SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 723 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 400 PM MST SAT NOV 28 2009

...WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO THE AREA NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
AN UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AS IT
MOVES SOUTHWARD. THE COLD FRONT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPREADING SOME
RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. THE UPPER LOW MOVES
TO JUST SOUTH OF ARIZONA ON SUNDAY TO CONTINUE LOWLAND RAIN
SHOWERS AND HIGHER MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS.
BY SUNDAY EVENING A SECOND COLD FRONT DROPS DOWN FROM THE NORTH
AND USHERS IN MUCH COOLER AIR. RAIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS...AND BY MONDAY MORNING SOME
SNOW WILL BEGIN MIXING IN WITH RAIN ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON THE COLD AIR SHOULD BE WELL ESTABLISHED AND PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BE MOSTLY SNOW OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.
FOR THE PERIOD SUNDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING...HEAVY SNOW IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. OVER
THE LOWLANDS THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MONDAY MORNING INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
LOWLANDS...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF LAS CRUCES. THE REMAINDER OF
THE LOWLANDS COULD SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES. THERE STILL IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY IF THE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE LOWLANDS WILL BE COLD
ENOUGH FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO REALIZE THIS SNOWFALL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEB SITE...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
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HEFNER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 627 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
622 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-291300-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
622 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ON SUNDAY. MUCH
COOLER ON MONDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A
MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. SNOW SHOULD END
TUESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY AROUND MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.
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