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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2014, 3:46 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Dec 30, 2014, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 42 hr. 51 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 29, 2014, 3:46 PM MST (22:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2015, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 5:02 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 1 W Big Bear Lake, CA | SNOW AND FOG HAS CREATED TRAFFIC HAZARDS FROM BIG BEAR DAM TO SNOW VALLEY CREATING AT ROAD CLOSURE ROUTE 18. |
| Dec 30, 5:02 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Lake Arrowhead, CA | 5400 FOOT ELEVATION...1 INCH OF SNOW. SNOW FALLING ON THE ROAD EVEN IN THESE AMOUNTS ARE CREATING A MAJOR TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN THE AREA AS ROADS ARE EXTREMELY SLICK WITH CALTRANS REPORTING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AND CARS STOPPING IN AND ALONG ROADWAYS TO PUT ON CHAI |
| Dec 30, 11:00 PM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Sse Landers (Ar190), CA | YUCCA MESA CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED 0.5 INCH OF SNOW FROM 5 PM THROUGH 10 PM AT AN ELEVATION OF 3445 FEET. |
| Dec 31, 12:43 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 3 Ene Yucca Valley, CA | A TELEVISION REPORTER MEASURED 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF PARKED CARS AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN YUCCA VALLEY. |
| Dec 31, 1:15 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 W Lake Arrowhead, CA | 6 OF SNOW IN PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Dec 31, 1:56 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nne Crestline, CA | ROAD CLOSURE - HWY 138 SNOW AND ICE COVERED WITH MANY ACCIDENTS. OVER 100 VEHICLES STRANDED. |
| Dec 31, 2:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ene Yucca Valley, CA | YUCCA VALLEY CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW FROM 5 PM ON 12/30 THROUGH 1 AM ON 12/31 AT AN ELEVATION OF 3249 FEET. |
| Dec 31, 6:34 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ne Peach Springs, AZ | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT HIS RESIDENCE. ALSO REPORTED SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WITH NUMEROUS CARS OFF OF THE ROAD ALONG RTE 66 FROM KINGMAN TO PEACH SPRINGS. |
| Dec 31, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Nw Landers (Ar190), CA | *** 2 INJ *** A VEHICLE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE NEAR OLD WOMAN SPRINGS ROAD AND RECHE ROAD IN LANDERS DUE TO ICY ROADS WHERE AN AIRSHIP WAS REQUESTED DUE TO INJURIES. |
| Dec 31, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 0 | Nipton, CA | SNOW FELL BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM IN NIPTON AT AN ELEVATION OF 3033 FEET BUT DID NOT ACCUMULATE. |
| Dec 31, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 0 | Temple Bar, AZ | SNOW FELL AND STUCK TO THE TOPS OF CARS AT TEMPLE BAR BUT DID NOT ACCUMULATE ON THE GROUND. THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE LAKE HAD SNOW COVERING THE TOPS OF THEM. |
| Dec 31, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 W Yucca Valley, CA | *** 1 INJ *** A MAN DRIVING A MID-SIZED SUV EAST ON THE TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGHWAY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE ON THE GRADE NEAR HOOPA ROAD AND FLIPPED IT. THE MAN SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. |
| Dec 31, 9:30 AM MST | SNOW 0.1 | 3 Ne Boulder City, NV | ALAN BIBLE VISITOR CENTER MEASURED 0.1 INCH OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 1641 FEET. |
| Dec 31, 9:38 AM MST | SNOW 0 | Las Vegas Mccarran Ap, NV | SNOW WAS REPORTED BETWEEB 838 AM AND 1100 AM AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY THE CONTRACT WEATHER OBSERVERS BUT DID NOT ACCUMULATE. |
| Dec 31, 9:53 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 5 Nw Crestline, CA | DECEMBER 30-31 2014 BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM HEAVY SNOW COMBINDED WITH WIND AND COLD STRANDED MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 138 BETWEEN PILOT ROCK ROAD AND OLD MILL ROAD. THIS IS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SILVERWOOD LAKE AND AROUND CRESTLINE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALI |
| Dec 31, 10:14 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 8 S Meadview, AZ | DIAMOND BAR ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO THE SNOW. |
| Dec 31, 10:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 N Kingman, AZ | *** 1 INJ *** ONE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHEN THEIR VEHICLE ROLLED OVER ON THE SNOW COVERED 5100 BLOCK OF STOCKTON HILL ROAD. |
| Dec 31, 10:42 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ne Yucca Valley, CA | *** 2 INJ *** AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAD MINOR INJURIES DUE TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT CAUSED BY ICY ROADS NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGHWAY AND HILTON ROAD. |
| Dec 31, 1:00 PM MST | SNOW 0.1 | Kelso, CA | KELSO DEPOT HAD A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW AROUND MIDDAY ON NEW YEARS EVE. ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE. AT LEAST 3 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED DUE TO THE SLICK ROADS FROM THE SNOW. |
| Dec 31, 1:35 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 9 Sse Cal Nev Ari, NV | HIGHWAY 95 WAS CLOSED IN SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AT THE NEVADA-CALIFORNIA BORDER DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ON THE ROAD FROM AROUND 12 PM TO 3 PM. |
| Dec 31, 1:35 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 E Lake Havasu City, AZ | AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE HAVASU CITY AROUND 1260 FEET IN ELEVATION. SNOW FELL AS LOW AS RIVER LEVEL IN LAKE HAVASU BUT DID NOT STICK BELOW ACOMA BOULEVARD. SMALL SNOW DRIFT IN SPOTS WERE NOTED IN THE HAVASU HEIGHTS AREA |
