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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
337 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012
...A WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH NEW
MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLDER AIR OVER PORTIONS OF
OTERO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES REMAINS IN PLACE. THERE CONTINUES TO
BE A POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MIXED WITH
PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THOSE COUNTIES. SNOW IS
STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WITH A ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND
END LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE SYSTEM EXITING THE REGION AND
SKIES CLEARING BY MONDAY MORNING.

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TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
337 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 
* EVENT: SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF OTERO COUNTY AND ALL OF 
  HUDSPETH COUNTY ARE IN THE MAIN ZONE FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET 
  AND SNOW. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TULAROSA BASIN...INCLUDING 
  ALAMOGORDO AND TULAROSA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS SERIOUSLY 
  IMPACTED BY THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. 
* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8PM... 
  WHEN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END. PORTIONS OF 
  THE AREA MAY SEE FREEZING PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO RAIN AS 
  WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. 
* IMPACT: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY AND 
  HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 
* WINDS: WINDY CONDITIONS OF 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST WILL 
  OCCUR THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 
  AND SOUTHWEST. 
* SNOW LEVELS:A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AT ALL LEVELS IN THE MORNING. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION
  MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON IF WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE
  AREA. FREEZING CONDITIONS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING FOR
  EASTERN PORTIONS OF OTERO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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