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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS San Diego, CA

April 12, 2012Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California

NWS San Diego, CA issued this winter storm warning at Apr 12, 2012, 9:25 AM PDT for Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, California. It took effect at Apr 13, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 34 hr. 4 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
Apr 12, 2012, 9:25 AM PDT (16:25 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 1:03 PM PDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS San Diego, CA

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

The radar

The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 6:17 PM PDTHEAVY SNOW 7Wrightwood, CA0.88 SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
Apr 13, 10:40 PM PDTHEAVY SNOW 101 W Big Bear City, CA10 INCHES OF SNOW AT 6800 FEET.
Apr 14, 7:00 AM PDTSNOW 21 Sse Mountain Pass, CAMOUNTAIN PASS CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 3 AM TODAY AT AN ELEVATION OF 4777 FEET.
Apr 14, 7:25 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 161 E Running Springs, CA16 INCHES OF SNOW IN ARROWBEAR LAKE AT 6200 FEET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2012-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2012-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

770 
WWUS46 KSGX 121625
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
925 AM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...STRONG COLD STORM TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING AND SPREAD TO THE
EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET
WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LOWEST
SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SAN DIEGO
MOUNTAINS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...MOST NUMEROUS IN THE SAN DIEGO
MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR FORECAST TO
BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD
EAST TO SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS BY MID FRIDAY
MORNING...REACHING THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG
WINDS ALSO ACCOMPANYING SNOWFALL FOR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

CAZ055-056-130030-
/O.UPG.KSGX.WS.A.0005.120413T1000Z-120414T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T1000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
925 AM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WIND...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET
  LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET EARLY
  SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES 4000 TO 4500 FEET...3 TO 6
  INCHES 4500 TO 5000 FEET...6 TO 10 INCHES 5000 TO 6000 FEET...
  AND 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET. UP TO 18 INCHES FOR FAVORED
  ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 3 AM FRIDAY OVER THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
  AND SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS BY
  EARLY MORNING AND REACHING THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS BY LATE
  FRIDAY MORNING. TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS FROM
  WEST TO EAST AFTER 8 PM FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
  IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES... 
  VISTA GRANDE...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS... 
  BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...FAWNSKIN... 
  FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...I-15 AT 3500 FEET... 
  LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE... OAK 
  GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. SHIFTING
  TO THE WEST FRIDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR RIDGES AND
  EXPOSED AREAS.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG...AND BLOWING 
  SNOW.

* IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 15 AND CAJON PASS SUMMIT. RESIDENTS AND
  TRAVELERS INTO HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE
  PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND
  FRIDAY NIGHT. CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ058-130030-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WS.A.0006.120413T2100Z-120414T1800Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS
925 AM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 


* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...6000 FEET LOWERING TO 5000 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
  LOWERING TO 4500 FEET FRIDAY EVENING. DOWN TO 3500 FEET FRIDAY
  NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES AT 4000 FEET...3 TO 6 INCHES
  BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* TIMING...LIGHT PRECIPITATION FRIDAY MORNING. BECOMING HEAVY
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW HEAVY AT ITMES LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
  FRIDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...CUYAMACA...
  DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...MOUNT 
  LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
  SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS...JULIAN

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER RIDGES. WIND SHIFTING
  TO THE WEST AT SIMILAR SPEEDS FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO
  SATURDAY. PEAK WIND GUSTS 65 TO 70 MPH FOR PASSES AND WIND PRONE
  RIDGES.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND WIND.

* IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 8 AND HIGHWAY 78. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS
  INTO HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
  HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
  CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$


TARDY
7 follow-up statements
421 
WWUS46 KSGX 122008
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
108 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...STRONG COLD STORM TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING AND SPREAD TO THE
EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS AROUND
5000 FEET WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE LOWEST SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET WILL OCCUR
FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL
TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...REMAINING
MOST NUMEROUS IN THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL RATES OF OVER
ONE INCH PER HOUR FORECAST TO BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SAN
GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD EAST TO SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN
JACINTO MOUNTAINS FRIDAY MORNING AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
REACHING THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES.

