WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 205 PM MST MON NOV 30 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MST MONDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT...AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THIS WINTER STORM WARNING.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM TRACKS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. THE SNOW
LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 6000 FEET THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER TO NEAR
4000 FEET BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
LEVEL WILL HOVER AROUND 4500 FEET TO 5000 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON.
BECAUSE OF THE LOW SNOW LEVEL...SOME COMMUNITIES IN SANTA CRUZ AND
COCHISE COUNTIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY BRIEF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES. THESE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE AREAS AROUND SIERRA
VISTA...TOMBSTONE...ELGIN...PARADISE...AND BISBEE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000
FEET...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET
ESPECIALLY IN THE HUACHUCA AND CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS
NEAR AND ABOVE 4500 FEET... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES
ON THIS WINTER STORM.
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