Re: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
131 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND INTO ARIZONA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE A
RARE SNOWSTORM WHICH WILL LEAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ON THE LOWER
VALLEYS AND DESERT ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION.

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WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
131 PM PST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST
THURSDAY FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ABOVE
2000 FEET AND FOR THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ABOVE 2000 FEET. FOR THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ABOVE 5000 FEET...BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET ARE NOW
EXPECTED. ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 3500 AND 6000 FEET COULD SEE TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
WARM CLOTHING...AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.




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