KLOX377203698 KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-02-08T21:56:32-08:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS46 KLOX 090556 WSWLOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KLOX.WS.W.0004 Met Future Severe Possible 2010-02-10T15:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS .A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO ALL THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY START OUT BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET ON TUESDAY...THEN WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE...AS WELL AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE 14 FREEWAY THROUGH THE SOLEDAD CANYON. IF THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW TRACKS CLOSER TO THE COAST OR RIGHT OVER SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...SNOW LEVELS COULD FALL AS LOW AS 2500 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS...INCLUDING THE CUYAMA AND ANTELOPE VALLEYS. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON ON TUESDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ON NORTH FACING SLOPES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THEN WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SNOW COULD FALL AS LOW AS 2500 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN GABRIELS. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THE LOW SNOW LEVELS...THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR NEAR THE GRAPEVINE AND THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR THROUGH SOLEDAD CANYON WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. IN ADDITION... SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA ON TUESDAY...TURNING TO THE NORTH BY WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS COULD CREATE BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. P-VTEC /O.NEW.KLOX.WS.W.0004.100209T2000Z-100210T2300Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... LOCKWOOD VALLEY... MOUNT PINOS... ACTON... MOUNT WILSON... SANDBERG 35.793274,-120.19697 35.61313,-120.19697 35.43693,-119.99854 34.911175,-119.472755 34.81932,-119.22686 34.81932,-119.22686 34.81932,-117.645604 34.289947,-117.645604 33.954013,-117.79389 33.943912,-117.936396 33.740577,-118.118946 33.664642,-118.2529 33.664642,-118.2529 33.73493,-118.41356 33.81525,-118.40352 33.81525,-118.40352 34.006023,-118.50393 34.006023,-118.78507 34.076305,-119.10638 34.156635,-119.21682 34.267086,-119.30718 34.387573,-119.51803 34.407654,-119.69877 34.397614,-119.85942 34.45786,-120.01004 34.43778,-120.44179 34.52814,-120.52211 34.578342,-120.63255 34.749035,-120.63255 34.749035,-120.63255 34.88961,-120.672714 34.88961,-120.672714 35.070343,-120.62251 35.14063,-120.743 35.14063,-120.743 35.23099,-120.893616 35.421764,-120.883575 35.421764,-120.883575 35.441845,-120.98398 35.6025,-121.13459 35.662746,-121.27517 35.793274,-121.32537 35.793274,-120.19697 UGC CAZ053-054-091400-