<HTML>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 405 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003
...WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT...
.A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE SIERRA AND INTO NEVADA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES ABOVE 6000 FEET...
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA IN INYO COUNTY THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS
DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
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NEMETH
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WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT
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