WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 913 PM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM MST TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
MONDAY TO 6 AM MST TUESDAY.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN...CASTLE
COUNTRY...SAN RAFAEL SWELL...SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...AND THE GLEN
CANYON RECREATION AREA INCLUDING LAKE POWELL.
BY TUESDAY MORNING 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH
TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE ARIZONA
BORDER.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH MAY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE
POWELL.
TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS.
USE CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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