The weather service said cold daytime temperatures with frigid overnight wind chills dropping into the teens below zero were expected through Friday in all of northern and eastern Arizona.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXPECTED TO BE HIT WITH STRONG WINDS, UNUSUALLY COLD AIR
A harsh weather forecast will be effecting parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada with bitter cold conditions. A winter storm warning was in effect through Wednesday evening.
In New Mexico, rain, blowing snow, potentially damaging winds and drastically colder temperatures were expected Wednesday.
Meteorologists said near blizzard conditions were possible across the northeast portion of the state before the storm system exited.
For Nevada, the Weather Service in Reno warned of "downright dangerous (conditions) in exposed areas of the high Sierra" on Wednesday with wind chills of -20 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit.