091201T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091130T0700Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LORDSBURG 431 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH OR TURN TO SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY MONDAY NIGHT. BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LOWLANDS...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. EAST FACING SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL BE MOST FAVORED FOR THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. && $$ NMZ022-301200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091130T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SILVER CITY 431 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND 6000 FEET THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY... BUT A SECOND PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTALS BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 15. MOUNTAIN PEAKS IN THE BLACKS RANGE COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 1 FOOT OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. && $$ NMZ025-301200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 431 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND 6000 FEET THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE SACRAMENTOS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG EAST- FACING SLOPES. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FOR A TIME ON MONDAY... BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS BY TUESDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM PULLS OUT EARLY TUESDAY...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE SACRAMENTOS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ023-301200- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.091130T0700Z-091201T1200Z/ SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 431 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND 6000 FEET THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FOR A TIME EARLY MONDAY...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SHOWERS IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AS SNOW LEVELS DROP BELOW 4000 FEET. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE LOWLANDS OF SIERRA COUNTY...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BLACKS RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT. && $$ HARDIMAN
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 301228 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 528 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT ALL SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY SOUTH OF ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST...PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE BORDERLAND EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 6500 FEET...WITH SOME MIXED RAIN AND SNOW DOWN TO AROUND 5000 FEET. THIS SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOOR BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WHILE OVER THE LOWLANDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE FORECAST BY THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ024-031-032-TXZ055-056-302315- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...DEMING...LAS CRUCES... EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 528 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND BECOME MIXED WITH SOME SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER BY THIS EVENING AND TURN TO MOSTLY SNOW. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED...LIKELY HEAVIEST OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ025-302315- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1900Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 528 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... OCCASIONAL SNOW CONTINUES OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS FORECAST BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ030-302315- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LORDSBURG 528 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS THIS AREA THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. 3 OF 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. && $$ NMZ023-302315- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 528 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH SNOW MIXED IN AT TIMES. BY THIS AFTERNOON THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BY LATE AFTERNOON BECOME OCCASIONALLY HEAVY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE LOWLANDS OF SIERRA COUNTY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLACK RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ022-302315- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SILVER CITY 528 AM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS ARE AT ABOUT 6500 FEET WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DOWN TO AROUND 5000 FEET. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TURN OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVIER. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 1 FOOT ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE BLACK RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. && $$ HEFNER
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 302246 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 346 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT ALL SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY SOUTH OF ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST...PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE BORDERLAND EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 5500 FEET DROPPING TO THE SURFACE BY EARLY EVENING.AREAS OF SOME HEAVY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WHILE OVER THE LOWLANDS...PERIODS OF MODERATE HEAVY SNOW ARE FORECAST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ030-011115- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LORDSBURG 346 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. SOME 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. && $$ NMZ024-031-032-TXZ055-056-011115- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...DEMING...LAS CRUCES... EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 346 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. SOME 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE PERIOD WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN HUDSPETH COUNTY. A SLIGHT RISK OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING EXTREME EASTERN EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES. A SNOW ADVISORY FOR LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF SNOW MAY BE NECESSARY FOR HUDSPETH COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ022-011115- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SILVER CITY 346 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE ABOUT 5500 FEET LOWERING TO THE SURFACE BY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TURN OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVIER. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. && $$ NMZ025-011115- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1900Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 346 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NMZ023-011115- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 346 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. SOME 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && $$
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 011130 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 430 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY SOUTH OF THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND WILL BE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OR END WEST OF DEMING LATER THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED EAST OF DEMING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AND BECOME MIXED WITH OR TURN BACK TO RAIN. NMZ022-030-011230- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...LORDSBURG 430 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SHOWER ACTIVITY IS TAPERING OFF BUT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON TODAY. UP TO ONE MORE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. $$ NMZ024-031-032-TXZ055-056-012100- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...DEMING...LAS CRUCES... EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 430 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW SHOWERS TAPER OFF AND BECOME MIXED WITH OR TURN BACK TO RAIN. STORM TOTALS SHOULD END UP AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ023-012100- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 430 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW SHOWERS TAPER OFF AND BECOME MIXED WITH OR TURN BACK TO RAIN. STORM TOTALS SHOULD END UP AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ025-012100- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2300Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 430 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SHOWERS. STORM TOTALS SHOULD END UP AROUND 8 TO 15 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HEFNER
