KVEF711135264 KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-02-08T15:24:53-08:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS45 KVEF 082324 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KVEF.WS.A.0006 Met Future Severe Possible 2010-02-10T04:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF INYO COUNTY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 500 FEET. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN ABOVE 4000 FEET LATE TUESDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET AND 3 TO 7 INCHES FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND OTHER ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. * WINDS... WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS... THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON ROADS ABOVE 3500 FEET DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP... BUT THE OCCURRENCE IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && .A PACIFIC STORM WILL DIVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT AREAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA...THE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA. P-VTEC /O.NEW.KVEF.WS.A.0006.100209T1800Z-100210T1200Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- 37.44999,-118.78406 37.44999,-117.82115 34.990017,-114.628204 34.849445,-114.618164 34.749035,-114.5278 34.68879,-114.44747 34.44782,-114.36715 34.44782,-114.36715 34.307247,-114.09605 34.21688,-114.19646 34.059727,-114.43543 34.056225,-115.321014 34.10643,-115.51179 34.035194,-115.60084 34.036144,-115.89335 34.036144,-115.97367 34.13655,-116.04395 34.13655,-116.16444 34.046185,-116.264854 34.046185,-116.264854 34.036144,-116.46566 34.036144,-116.46566 34.08635,-116.59618 34.08635,-116.59618 34.11647,-116.4757 34.21688,-116.4255 34.357452,-116.4054 34.357452,-116.4054 34.43778,-116.39536 34.66871,-116.48574 34.66871,-116.48574 34.718914,-116.4054 34.81932,-117.63039 35.797251,-117.642996 35.803314,-118.00189 35.803314,-118.00189 35.903717,-117.99185 36.346137,-118.110317 36.66744,-118.36336 36.877666,-118.3734 36.877666,-118.3734 37.0587,-118.45791 37.198975,-118.674614 37.198975,-118.674614 37.309418,-118.75495 37.44999,-118.78406 UGC CAZ519>522-090700-