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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
539 AM PST MON MAR 8 2010

...ANOTHER WET WEEKEND FOR THE AREA...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW BROUGHT PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE MOJAVE
DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. THIS SYSTEM ORIGINATED FROM THE PACIFIC AND APPROACHED
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING INLAND
AND HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOCAL DESERTS INTO ARIZONA ON
SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOJAVE
DESERT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE
RAIN THAT FELL ON SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A
BAND OF PRECIPITATION THAT DEVELOPED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE
UPPER LOW. THIS BAND SAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY AND THE HIGHEST TOTALS WERE NOTED IN THAT AREA. IN THE LAS
VEGAS VALLEY THIS RESULTED IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRING ON THE
SOUTHEAST SIDE.

THIS MARKED THE THIRD WEEKEND IN A ROW IN LAS VEGAS THAT RAIN HAS
FALLEN AT THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. SINCE THE FIRST MAJOR STORMY PERIOD OF THE YEAR IN THE
LATER HALF OF JANUARY...RAIN HAS FALLEN ON AT LEAST ONE DAY OF EVERY
WEEKEND SINCE JANUARY 23RD AND 24TH BUT TWO. THE TWO DRY WEEKENDS
ARE JANUARY 30TH AND 31ST AND FEBRUARY 13TH AND 14TH. HOWEVER THIS
WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN WHICH MEASURABLE RAIN - DEFINED AS AT LEAST
0.01 INCH - FELL ON BOTH DAYS AT MCCARRAN.

BELOW ARE A LIST OF PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM 12 AM SATURDAY THROUGH
4 AM MONDAY PST. REPORTS THAT ARE NOT FINAL ARE NOTED BY A *.

- SOUTHERN NEVADA -

...LAS VEGAS VALLEY...
EAST HENDERSON - LV WASH        0.87 INCH
EAST HENDERSON                  0.79 INCH
PITTMAN WASH AT STEPHANIE       0.55 INCH
ANTHEM                          0.52 INCH
THE LAKES                       0.51 INCH
PITTMAN WASH AT WIGWAM          0.43 INCH
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE           0.40 INCH
FLAMINGO WASH AT NELLIS         0.39 INCH
LONE MOUNTAIN                   0.39 INCH
HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT     0.32 INCH
SUMMERLIN NORTH                 0.31 INCH
RHODES RANCH                    0.28 INCH
DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS              0.20 INCH
WEST ALIANTE                    0.20 INCH *
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS              0.16 INCH
CHEYENNE AND GRAND CANYON       0.15 INCH *
MCCARRAN INT`L AIRPORT          0.15 INCH
NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT         0.14 INCH
NWS OFFICE                      0.13 INCH
CENTENNIAL HILLS                0.08 INCH

...ELSEWHERE IN CLARK COUNTY...
LOGAN WASH                      1.22 INCHES
SOUTHWEST OF SEARCHLIGHT        0.98 INCH
BOULDER CITY                    0.94 INCH
NELSON PEAK                     0.87 INCH
LAUGHLIN - MESONET              0.67 INCH
OVERTON BEACH                   0.55 INCH
BUNKERVILLE                     0.50 INCH *
COTTONWOOD COVER                0.43 INCH
BRISTLECONE PINE TRAIL          0.30 INCH
MESQUITE - MESONET              0.29 INCH
SLOAN                           0.24 INCH
RED ROCK CANYON                 0.18 INCH
JEAN                            0.16 INCH
INDIAN SPRINGS                  0.10 INCH

...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...
AREA 2 - NV TEST SITE           0.37 INCH
YUCCA MOUNTAIN                  0.14 INCH
DESERT ROCK AIRPORT             0.09 INCH
PAHRUMP - MESONET               0.05 INCH
AMARGOSA VALLEY - MESONET       0.04 INCH
BEATTY                          0.01 INCH

...ESMERALDA COUNTY...
GOLDFIELD - MESONET             0.15 INCH
DYER - MESONET                  0.11 INCH

...LINCOLN COUNTY...
GARDEN SPRING                   0.75 INCH
COYOTE WASH                     0.37 INCH
RACHEL - MESONET                0.29 INCH
PIOCHE - MESONET                0.23 INCH
ALAMO - MESONET                 0.17 INCH
CALIENTE - MESONET              0.05 INCH

- SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA -

...INYO COUNTY...
ASPENDELL                       0.29 INCH *
PANAMINT RAWS                   0.12 INCH
DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK    TRACE

...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...
TWENTY-NINE PALMS MESONET       0.83 INCH
NEEDLES AIRPORT                 0.63 INCH
MID-HILLS - MOJAVE PRESERVE     0.54 INCH
OPAL MOUNTAIN RAWS              0.44 INCH
TWENTY-NINE PALMS MCAS          0.27 INCH
MOUNTAIN PASS - MESONET         0.26 INCH
BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT         0.23 INCH
SQUAW SPRINGS RAWS              0.17 INCH
BAKER                           0.15 INCH *
JOSHUA TREE - MESONET           0.02 INCH

- NORTHWEST ARIZONA -

...MOHAVE COUNTY...
CEDAR HILLS                     1.73 INCHES
IRON SPRING                     1.73 INCHES
WILLOW SPRING                   1.18 INCHES
WIKIEUP - BIG SANDY RIVER       1.10 INCHES
WIKIEUP - MESONET               1.06 INCHES
UNION PASS RAWS                 0.77 INCH
LAKE HAVASU CITY - MESONET      0.75 INCH
BULLHEAD CITY - MESONET         0.71 INCH
PINION PINES                    0.67 INCH
OLAF KNOLLS RAWS                0.61 INCH
GOLDEN VALLEY - MESONET         0.59 INCH
DOLAN SPRINGS                   0.39 INCH
MUSIC MOUNTAIN RAWS             0.37 INCH
MEADVIEW                        0.28 INCH
NORTHWEST KINGMAN               0.16 INCH
COLORADO CITY - MESONET         0.12 INCH
KINGMAN AIRPORT                 0.11 INCH

SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AT 4 AM PST. REPORTS
THAT ARE NOT FINAL ARE INDICATED BY A *.

- SOUTHERN NEVADA -

...CLARK COUNTY...
LEE CANYON - LV SKI RESORT      7.0 INCHES *
BRISTLECONE PINE TRAIL SNOTEL   6.0 INCHES - ESTIMATED
LEE CANYON SNOTEL               5.0 INCHES - ESTIMATED
KYLE CANYON - MT CHARLESTON     4.0 INCHES *
RAINBOW CANYON SNOTEL           4.0 INCHES - ESTIMATED

...LINCOLN COUNTY...
PIOCHE - CO-OP                  1.0 INCH *
SPRING VALLEY STATE PARK        1.0 INCH *

- SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA -

...INYO COUNTY...
COTTONWOOD LAKES                3.0 INCHES - ESTIMATED
ASPENDELL                       2.3 INCHES *

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