CAZ058-130415-
/O.UPG.KSGX.WS.A.0006.120413T2100Z-120414T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T2100Z-120414T1800Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS
108 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WIND..WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO 5000 FEET EARLY
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DROPPING TO 4000 TO 4500 FEET FRIDAY
  EVENING. DOWN TO 3500 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES AT 4000 FEET...3 TO 6 INCHES
  BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. UP
  TO 1 FOOT ON WESTWARD FACING HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...LIGHT PRECIPITATION FRIDAY MORNING. BECOMING HEAVY
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
  THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO
  SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...CUYAMACA...
  DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE... MOUNT 
  LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY... RANCHITA...
  SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER RIDGES
  DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFTING TO THE WEST AT SIMILAR
  SPEEDS FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. PEAK WIND
  GUSTS 65 TO 70 MPH FOR PASSES AND WIND PRONE RIDGES.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND WIND.

* IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 8 AND HIGHWAY 78. RESIDENTS AND 
  TRAVELERS INTO HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE 
  PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND 
  FRIDAY NIGHT. CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-130415-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T1000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
108 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
3 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...4500 TO 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
  EARLY SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES 4000 TO 4500 FEET...3 TO 6
  INCHES 4500 TO 5000 FEET...6 TO 10 INCHES 5000 TO 6000 FEET...
  AND 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET. UP TO 18 INCHES FOR FAVORED
  WESTERN SLOPING ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 3 AM FRIDAY OVER THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
  AND SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND
  JACINTO MOUNTAINS DURING FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
  PERIOD DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
  TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 8
  PM FRIDAY EVENING BUT REMAINING WINDY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
  IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES... 
  VISTA GRANDE...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS... 
  BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...FAWNSKIN... 
  FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...I-15 AT 3500 FEET... 
  LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE... OAK 
  GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. SHIFTING
  TO THE WEST FRIDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 65
  MPH FOR RIDGES AND EXPOSED AREAS.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG...AND BLOWING 
  SNOW.

* IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 15 AND CAJON PASS SUMMIT. DURING COMMUTE
  TIME FOR HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
  HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
  CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

TARDY
491 
WWUS46 KSGX 130401
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
901 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...STRONG COLD STORM TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL SPREAD
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS
AROUND 5000 FEET WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET BY EVENING...POSSIBLY
LOWERING TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY
SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OVER SAN GABRIEL
MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN
JACINTO MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY...REACHING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL
TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...REMAINING
MOST NUMEROUS IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL
ALSO ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.

CAZ055-056-131215-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T1000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
901 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
3 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...4500 TO 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO
  4000 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET 
  FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES 4000 TO 4500 FEET...3 TO 6 
  INCHES 4500 TO 5000 FEET...6 TO 10 INCHES 5000 TO 6000 
  FEET... AND 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET. UP TO 18 INCHES 
  FOR FAVORED WESTERN SLOPING ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 3 AM FRIDAY OVER THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
  AND SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND
  JACINTO MOUNTAINS DURING FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
  ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS FROM
  WEST TO EAST FRIDAY EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY... 
  IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES... 
  VISTA GRANDE...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS... 
  BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...FAWNSKIN... 
  FOREST FALLS...I- 15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...I-15 AT 3500 FEET... 
  LAKE ARROWHEAD... MOUNT BALDY...MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE... OAK 
  GLEN...PHELAN... RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...SHIFTING
  TO THE WEST LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH FOR
  RIDGES AND EXPOSED AREAS.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG...AND BLOWING 
  SNOW.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG INTERSTATE 15 NEAR THE CAJON SUMMIT
  NEAR THE TIME OF THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS
  INTO HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
  HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
  CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ058-131215-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T2100Z-120414T1800Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS
901 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO
11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING LOWERING TO 5000 FEET
  EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND DROPPING TO 4000 TO 4500 FEET 
  FRIDAY EVENING. DOWN TO 3500 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY 
  MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES AT 4000 FEET...3 TO 6 
  INCHES BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 
  FEET. UP TO 1 FOOT ON WESTWARD FACING HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. 

