STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 9 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM...
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
7 AM PST WED FEB 23 2005

...UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHING CALIFORNIA COAST WITH CONTINUING
HEAVY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
NEVADA...AND ARIZONA...

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE APPLE...LUCERNE...AND
COACHELLA VALLEYS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO...
RIVERSIDE...ORANGE...AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA. FLOOD
WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AS
WELL AS THE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA.  URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY IN NEVADA...AS WELL AS LAKE
HAVASU...FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEADE...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...AND
THE NORTHWEST DESERTS IN ARIZONA...AS WELL AS THE UPPER COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA.  WINTER
STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE ABOVE 5500 FT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AROUND SAN
BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUTAINS. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND HIGH SURF
ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST.

AT 7 AM PST..THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 33.4N
117.8W..OR APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTH OF JOHN WAYNE-ORANGE
COUNTY AIRPORT.  THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...SUPPORTING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWS ACROSS PORTIONS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. 

...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM 
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22...

OPIDS CAMP............22.13
OLD MAN MOUNTAIN......18.68
SISAR PEAK............16.94
MATILIJA CYN..........16.45
TANBARK...............14.66
ROSE VALLEY...........13.95
NORDOFF RIDGE.........13.78
LOS PRIETOS...........13.78
ROCKY PEAK............12.17
MT BALDY..............11.67
CLAREMONT..............9.85
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...9.14
VAN NUYS...............8.85
WHITTIER HILS..........8.55
LONG BEACH.............8.18
OXNARD.................7.78
SANTA MONICA...........6.81

THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS HAVE RECEIVED 8 FEET OF NEW SNOW
SINCE THURSDAY. MOUNT BALDY HAS RECEIVED 10 FEET OF SNOW SINCE
THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
TODAY. 

RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA...SPREADING INTO THE DESERTS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA
AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA.  HEAVY RAINS...MOUNTAIN SNOWS...AND
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1 PM PST.  REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON
THIS STORM.

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