| Dec 31, 2:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 10 Wsw Mohave Valley, CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL CLOSED HIGHWAY 95 FROM INTERSTATE 40 TO THE NEVADA-CALIFORNIA BORDER DUE TO SNOW AND ICE. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AS FAR NORTH IN NEVADA AS THE HIGHWAY 163 TURNOFF. |
| Dec 31, 2:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Searchlight, NV | AN INCH OF SNOW WAS REPORTED IN SEARCHLIGHT ON THE GROUND ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW DUE TO HIGH WINDS. MEDIA REPORTS OF SEVERAL VEHICLE CRASHES IN THE AREA WERE RECEIVED WITH ONE OVERTURNED CAMPER REPORTED. |
| Dec 31, 3:00 PM MST | SNOW 0.1 | 1 Ne Yucca, AZ | YUCCA MEASURED 0.1 INCH OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 1950 FEET ON NEW YEARS EVE. |
| Dec 31, 4:43 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Wnw Wrightwood, CA | COCORAHS STATION WRIGHTWOOD 1.2 WNW /CA-SR-3/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 31, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sw Bullhead City, AZ | BULLHEAD CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT MEASURED 1.0 INCH OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 531 FEET. SNOW BEGAN BETWEEN 5 AND 8 AM IN THE BULLHEAD CITY AREA. THIS SNOW SETS AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THIS STATION DATING BACK TO 1977. NO SNOW HAS EVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RECORDED HERE |
| Dec 31, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Needles, CA | THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD AND SNOWY WEATHER CAUSED ABOUT ONE-SIXTH OF THE CUSTOMERS IN NEEDLES TO LOOSE POWER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION AND THE LOAD ON THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM. |
| Dec 31, 8:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 7 N I-40 At Fort Rock, AZ | DIAMOND M RANCH MEASURED 11.0 INCHES OF SNOW BETWEEN 10 PM ON 12/30 AND 7 PM ON 12/31 AT AN ELEVATION OF 5492 FEET. |
| Dec 31, 8:58 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 S Big Bear Lake, CA | REPORTED 24 HOUR SNOW TOTALS AT BIG BEAR MOUNTIAIN AND SNOW SUMMIT OF 9-12 INCHES |
| Dec 31, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 21 Ese Big Bear City, CA | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 3 INCHES IN PIONEERTOWN |
| Dec 31, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Crestline, CA | 24 HOURS SNOWFALL OF 5 INCHES IN CRESTLINE |
| Dec 31, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 S Lake Arrowhead, CA | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 5-6 INCHES IN LAKE ARROWHEAD |
| Dec 31, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Ene Yucaipa, CA | 24 HOUR SNOFALL OF 6 INCHES REPORTED IN FOREST FALLS |
| Dec 31, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Ne Running Springs, CA | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 8 INCHES AT GREEN VALLEY LAKE |
| Dec 31, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Running Springs, CA | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 8 INCHES AT RUNNING SPRINGS |
| Dec 31, 9:53 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Ese Cedar Hills, AZ | REPORT OF 12 INCHES OF SNOW E OF KINGMAN NEAR INTERSTATE 40 AND US 93. I-40 AND US 93 CLOSED. |
| Jan 1, 12:59 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Kingman, AZ | A TOTAL OF 124 VEHICLE COLLISIONS AND AN ADDITIONAL 117 VEHICLES SLID OFF ROADS THROUGHOUT MOHAVE COUNTY ON NEW YEARS EVE DAY. INTERSTATE 40 WAS CLOSED EAST OF KINGMAN AT MILEPOSTS 48 AND 49 AND FROM MILE POSTS 74 TO 80. MANY PEOPLE WERE STRANDED IN CARS FOR H |
| Jan 1, 5:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 N Wikieup, AZ | WIKIEUP HAD BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 2010 FEET FALL BETWEEN NEW YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY. THE HEAVY SNOW CAUSED POWER OUTAGES THAT STARTED AROUND 10 PM ON NEW YEARS EVE THAT LASTED UNTIL AROUND 730 AM ON NEW YEARS DAY. HIGHWAY 93 WA |
| Jan 1, 5:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 E Wikieup, AZ | A SPOTTER MEASURED 6.0 INCHES ON CHOLLA CANYON ROAD NEAR WIKIEUP AT AN ELEVATION OF 2070 FEET BETWEEN NEW YEARS DAY AND NEW YEARS EVE. |
| Jan 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Pipe Spring National Mo, AZ | PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT MEASURED 3.0 INCHES OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION OF 4920 FEET FROM NEW YEARS EVE INTO NEW YEARS DAY. |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | FREEZE 21 | Kingman, AZ | KINGMAN POLICE REPORTED AT LEAST ONE PIPE FROZE IN A HOUSE DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER. |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | FREEZE 21 | Wikieup, AZ | DUE TO OVERNIGHT POWER OUTAGES FROM THE SNOW AND THE COLD WEATHER, SEVERAL HOMES IN WIKIEUP HAD PIPES THAT BURST CAUSING DAMAGE. |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Chloride, AZ | STORM TOTAL SNOW ENDING AT 8AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Golden Valley, AZ | STORM TOTAL SNOW ENDING AT 8AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Meadview, AZ | STORM TOTAL SNOW ENDING AT 8AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 3 N Kingman, AZ | STORM TOTAL SNOW ENDING AT 8AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Se Kingman, AZ | PINE LAKE STORM TOTAL SNOW ENDING AT 8AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 18 Ne Kingman, AZ | VALLE VISTA AREA...STORM TOTAL ENDING AT 8AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Ene Peach Springs, AZ | STORM TOTAL ENDING AT 800AM JAN 1ST |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Hualapai Mountain, AZ | HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN MEASURED A FOOT OF SNOW AT AN ELEVATION 6270 FEET FROM NEW YEARS EVE INTO NEW YEARS DAY. THE SNOW CLOSED THE MAIN ROAD ON HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN FROM NEW YEARS EVE INTO NEW YEAR DAY. |
