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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 19, 200616 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this blizzard warning at Dec 19, 2006, 12:10 PM MST for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 20, 2006, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 30 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2006, 12:10 PM MST (19:10 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2006, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 21, 2006, 12:00 PM MST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 20, 7:30 AM MSTSNOW 3Sedgwick, CO
Dec 20, 7:30 AM MSTSNOW 3.55 Ese St Petersburg, CO
Dec 20, 7:30 AM MSTSNOW 51 Se Akron, CO
Dec 20, 7:53 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 7.66 Ssw Gold Hill, CO
Dec 20, 7:55 AM MSTSNOW 2.54 E Parker, CO
Dec 20, 7:55 AM MSTSNOW 3.16 Ssw Gold Hill, CO
Dec 20, 8:05 AM MSTSNOW 16 Ssw Highlands Ranch, CO
Dec 20, 9:52 AM MSTSNOW 54 E Parker, CO
Dec 20, 10:04 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 7.52 S Aurora, CO
Dec 20, 10:50 AM MSTSNOW 4.6Greeley, CO
Dec 20, 11:10 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 74 Nnw Gold Hill, CO
Dec 20, 11:30 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 61 Nnw Centennial, CO
Dec 20, 11:30 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 74 Sse Bennett, CO
Dec 20, 11:30 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 75 E Bennett, CO
Dec 20, 11:32 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 74 E Bergen Park, CO
Dec 20, 11:32 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 7Genesee, CO
Dec 20, 11:32 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 141 Sw Evergreen, CO6 INCHES SINCE 1PM PEAK GUST 30 MPH
Dec 20, 11:33 AM MSTSNOW 51 Sse Perry Park, CO
Dec 20, 11:33 AM MSTSNOW 5.11 Sse Perry Park, CO16 INCH DRIFTS
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTSNOW 54 Nnw Aspen Park, CO
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTSNOW 5.52 N Longmont, CO
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 65 S Denver, CO
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 6Littleton, CO
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 8Arvada, CO
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 8.67 Sw Buckhorn Mountain, CO
Dec 20, 11:59 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 95 Ese Brookvale, CO
Dec 20, 12:12 PM MSTSNOW 4.51 N Fort Collins, CO
Dec 20, 12:12 PM MSTSNOW 4.5Fort Collins, CO
Dec 20, 12:23 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 74 E Parker, CO30 INCH DRIFTS
Dec 20, 12:23 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 74 E Parker, CO
Dec 20, 12:41 PM MSTSNOW 5.55 Wnw Chatfield Reservo, CO
Dec 20, 12:45 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 106 S Brighton, CO
Dec 20, 12:56 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 10.5Se Aurora, CO1-2 FEET PER HOUR. 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
Dec 20, 12:58 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 8Frederick, CO30 INCH DRIFTS
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTSNOW 52 Ese Broomfield, COSNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 83 Nnw Dacono, CO
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 9.32 S Englewood, CO
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 103 Ssw Boulder, CO
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 104 E Parker, CO
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 105 Ene Boulder, CO
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 105 Ssw Barr Lake, CO
Dec 20, 1:08 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 10.55 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO
Dec 20, 1:15 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 102 Sw Boulder, CO
Dec 20, 1:31 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 12.5Genesee, CO
Dec 20, 1:32 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 12Lone Tree, CO
Dec 20, 1:38 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 143 Ene Longmont, CO
Dec 20, 1:40 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 162 Sw Boulder, CO
Dec 20, 1:50 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 10Golden, CO1.5-2.0 INCHES PER HOUR
Dec 20, 1:55 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 61 Nw Loveland, CO
Dec 20, 1:55 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 13Sw Erie, CO3 INCHES PER HOUR
Dec 20, 2:00 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 111 N Strasburg, CO4 FEET DRIFTS. WINDS MEASURED N-NW 25G40. VSBY 1/4-1/2 MILE
Dec 20, 2:00 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 14Westminster, COSNOWFALL AMOUNTS 12-16 INCHES.
Dec 20, 2:01 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 94 N Loveland, CO2-3 FEET DRIFTS
Dec 20, 2:01 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 16Conifer, CO3 FEET DRIFTS 2-3 INCHES PER HOUR
Dec 20, 2:10 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 71 N Greeley, CO3 FEET DRIFTS
Dec 20, 2:13 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 9Arvada, CO
Dec 20, 2:19 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 121 Se Frederick, CO3 FEET DRIFTS. REPORTED THUNDER. VERIFIED BY RADAR.
Dec 20, 2:20 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 16.27 S Crescent Village, COCOAL CREEK CANYON. COOP OBSERVER CCCC2. 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR SINCE 10AM
Dec 20, 2:30 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 9.53 Sse Denver, CO
Dec 20, 2:32 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 16Jamestown, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS45 KBOU 191910
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD TO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS BY MID DAY
THURSDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED THE BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EAST OF THE
DIVIDE...THE URBAN CORRIDOR...AND ALL THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO WEDNESDAY INTO THE THURSDAY. FAIRLY STRONG SURFACE WINDS
OVER THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN FACT OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER
THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PEOPLE ACROSS COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TRAVELERS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION.