* TIMING...LIGHT PRECIPITATION FRIDAY MORNING. BECOMING HEAVY 
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS FRIDAY NIGHT 
  AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS FOR SATURDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAMERON...CUYAMACA...DESCANSO... 
  JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE... MOUNT 
  LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY... RANCHITA... 
  SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 
  MPH ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER 
  RIDGES DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFTING TO THE WEST AT 
  SIMILAR SPEEDS FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. 
  PEAK WIND GUSTS 65 TO 70 MPH FOR PASSES AND WIND PRONE 
  RIDGES. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND WIND.

* IMPACTS...INTERSTATE 8 AND HIGHWAY 78 LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS
  WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. CARRY CHAINS
  AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
196 
WWUS46 KSGX 130917
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
217 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...STRONG COLD STORM TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND WILL SPREAD
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS
AROUND 5000 FEET WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET BY EVENING...POSSIBLY
LOWERING TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY
SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SAN GABRIEL
MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE SAN BERNARDINO AND SAN
JACINTO MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY...REACHING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS BY THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO
SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... REMAINING MOST
NUMEROUS IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

CAZ055-056-131730-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T1000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
217 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY
ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5000 FEET THIS MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES 3500 TO 4500 FEET...6 TO 12
  INCHES 4500 TO 6000 FEET...AND OVER 12 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET
  WITH UP TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET. 

* TIMING...BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE SAN GABRIEL
  MOUNTAINS...SPREADING EASTWARD BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE SAN
  BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS AND
  MOUNTAINS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TAPERING OFF
  TO SCATTERED SHOW SHOWERS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
  IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES... 
  VISTA GRANDE...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS... 
  BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...FAWNSKIN... 
  FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...I-15 AT 3500 FEET... 
  LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE... OAK 
  GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...
  SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG...AND BLOWING 
  SNOW.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATING ALONG INTERSTATE 15 NEAR THE CAJON
  SUMMIT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ058-131730-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T2100Z-120414T1800Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS
217 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5500 FEET THIS MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET BY
  EARLY THIS EVENING...AND 3500 FEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES AT 4000 FEET...3 TO 6 
  INCHES BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 
  FEET. UP TO 1 FOOT ON WESTWARD FACING HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW THIS MORNING. BECOMING HEAVY THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS TONIGHT INTO
  SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...CUYAMACA...
  DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE... MOUNT 
  LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY... RANCHITA...
  SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50
  MPH TODAY. WIND SHIFTING TO THE WEST THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING
  INTO SATURDAY. PEAK WIND GUSTS 65 THROUGH PASSES AND WIND PRONE
  RIDGES.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND WIND.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER THE SUMMITS ALONG INTERSTATE 8
  AND HIGHWAY 78 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

BALFOUR
770 
WWUS46 KSGX 131804
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1104 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...STRONG COLD STORM TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET WILL
LOWER TO 4000-4500 FEET BY EVENING...POSSIBLY LOWERING TO 3500-4000
FT BY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
SNOWFALL AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

CAZ055-056-140300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
1104 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5000 FEET THIS MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET THIS
 AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3500 FEET TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...6 TO 12
  INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ON
  THE HIGHEST PEAKS.

* TIMING...HEAVIEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...IDYLLWILD...
  MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES... VISTA
  GRANDE...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS... BIG BEAR
  CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...FAWNSKIN... FOREST FALLS...I-
  15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...I-15 AT 3500 FEET... LAKE ARROWHEAD...
  MOUNT BALDY...MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE... OAK GLEN...PHELAN...
  RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...  
  SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATING ALONG INTERSTATE 15 NEAR THE CAJON
  SUMMIT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY
  BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES DUE TO
  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ058-140300-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.120413T2100Z-120414T1800Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS
1104 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY...

