Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
231 AM PST FRI FEB 18 2011

...A COLD WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...
BRINGING LOWER TEMPERATURES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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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...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...RUNNING SPRINGS...TWIN PEAKS...
WRIGHTWOOD...GARNER VALLEY...IDYLLWILD...PINE COVE...VISTA GRANDE
231 AM PST FRI FEB 18 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING ABOVE 4500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 4500 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS: INITIALLY...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 5500 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON THEN LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 6 INCHES BELOW 5000 FEET...6 TO 12
INCHES FROM 5000 TO 6500 FEET...AND 12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 6500
FEET...EXCEPT ISOLATED MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS.

* TIMING: 4 PM PST TODAY UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY: LOCALLY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND FOG.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE
15 THROUGH THE CAJON PASS AS WELL AS ALL MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS.

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.

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