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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1110 AM PDT MON OCT 13 2025
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/O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0006.251014T0000Z-251015T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITNEY PORTAL AND ASPENDELL
1110 AM PDT MON OCT 13 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...
* 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 50 MPH.
* WHERE...EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON 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 ALL TRAVEL. 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.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
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