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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
959 PM MST SUN JAN 8 2012
...A WINTER STORM IS SWEEPING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR
WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM ALOFT IS TRACKING OVER THE NEW
MEXICO BOOTHEEL TONIGHT AND OVERRUNNING A SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT
PUSHED IN THIS EVENING. COLDER AIR IS MOVING INTO THE REGION
DROPPING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. RAIN
SHOWERS ARE TURNING OVER TO SNOW EVEN ACROSS THE DESERT LOWLAND
ELEVATIONS. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE
EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...FAVORED LOCATIONS WILL BE ACROSS
THE WEST TEXAS COUNTIES OF EL PASO AND HUDSPETH AND THE SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COUNTIES OF DONA ANA AND OTERO. OVER THESE
AREAS SNOW ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED
FOR HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE STORM SYSTEM
WILL BEGIN TO EXIT ACROSS WEST TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
SHOWERS WILL END BY MID TO LATE MORNING WITH SKIES CLEARING FROM
THE WEST THROUGH THE DAY.

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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
959 PM MST SUN JAN 8 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW.
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM REMAINS OVER THE REGION BUT THE FOCUS FOR
THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE GILA REGION
AND MOST OF SIERRA COUNTY. THESE AREAS SHOULD STILL EXPECT TO SEE
ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES OVERNIGHT ENDING BY DAY
BREAK. HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY LIGHT...WITH MOST
AREAS ONLY SEEING A DUSTING TO LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
THERE MAY BE SOME SLICK ROADWAYS DUE TO LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION
ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SO TRAVELERS STILL NEED TO
USE CAUTION THROUGH THE NIGHT.
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