URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
257 PM PDT THU SEP 20 2007
...POTENT EARLY SEASON STORM FOR THE SIERRA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY..
.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY WILL RAPIDLY MOVE NORTH THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND INTO NEVADA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO SPREAD OVER MONO COUNTY FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
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MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING..
MAMMOTH LAKES
257 PM PDT THU SEP 20 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 7500 FEET..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER MONO COUNTY FRIDAY
EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ABOVE 9000 FEET EARLY FRIDAY EVENING ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL TO 7000 TO 7500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH OVER A FOOT POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO.
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