KVEF531127420 KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-02-08T22:33:54-08:00 Actual Update Public WWUS45 KVEF 090633 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KVEF.WS.A.0006 Met Future Severe Possible 2010-02-10T10:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL TURN FROM RAIN TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS THEN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RISE AND PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DESERTS ABOVE 2500 FEET WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 4000 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW IN THE DESERTS WILL CREATE TRAVEL CONCERNS ALONG I-15 AND SOME SECTIONS OF I-40 IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT ON I-15 IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS MOUNTAIN PASS NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT ON SECONDARY ROADS ABOVE 4000 FEET IN THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS. 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. && * SNOW LEVELS... SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWEST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHERE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DOWN TO 2500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS OVER EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL BE BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. P-VTEC /O.CON.KVEF.WS.A.0006.100210T0600Z-100210T1800Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- 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 CAZ523>526-NVZ018-019-091400-