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...5500 FEET THIS MORNING LOWERING TO 4000 FEET BY  
  EARLY THIS EVENING...AND 4000 FEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY  
  MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...4 TO 8
  INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...CUYAMACA...
  DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE... MOUNT
  LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY... RANCHITA...
  SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH TODAY. WIND SHIFTING TO THE WEST THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING
  INTO SATURDAY. PEAK WIND GUSTS TO 60 THROUGH PASSES AND WIND PRONE
  RIDGES.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER THE SUMMITS ALONG INTERSTATE 8
  AND HIGHWAY 78 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
  TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES DUE TO
  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

SS
402 
WWUS46 KSGX 140314
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
814 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS FROM 4000-4500 FEET THIS EVENING
WILL LOWER TO 3500-4000 FT BY MORNING. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW
AND FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 

CAZ058-141200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120414T1800Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS
814 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SNOW LEVELS...4000 FEET...LOCALLY DOWN TO 3500 FEET.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...4 TO 8 
  INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAMERON...CAMPO...CUYAMACA...JULIAN...LAKE
  HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE
  HILLS...PINE VALLEY... RANCHITA... SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. PEAK WIND
  GUSTS TO 60 THROUGH PASSES AND WIND PRONE RIDGES.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER THE SUMMITS ALONG INTERSTATE 8
  AND HIGHWAY 78 THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS
  THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

CAZ055-056-141200-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
814 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY
ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SNOW LEVELS...3500 TO 4000 FEET TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET...6 TO 12 
  INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE 
  ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS.

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
  IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES... VISTA
  GRANDE... ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...BARTON FLATS... BIG BEAR
  CITY... BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...FAWNSKIN... FOREST
  FALLS...I- 15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...LAKE ARROWHEAD... MOUNT
  BALDY...MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE... OAK GLEN...PHELAN... RUNNING
  SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG.

* IMPACTS...SNOW SHOWERS ALONG INTERSTATE 15 NEAR THE CAJON
  SUMMIT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH
  THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW... BLOWING
  SNOW...AND FOG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MOEDE
460 
WWUS46 KSGX 141016
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
316 AM PDT SAT APR 14 2012

...SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS INTO THIS AFTERNOON...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST STATES WILL MOVE
SLOWLY INLAND TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON...AND
ENDING THIS EVENING.

CAZ055-056-141130-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120414T1200Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD...AGUANGA...ANZA...GARNER VALLEY...
IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...PINYON PINES...
VISTA GRANDE
316 AM PDT SAT APR 14 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING WITH
ISOLATED ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 INCHES OR LESS ABOVE 4000 FEET.

$$

CAZ058-142100-
/O.EXT.KSGX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120414T2100Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUYAMACA...JULIAN...
MOUNT LAGUNA...RANCHITA
316 AM PDT SAT APR 14 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* ELEVATION...ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS...AROUND 3500 FEET...RISING TO 4000 TO 4500 FEET
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE
  4000 FEET THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12
  INCHES ABOVE 4000 TO 4500 FEET.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH THIS MORNING...DECREASING
  THIS AFTERNOON...AND ENDING THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CUYAMACA...JULIAN...MOUNT LAGUNA...RANCHITA

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FOG.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATING OVER THE SUMMITS ALONG INTERSTATE 8
  AND HIGHWAY 78 THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS
  THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA
FOOD AND CLOTHING.

FOR ROAD CONDITION INFORMATION IN CALIFORNIA...DIAL 8 0 0 4 2 7 7
6 2 3 IF INSIDE CALIFORNIA OR 9 1 6 4 5 5 7 6 2 3 IF OUTSIDE
CALIFORNIA.

YOU MAY ALSO GO TO THE CALTRANS WEBSITE TO CHECK FOR ROAD
CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES AT: HTTP://WWW.DOT.CA.GOV/CGI-
BIN/ROADS.CGI OR THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (CHP) WEBSITE AT:
HTTP://CAD.CHP.CA.GOV/

&&

$$

MARTIN
865 
WWUS46 KSGX 142003
WSWSGX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
103 PM PDT SAT APR 14 2012


CAZ058-142115-
/O.CAN.KSGX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120414T2100Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUYAMACA...JULIAN...
MOUNT LAGUNA...RANCHITA
103 PM PDT SAT APR 14 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SCATTERED...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.

$$

JAD

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Everything else NWS San Diego, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 2:40 AM PDTWinter Storm WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino7 hr
Apr 12, 2:55 AM PDTHigh Wind WatchSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego11 hr
Apr 12, 9:25 AM PDTWinter Storm WatchSGXSan Diego4 hr
Apr 12, 12:01 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySGX57 hr
Apr 12, 1:36 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningSGXRiverside, San Bernardino, San Diego33 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012

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.