| Jan 1, 9:55 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Colorado City, AZ | SNOW BEGAN AT 455 AM ON 12/31 AND ENDED AT 855 AM ON 1/1 IN COLORADO CITY AMOUNTING TO AROUND 3 INCHES AT ROUGHLY 5000 FEET. SEVERAL VEHICLES SLID OFF ROADS DUE TO THE SNOW AND THERE WERE SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT HIT OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
327 WWUS45 KVEF 292246 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 246 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...RARE LOW ELEVATION SNOW NEW YEAR'S EVE INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD AND SOMEWHAT MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT BETWEEN NEW YEAR'S EVE INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY. WITH SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE MOVING INTO IT...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS AROUND 2000 FEET. NVZ017-300000- /O.CAN.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY 246 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN NYE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTY. THE LATEST PROJECTIONS NOW SHOW VERY LITTLE MOISTURE WORKING INTO SOUTHERN NYE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES FROM THIS STORM. AS A RESULT...ONLY A FEW FLURRIES OR A BRIEF SNOW SHOWER ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ001-003-036-301245- /O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WS.W.0004.141231T0600Z-150102T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 346 PM MST MON DEC 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE GREATEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO NEW YEARS DAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OFF AROUND 4000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ524-525-NVZ021-022-301245- /O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WS.W.0004.141231T0000Z-150101T1200Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 246 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY NEW YEAR'S DAY MORNING. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL START BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET THEN FALL TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS BETWEEN 2000 AND 3500 FEET WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON AREA ROADS. PASSES...GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN MANY LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE CAJON PASS AND LAS VEGAS INCLUDING MOUNTAIN PASS AND HALLORAN SUMMIT. HIGHWAY 95 ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND SEARCHLIGHT AS WELL AS RAILROAD PASS WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ523-301245- /O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 246 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY EVENING...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST LATE TUESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2500 FEET BUT LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON AREA ROADS. PASSES...GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN MANY LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE CAJON PASS AND LAS VEGAS AS WELL AS ON INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN BARSTOW AND LUDLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NVZ016-020-301245- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 246 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY NEW YEAR'S DAY. SNOW COULD BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS SHOULD START AROUND 3000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON AREA ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 15 ESPECIALLY FROM LAS VEGAS TO MESQUITE. PASSES...GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...HILLY ROADS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN SUCH AS IN SUMMERLIN...ANTHEM AND SEVEN HILLS WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS COULD BE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPING HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...BUT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. MONITOR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATED FORECASTS. REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. && $$ NVZ018-019-301245- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 246 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY NEW YEAR'S DAY. SNOW COULD BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS SHOULD START AROUND 3000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 157...158...159 AND 160. SNOW COVERED TRAILS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS HIKING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS COULD BE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPING HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...BUT REMAINS UNCERTAIN. MONITOR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATED FORECASTS. REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. && $$ STACHELSKI
