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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
152 PM PST THU MAR 7 2013

...WINTRY WEATHER ON TAP FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.A COLD STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL
BRING LOW ELEVATION SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL AFFECT TRAVEL
THROUGH THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES. THE STORM WILL LAST INTO FRIDAY
EVENING.

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VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
152 PM PST THU MAR 7 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. 1 TO 3 INCHES 
  DOWN TO 4000 FEET.

* EVENT DESCRIPTION...SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL MOVE INTO THE
  MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAK IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO
  BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL START TO
  DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL TAPER OFF
  FRIDAY EVENING...EXCEPT SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE GRAPEVINE
  INTO SATURDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE TEJON PASS (INTERSTATE 5)...HIGHWAY 33 IN 
  VENTURA COUNTY...AND THE SOLEDAD PASS (HIGHWAY 14) WILL LIKELY 
  BE AFFECTED BY SNOW. THESE AND OTHER MOUNTAIN ROADS MAY BE 
  CLOSED AT TIMES DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

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. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
152 PM PST THU MAR 7 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. 1 TO 3 INCHES
  DOWN TO 4000 FEET.

* EVENT DESCRIPTION...SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL MOVE INTO THE
  MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
  BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS AND TAPERING OFF BY AFTERNOON. SNOW
  LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 
* IMPACTS...HIGHER MOUNTAIN ROADS MAY BE CLOSED AT TIMES DUE TO
  ICY CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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MW/RK