Expires:201112240730;Remove:201112240730;580860 WWUS44 KEPZ 240616 WSWEPZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1116 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2011 ...A WEAKENING WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER OVERNIGHT AND INTO FAR WEST TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. MEANWHILE...MOISTURE AND ENERGY WRAPPING AROUND THE CIRCULATION OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER OTERO COUNTY AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER THE NOON HOUR. NMZ022-023-030>032-240730- /O.EXP.KEPZ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111224T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... LORDSBURG...DEMING...LAS CRUCES 1116 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT: THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR HEAVY SNOW EARLIER FRIDAY IS SLOWLY MOVING AWAY FROM THIS AREA. SNOW SHOWERS WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL BRING A FEW ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. $$ FAUSETT