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754 WWUS45 KVEF 301035 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 235 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...RARE LOW ELEVATION SNOW NEW YEAR'S EVE INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD AND SOMEWHAT MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT BETWEEN NEW YEAR'S EVE INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY. WITH SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE MOVING INTO IT...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS AROUND 2000 FEET. CAZ524-525-NVZ021-022-310000- /O.CAN.KVEF.WS.W.0004.141231T0000Z-150101T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0000Z-150101T0600Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 235 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND THE MORONGO VALLEY. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2500 FEET BUT LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PASSES...GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN MANY LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE CAJON PASS AND LAS VEGAS AS WELL AS ON INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN BARSTOW AND LUDLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-310000- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0004.141231T0600Z-150102T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 335 AM MST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE GREATEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO NEW YEARS DAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OFF AROUND 4000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY SINCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NVZ016-018>020-310000- /O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0005.141231T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0000Z-150101T0600Z/ NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 235 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BEST WINDOW FOR SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WILL BE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS SHOULD START AROUND 3000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...BUT SOME OF THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE WILL LIKELY SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 157...158...159 AND 160. SNOW COVERED TRAILS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS HIKING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ523-310000- /O.EXT.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0000Z-141231T1800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 235 AM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING...BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST LATE TUESDAY TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2500 FEET BUT LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PASSES...GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN MANY LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE CAJON PASS AND LAS VEGAS AS WELL AS ON INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN BARSTOW AND LUDLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
461 WWUS45 KVEF 302330 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 330 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...RARE LOW ELEVATION SNOW TONIGHT INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THEN MOVE EAST INTO ARIZONA NEW YEARS DAY. WITH SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS AROUND 2000 FEET. CAZ523-310030- /O.CAN.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0000Z-141231T1800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 330 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TWO INCHES NO LONGER LOOKS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A FEW SPOTS IN NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COULD STILL RECEIVE A HALF AN INCH OF LESS OF SNOW. $$ AZZ001-003-036-310730- /O.EXT.KVEF.WS.W.0004.141231T0600Z-150102T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY 430 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR MOHAVE COUNTY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT IN SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY AND THIS EVENING NEAR THE UTAH BORDER. GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO NEW YEARS DAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OFF AROUND 4000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY SINCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NVZ016-018>020-310730- /O.EXT.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0600Z-150101T0600Z/ NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 330 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR CLARK COUNTY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BE STEADIEST WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON... THEN TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BEST WINDOW FOR SEEING SNOW IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS SHOULD START AROUND 3000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...BUT SOME OF THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE WILL LIKELY SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH...DECREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 157...158...159 AND 160. SNOW COVERED TRAILS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS HIKING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ524-525-NVZ021-022-310730- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.141231T0000Z-150101T0600Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 330 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE MORONGO BASIN AND NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION HAS STARTED IN THE MORONGO BASIN AND WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2500 FEET BUT LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH...DECREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PASSES... GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 AT HALLORAN SUMMIT AND MOUNTAIN PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