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 011834 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1134 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY EXIT SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY SOUTHEAST OF EL PASO CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND WILL BEGIN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPER OFF. OCCASIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN OTERO AND HUDSPETH COUNTY. THIS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION BACK TO RAIN. NMZ023-031-032-011945- /O.CAN.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2100Z/ SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DEMING... LAS CRUCES 1134 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. $$ NMZ024-TXZ055-056-012000- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2000Z/ TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA... DELL CITY 1134 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW SHOWERS TAPER OFF AND BECOME MIXED WITH OR TURN BACK TO RAIN. STORM TOTALS SHOULD END UP AROUND 4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && $$ NMZ025-012300- /O.CON.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091201T2300Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 1134 AM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SHOWERS TAPER OFF. GENERAL STORM TOTALS SHOULD END UP AROUND 8 TO 15 INCHES. ISOLATED SPOTS IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS HAVE REPORTED UP TO 20 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ BIRD
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 012256 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 356 PM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM LINGERS OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS INTO THE EVENING HOURS... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY SOUTHEAST OF EL PASO CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND WILL BEGIN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER THE WRAP-AROUND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE PRODUCING OPTIMUM UPSLOPE SNOW PRODUCING CONDITIONS FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS PRODUCING SCATTERED AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN THE MID EVENING HOURS AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST. NMZ025-020200- /O.EXT.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091202T0200Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 356 PM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE SHOWERS TAPER OFF IN THE MID EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATION TOTALS REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES. ISOLATED SPOTS IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS HAVE REPORTED UP TO 30 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && BIRD $$
000 WWUS44 KEPZ 020209 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 709 PM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 NMZ025-020315- /O.EXP.KEPZ.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091202T0200Z/ SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 709 PM MST TUE DEC 1 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM MDT...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT. $$ JMG
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 28, 3:54 PM CST, 12 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:54 PM CST, 12 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
254 PM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH SNOW SHOWERS
LIKELY OVER AREA MOUNTAINS. SLIGHTLY COOLER SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND PERHAPS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. FOLLOWING ON THE HEELS
OF THAT TROUGH...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND
MUCH COLDER WEATHER TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THIS STORM COULD CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR
DRIVERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM
OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND WEST
TEXAS TONIGHT. THIS TROUGH WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS OF RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
GILA EARLY TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACCUMULATION LIKELY ABOVE
5500 FEET. SNOW SHOWERS IN THE GILA REGION WILL TAPER OFF BEFORE
DAYBREAK. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY ABOVE 6500 FEET
BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL LIKELY TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
MEXICO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND INTO CENTRAL TEXAS BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE FLOW AROUND THIS STORM WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE
MOISTURE UP FROM THE SOUTH AS IT CROSSES NORTHERN MEXICO. THE
MOIST AIR...COLD AIR ALOFT...DIVERGENT UPPER LEVEL FLOW...AND
FAIRLY STRONG JET DYNAMICS...WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MEANTIME...A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING IN
FROM THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO
THE REGION FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS
WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN THE GILA AND THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WITH THE CHANCE
OF HEAVY SNOW MOUNTAIN SNOW. RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
OR DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THE TIMING ON WHEN IT CHANGES TO SNOW IS
STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT COULD OCCUR EARLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROBLEMS
FOR THE MONDAY MORNING DRIVE. SNOW ACCUMULATION COULD REACH
8 TO 12 INCHES OR MORE OVER AREA MOUNTAINS WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS
WILL GENERALLY HAVE 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND ENDS
TUESDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
WEST WILL BRING DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SLOWLY CLIMBING TO NEAR NORMAL BY FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...VALID 29/00Z-30/00Z...
LEADING SHORTWAVE AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS HELPED
PRODUCE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. FOCUS OF SHRA/TSRA SHOULD
REMAIN ROUGHLY WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE UNTIL AFTER 03Z. CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN PREDOMINATELY VFR...BUT BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED UNDER HEAVIER SHOWERS.
STEADIER PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST
AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SLIDES
IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. CEILINGS WILL STEADILY DROP SUNDAY...AND
WILL APPROACH MVFR SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. LONGER RANGE...
PERIODS OF IFR CIGS LIKELY AT TIMES LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT...BUT EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS WILL APPROACH 10-15
KNOTS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATE SUNDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL BRING SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS TO THE REGION BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW LEVELS
STEADILY DROPPING BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY AS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY IN THE SACS AND GILA THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE LOWLAND
DESERTS BEGINNING MONDAY...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES JUST
SOUTH OF THE BORDERLAND. AS A RESULT...NO MAJOR FIRE WX CONCERNS
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE SYSTEM WILL PULL OUT ON
TUESDAY...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK...AND SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
EL PASO 48 58 37 39 30 / 20 30 50 70 60
SIERRA BLANCA TX 46 52 26 36 28 / 20 30 50 70 70
LAS CRUCES 45 58 35 40 28 / 20 40 50 70 70
ALAMOGORDO 45 55 33 36 27 / 30 40 60 50 60
CLOUDCROFT 31 40 20 31 18 / 50 50 60 50 60
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 41 54 34 35 24 / 30 40 50 50 50
SILVER CITY 39 48 29 35 23 / 40 40 50 60 60
DEMING 44 58 35 39 27 / 30 40 50 70 60
LORDSBURG 43 57 35 40 26 / 30 40 50 60 60
&&
.EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR NMZ022.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NMZ022>025-030>032.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST
SUNDAY FOR NMZ025.
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR TXZ055-056.
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21/25Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 7:22 AM CST, 21 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 622 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-291300- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 622 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ON SUNDAY. MUCH COOLER ON MONDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. SNOW SHOULD END TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY AROUND MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.