WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 844 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM
MST/ TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM
MST/ TUESDAY FOR AREAS ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR NORTHEAST SAN
BERNARDINO...MOHAVE...LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES AND THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THERE
WERE REPORTS EARLY THIS MORNING OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND AN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT BETWEEN LAS VEGAS
AND PAHRUMP. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES
ARE LIKELY BETWEEN 4000 AND 7000 FEET...WHILE ONE TO TWO FEET OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT HIGHWAY 160
OVER MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND PAHRUMP AND
MOUNTAIN PASS ALONG INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN PRIMM AND BAKER. WINDS
TONIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN
SOME LOCATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY SINCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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