336 WWUS45 KVEF 310650 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1050 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...RARE LOW ELEVATION SNOW TONIGHT INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THEN MOVE EAST INTO ARIZONA NEW YEARS DAY. WITH SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS AROUND 2000 FEET. AZZ001-003-036-311800- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150102T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY 1150 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT IN SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY AND THIS EVENING NEAR THE UTAH BORDER. GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO NEW YEARS DAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OFF AROUND 4000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NVZ016-018>020-311800- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150101T0600Z/ NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 1050 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE LOWER VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BE STEADIEST WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BEST WINDOW FOR SEEING SNOW IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS SHOULD START AROUND 3000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...BUT SOME OF THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE WILL LIKELY SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH...DECREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 157...158...159 AND 160. SNOW COVERED TRAILS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS MAKING FOR DANGEROUS HIKING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CAZ524-525-NVZ021-022-311800- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150101T0600Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1050 PM PST TUE DEC 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO VALLEY...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. * TIMING: SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING IN THE MORONGO VALLEY..YUCCA MESA...AND YUCCA VALLEY THIS EVENING AND WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST THIS OVERNIGHT ACROSS EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. BE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2500 FEET BUT LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A TRACE TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN ANY AREAS THAT SIT UNDER ANY PRECIPITATION BANDS LONGER OR SIT IN FAVORABLE TERRAIN LOCATIONS. SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 MPH...DECREASING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PASSES... GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 AT HALLORAN SUMMIT AND MOUNTAIN PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
913 WWUS45 KVEF 311029 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 229 AM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...LOW ELEVATION SNOW THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA TODAY AND INTO WESTERN ARIZONA NEW YEAR'S DAY. WITH SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS AROUND 2000 FEET. AZZ001-003-036-311830- /O.EXT.KVEF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY 329 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FALL OVER MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY THIS MORNING AND INTENSITY BY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO NEW YEARS DAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO START OFF AROUND 4000 FEET THEN LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CAZ524-525-NVZ016-018>022-311830- /O.EXT.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 229 AM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * TIMING: SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING SINCE LAST EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER CLARK AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 2500 FEET BUT LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MORONGO BASIN. TRACE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND MESQUITE AREAS...BUT SOME OF THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE WILL LIKELY SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FEET MAY ALSO SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH...DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PASSES... GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. TRAVEL FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE IMPACTED ALONG INTERSTATE 15 AT HALLORAN SUMMIT AND MOUNTAIN PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
619 WWUS45 KVEF 311828 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1028 AM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...LOW ELEVATION SNOW THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO ARIZONA TODAY AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. CAZ524-525-NVZ016-018>020-311930- /O.CAN.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 1028 AM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MOUNTAINS OF CLARK COUNTY AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY...MORONGO BASIN...NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA AT TIMES THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS WHICH WOULD CREATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ001-003-036-010230- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY 1128 AM MST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY TODAY...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DIMINISHING TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS HAVE FALLEN TO AS LOW AS ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 6 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 4000 FEET WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NVZ021-022-010000- /O.CON.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 1028 AM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN CLARK AND LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS HAVE LOWER TO ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AT LAUGHLIN AND BULLHEAD CITY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...INCLUDING SEARCHLIGHT AND HIGHWAY 163 BETWEEN LAUGHLIN AND HIGHWAY 95. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH...DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. PASSES... GRADES AND SUMMITS WOULD BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS AREAS AS WELL AS ROADS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
