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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1153 PM PDT SUN OCT 12 2025
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EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ASPENDELL AND WHITNEY PORTAL
1153 PM PDT SUN OCT 12 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 16
INCHES BETWEEN 7000 AND 9000 FEET AND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 9000 FEET.
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 168
WEST OF BISHOP DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. WHITNEY PORTAL
WILL OBSERVE SHARP DETERIORATION IN CONDITIONS WITH EXTREME DANGER
TO HIKERS AND CAMPERS UNPREPARED FOR THE WINTER WEATHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA. IF TRAVEL IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A
WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS, BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA
CLOTHING.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
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