STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR SOUTHWESTERN U.S. HEAVY RAIN/SNOW
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
100 AM PST SAT MAR 01 2014

...RAIN CONTINUES TO IMPACT MUCH OF DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA
WHILE WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE... 


FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES REMAIN
IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CA MOUNTAINS AND UP ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA
RANGE...THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEVADA...COLORADO...UTAH...NEW
MEXICO...AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN PLACE OVER AREAS OF
SOUTHERN CA...SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEW
MEXICO.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1200 AM PST...A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 985 MB...29.09 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN THE PACIFIC
OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES WEST OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST
AND CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND WEAKEN. THE MAIN FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW HAD ADVANCED WELL-INLAND ACROSS THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST AND THE GREAT BASIN.  WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WAS SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF
ARIZONA...UTAH AND NORTHERN NEVADA.  IN CALIFORNIA...A NEW BATCH
OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN LOW HAD MOVED INTO THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...RESULTING IN INTERMITTENT MODERATE
RAIN. MEANWHILE...SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL IN THE SIERRA NEVADA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST TUE FEB
26 THROUGH 1200 AM PST SAT MAR 01...

...CALIFORNIA...
SODA SPRINGS 1.5 SSW                 12.0                   
LEE VINING 5.9 NW                    10.5                   
ASPENDELL 1 WNW                      10.0                   
CROWLEY LAKE 4 SSE                    9.0                   
JUNE LAKE                             8.0                   
KINGVALE 1.3 WSW                      8.0                   
TAHOMA 0.5 S                          6.4                   

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST TUE FEB
26 THROUGH 1200 AM PST SAT MAR 01...

...CALIFORNIA...
PINYON PEAK ALERT #66                 5.90                   
MINING RIDGE 24 SW GREENFIELD         5.55                   
BONNY DOON 2 NE                       5.19                   
COBB 0.8 S                            4.97                   
LOS GATOS 5.4 SSW                     4.82                   
FELTON 4.5 NNE                        4.68                   
MIDDLE FORK LYTLE CK PRECIP SITE      4.66                   
SAN ANSELMO 1.2 NNW                   4.63                   
BIG SUR 9.5 NNW                       4.60                   
PIT RIVER PH #5                       4.60                   
CARMEL HIGHLANDS 7 SE                 4.45                   
SCOTTS VALLEY 1.7 SW                  4.36                   
SANTA CRUZ 6.3 NNE                    4.03                   
BOULDER CREEK 3.0 NW                  4.01                   
CAZADERO 6.9 WNW                      4.01                   
WRIGHTWOOD                            4.00                   
BUCKS LAKE                            3.96                   
CRANDY CREEK ALER                     3.88                   
LA PORTE                              3.78                   
OXNARD AIRPORT                        3.57                   
SANTA BARBARA MUNI ARPT               3.41                   
LOS ANGELES-USC                       3.34                   
SHAVER LAKE 6 SE                      3.05                   

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...CALIFORNIA...
BIG BEAR LAKE 2 ESE                  102                   
BOUCHER HILL                          82                   
FREMONT CANYON                        74                   
TUSTIN FOOTHILLS 6 ENE                74                   
VALLEY CENTER 11 NE                   73                   
EL CARISO                             70                   
LAKELAND VILLAGE 4 WNW                70                   
CORONA 5 WSW                          69                   


THE LARGE PACIFIC LOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE APPROACHING THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST AND FURTHER WEAKEN.  THE ASSOCIATED
MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL REGION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TOTALS OF GENERALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN
TAPERS OFF AND THE LOW GRADUALLY DISSIPATES TONIGHT AND EARLY ON
SUNDAY. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE...6 TO
12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOWER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FURTHER
SOUTH ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINOS...SAN GABRIELS...AND SAN
JACINTOS. AS THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES EASTWARD...MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION IS BEING FORECAST OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM WITH 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE. THUS FAR INTO THE EVENT...THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AS THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ON TOP OF
DROUGHT-STRICKEN GROUNDS WHICH HAS LED TO RAPID RUN-OFF. MORE
EPISODES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS HEAVY RAINS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST. 


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 700 AM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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