244 WWUS45 KVEF 312353 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 353 PM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...LOW ELEVATION SNOW THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY... .A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO ARIZONA TODAY AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN PLACE AND MOISTURE...SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE AS LOW AS THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AZZ036-010100- /O.CAN.KVEF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY 453 PM MST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BULLHEAD CITY AND THE MOHAVE VALLEY IS BEING CANCELLED. A LIGHT SNOW FLURRY OR TWO IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES, MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY ICE ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT. $$ NVZ021-022-010100- /O.EXP.KVEF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150101T0000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 353 PM PST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY. A LIGHT SNOW FLURRY OR TWO IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES, MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY ICE ON HIGHWAYS 95, 163 AND 164 IN SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY TONIGHT. $$ AZZ001-003-011000- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150101T1800Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 453 PM MST WED DEC 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PARTS OF EASTERN AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY TONIGHT THROUGH NEW YEAR'S DAY. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 1500 TO 2000 FEET. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 6 INCHES BETWEEN 2000 AND 4000 FEET WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. OVER A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS IN AREAS THAT SEE ANY HEAVIER PRECIPITATION BANDS SET UP OVER THEM. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADS. THESE INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND FORT ROCK... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM KINGMAN ON EAST AS WELL AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN KINGMAN AND THE HOOVER DAM AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WIKIEUP. SOME WEAKER TREES MAY BEND OR BREAK FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
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 29, 11:27 AM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 11:27 AM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1027 AM PST MON DEC 29 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A STORM SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTH WILL IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LOCALLY GUSTY NORTH WINDS...COLD TEMPERATURES AND RAIN AND SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT MAY EVEN SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. && .UPDATE...A VERY DRY AND CHILLY AIR MASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH A CLEAR SKY NOTED AREAWIDE. MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FINALLY RECORDED A FREEZING LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING. SEE RNORERVEF FOR DETAILS. I BACKED OFF ON POPS THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY GIVEN HOW DRY AND CLEAR IT CURRENTLY IS AND ALSO GIVEN THE 12Z WRF SLOWED THINGS DOWN AS WELL. THE LATEST 12Z OPERATIONAL ECMWF AND GEM HAVE JUST ROLLED ON IN AND SHOW AREAS FROM BARSTOW TO LAS VEGAS ON THE EDGE FOR PRECIPITATION WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE BEING THE MAIN FOCUS FOR US TO SEE PRECIPITATION. IT STILL LOOKS VERY GOOD ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES WITH THIS EVENT, EVEN IF ONE BUYS THE DRIER 12Z OPERATIONAL GFS, WRF AND SREF. HOWEVER, THE MODELS COULD EASILY WOBBLE WITH THE POSITION OF THE LOW YET AGAIN, SO IT IS BEST NOT TO GET FIXED ON ANY ONE MODEL RUN. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 200 AM PST MON DEC 29 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A MAINLY DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY WITH GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY WHERE A FAST MOVING WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRUSH BY BRINGING SOME LOWER CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE FAR NORTHERN ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ANY PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT WHEN SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES. THE LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING SOUTH ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH SOME VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. MANY LOCATIONS OVER OUR FAR NORTHERN ZONES WILL NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY EVENING THE CENTER OF THE LOW IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY THE MODELS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUS RUNS WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE LOW. THE LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO DIVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND NAM AND THE NEW 00Z RUNS IS THE QPF OR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS GENERATED BY THE MODELS. THE LATEST RUNS ARE MUCH DRIER AND PW VALUES ARE DOWN FROM EARLIER RUNS. