WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 443 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING:LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM
BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE PACIFIC. A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY FROM INTERSTATE 80 AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: VALLEY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE 2-4 INCHES OF
SNOW BETWEEN TODAY AND LATE SATURDAY AS THE FIRST SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH. VALLEYS COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 4-7 INCHES OF SNOW
FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH
OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING
TO 50 MPH IN CENTRAL NEVADA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY AS VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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LW
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