Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1202 AM PST SAT FEB 27 2010

CAZ055-056-271615-
/O.CON.KSGX.WS.W.0007.100227T1200Z-100228T0600Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...FAWNSKIN...
FOREST FALLS...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD...PINE COVE
1202 AM PST SAT FEB 27 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR |LOCAL HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS| REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY.

* ELEVATION: ALL AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS: 8000 FEET...LOWERING TO NEAR 6500 FEET BY
MORNING...THEN TO NEAR 5000 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET
AND 8 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.

* TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: NEAR ZERO IN SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE FOG.

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
DENSE FOG HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET ON SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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.

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MACKECHNIE