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BEST MOISTURE PLUME WILL BE ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY WITH SOME WRAP AROUND INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA. HOWEVER...WITH THAT SAID...THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS STORM IS THE AMOUNT OF DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW. THE OMEGA FIELDS AND VORTICITY ALONE ARE VERY GOOD FOR GENERATING PRECIPITATION AND THE 00Z TIME HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO SHOW VERY STRONG OMEGA AT OR JUST ABOVE THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. THE BEST WINDOW IN LAS VEGAS FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN MID DAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY...SO SEEING SNOW FALLING ON THE STRIP FOR NEW YEARS EVE LOOKS VERY GOOD. TEMPERATURES HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN A CONCERN FOR LOW ELEVATION SNOW AS SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY START AROUND 2500-3000 FEET AND THEN DROP TO AS LOW AS 1500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW IS LIKELY TO HANG ON OVER MOHAVE COUNTY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE LOW TRACKS FAR ENOUGH EAST BY THURSDAY EVENING IN WHICH ALL SNOW SHOULD END. EXACT SNOW TOTALS ARE STILL IN QUESTION...BUT MOHAVE COUNTY LOOKS TO SEE THE MOST OUT OF THIS SYSTEM WITH LOWER AMOUNTS WEST. CURRENT WINTER STORM PRODUCTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. OVERALL TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE RATHER CHILLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH PERHAPS SOME CIRRUS AT TIMES. TEMPS WERE A BLEND OF FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND THE CONS MODELS. SUBFREEZING TEMPS WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND THUS THE IMPACT ON PIPES AND COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL STILL LINGER. WE MAY BE TOO WARM IN SOME SPOTS WITH TEMPS ESPECIALLY IF WE GET A DECENT SNOWPACK IN SPOTS. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUR NEW YEAR'S SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING ARIZONA AND PUSHING THROUGH NEW MEXICO ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS OUR AREA BRINGING DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH ONLY SOME PASSING HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL START TO MODERATE...BUT THE PROCESS WILL BE SLOW FOR THE LOWEST VALLEYS AS AN INVERSION DEVELOPS. GIVEN THIS...HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER END OF GUIDANCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...KEEPING TEMPS BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL LOWER AS RAIN AND SNOW CHANCES INCREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...POTENTIALLY CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT MCCARRAN NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH CEILINGS POTENTIALLY BELOW 3 KFT AND VISIBILITY BELOW 3 MILES. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH TODAY WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES. THE EXCEPTION COULD BE SOME LOWER CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. WINDS MAINLY FAVORING DIURNAL TRENDS THROUGH MONDAY. HOWEVER STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOW CEILINGS AND LOW ELEVATION SNOW TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && UPDATE...STACHELSKI SHORT TERM/AVIATION...GORELOW LONG TERM...PADDOCK FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 29, 3:16 PM MST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 216 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 NVZ020-301030- LAS VEGAS VALLEY- 216 PM PST MON DEC 29 2014 ...VERY UNUSUAL WEATHER IN LAS VEGAS FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND DAY... NORMALLY SUNNY AND MILD LAS VEGAS IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE UNUSUAL AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC WEATHER FOR THE NEW YEAR'S EVE INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY TIME PERIOD. A COLD AND SOMEWHAT MOIST STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND NEW YEAR'S DAY BRINGING A VARIETY OF HIGH IMPACT WEATHER WITH TO LAS VEGAS AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MANY TOURISTS WHO COME TO LAS VEGAS MAY BE UNPREPARED FOR THE TRUE WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS THIS STORM COULD BRING WITH IT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BE DIFFICULT - IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE - ON AREA ROADS STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO NEW YEAR'S DAY INCLUDING ON ROUTES TO LAS VEGAS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHWEST UTAH. SNOW REMOVAL AND TREATMENT EQUIPMENT IS VERY LIMITED IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ITSELF. PARKING ON ROADS PUTS YOUR VEHICLE AT RISK FOR BEING SLID INTO AND ALSO MAKES ACCESS ONTO STREETS HARDER FOR VEHICLES THAT NEED TO GET THROUGH EVEN IF A MINOR AMOUNT OF SNOW ONLY FALLS. IN ADDITION...ANY SNOW...EVEN IF IT DOES NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH ACCUMULATION...WILL MAKE WALKWAYS AND SIDEWALKS VERY SLIPPERY. WEARING SHOES WITH GOOD TRACTION IS RECOMMENDED TO AVOID SLIP AND FALLS. EVEN IF SNOW IS LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT THAT FALLS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN LAS VEGAS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 30S ON NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY AND ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. ANYONE WHO PLANS TO BE OUTSIDE SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR BEING EXPOSED TO NEAR FREEZING OR SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. BRING LAYERS AND DRESS WARMLY. YOU CAN FOLLOW THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS (ALL LOWERCASE) OR LIKING US ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @NWSVEGAS. WE WILL BE USING THE HASHTAG #NEWYEARSSTORM AND #VEGASNYE FOR THIS EVENT ON TWITTER. IN ADDITION, YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. BE PREPARED AND HAVE A SAFE NEW YEAR'S. STACHELSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 3:46 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 49 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Nevada, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in California, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.