By KRWG News
Las Cruces – From the National Weather Service:
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORDSBURG...DEMING...LAS CRUCES
228 PM MST THU DEC 22 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT MST FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* EVENT: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
SOUTH. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH...3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH.
SOME NORTHERN LOCATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW
OVER THE HIGHER LOWLANDS.
* TIMING: THE SNOW COULD START AS EARLY LATE TONIGHT AND LAST
THROUGH FRIDAY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED AFTER FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE DAY.
* IMPACT: ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW COVERED WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIEST
BANDS OF SNOW. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TO NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY.
* WINDS:WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND
INCREASE TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT AROUND 5000
FEET THIS EVENING...AND QUICKLY FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.