WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 644 AM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET.
* SNOW WILL START MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITY
INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END TUESDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 5000 FEET WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET.
* TWO TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET.
FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED POCKETS OF UP TO TWO FEET.
* ROADWAYS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING THE
MORNING HOURS MONDAY WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
DAY MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE BY MONDAY
NIGHT.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND PEAK BY MONDAY NIGHT.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER
MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. OVER THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE STRONGER WITH SPEEDS OF 30-40 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING TIMES OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
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