COZ048>051-200315-
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LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...
LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...
HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35
MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ031-192015-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.A.0011.061220T1300Z-061221T1300Z/
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...
GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH. 

$$

COZ035-036-200315-
/O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0011.061220T1300Z-061221T1300Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
 
SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL COMMENCING
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 10 TO 20
MPH ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ038>044-047-200315-
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/O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...
PUNKIN CENTER
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL COMMENCING
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES.  NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ033-034-200315-
/O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0011.061220T1300Z-061221T1300Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS SNOW WILL BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ045-046-200315-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...
HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL COMMENCING
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES.  NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ037-200315-
/O.EXT.KBOU.SN.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061222T0000Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
1210 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL GIVE WAY MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
10 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 200252
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
752 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WILL
MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS BY MID DAY
THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE COLORADO
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE FRONT RANGE EASTERN FOOTHILLS...THE
URBAN CORRIDOR...AND ALL THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO FROM
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. STRONG SURFACE WINDS OVER THE PLAINS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE MUCH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO THE WINDS
WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PEOPLE ACROSS COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TRAVELERS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION.

COZ048>051-201300-
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LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...
LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...
HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
752 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY. 

WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ035-036-201300-
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LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
752 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES. NORTHEAST
WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ038>047-201300-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER
752 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. NORTH
WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ033-034-201300-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
752 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES. NORTHEAST
WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ037-201300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061222T0000Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
752 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
GARD...WFO BOULDER
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 201121
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE
PLAINS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND
STALL OUT OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY THIS EVENING. 

SNOW WAS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND
WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
AND BECOME HEAVY. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH EAST OF I-25. THIS WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. 

IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WINDS WILL NOT BE AS
STRONG...BUT SNOWFALL WILL BE VERY HEAVY WITH SOME LOCATIONS
SEEING AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF SNOW.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATER
THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IS SIMPLY NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

COZ038>041-201930-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.061220T1300Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY
TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY
MORNING. AS MUCH AS 2 FEET OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE SOUTHERN
SUBURBS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35
MPH ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ042>047-201930-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061222T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.061220T1300Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF
COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE.  TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ048>051-201930-
/O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.061220T1300Z-061221T1900Z/
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...
LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...
HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF
COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ035-036-201930-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY THIS MORNING...AND
THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH AS MUCH AS 3 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ033-034-201930-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0012.061220T1300Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY THIS MORNING...AND
THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ037-201300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.061220T1300Z-061221T1300Z/
/O.EXT.KBOU.SN.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061220T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
421 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES LATE TONIGHT. 

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

BARJENBRUCH
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 201404
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
704 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND
STALL OUT OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY THIS EVENING.

SNOW WAS QUICKLY INTENSIFYING ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE
MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...AND UP TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION...NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH
EAST OF I-25. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND BRING THE ONSET OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WINDS WILL NOT BE AS
STRONG...BUT SNOWFALL WILL BE VERY HEAVY WITH SOME LOCATIONS
SEEING AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF SNOW BEFORE THE STORM MOVES OUT
THURSDAY MORNING.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATER THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS SIMPLY NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

COZ038>041-202215-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
704 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING. AS MUCH AS 2 FEET OF
SNOW WILL FALL IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ042>051-202215-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
704 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 


SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM NOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
10 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW
DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

$$

COZ035-036-202215-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
704 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH AS MUCH AS
3 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ033-034-202215-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
704 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE WITH
SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

COZ037-202215-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061221T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
704 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES LATE TONIGHT.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

BARJENBRUCH
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 201904
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1204 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PRODUCING
THIS WEATHER IS CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
COLORADO AT THIS TIME. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

AT 12 NOON MST...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PLAINS RANGE FROM ABOUT 4
TO 9 INCHES SO FAR WITH THE STORM...INCLUDING THE GREATER DENVER
AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS EAST OF THE
DIVIDE RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH SNOW DRIFTS ALREADY FROM 2 TO 4
FEET IN HEIGHT.

TRAVEL IS RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WILL LIKELY
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

COZ038>041-210315-
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
1204 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS
BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS MUCH AS 2 FEET OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE
SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WILL LIKELY
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ042>051-210315-
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NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
1204 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST
LOCATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WILL LIKELY
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ035-036-210315-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1204 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 18 TO 36 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH AS MUCH AS 4 FEET IN
THE FOOTHILLS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTHEAST WINDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WILL LIKELY BECOME
IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

$$

COZ033-034-210315-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
1204 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST
AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT
RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WILL LIKELY
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ037-210315-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061221T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
1204 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES LATE TONIGHT.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 202259
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
359 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...STRONG WINTER STORMS TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THIS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  THE STORM
PRODUCING THIS WEATHER IS CENTERED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF COLORADO.  IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

AT 4 PM MST...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PLAINS RANGE FROM ABOUT 6
TO 11 INCHES SO FAR WITH THE STORM. THE URBAN CORRIDOR HAS SEEN
ABOUT 9 TO 14 INCHES SO FAR. THE FOOTHILL AND PALMER
RIDGE...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GREAT DENVER
AREA HAVE HAD 14 TO 21 INCHES THUS FAR. THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS EAST
OF THE DIVIDE HAVE HAD 12 TO 22 INCHES SO FAR.  WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH SNOW DRIFTS UP TO
6 FEET.

TRAVEL HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.  TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

COZ038>041-210700-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
359 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BY
THURSDAY MORNING. AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN METRO DENVER SUBURBS AND THE PALMER
DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ042>051-210700-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
359 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
IN MOST LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ035-036-210700-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
359 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 40 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH AS
MUCH AS 4 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ033-034-210700-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
359 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 30 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS...
WITH THE HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ037-210700-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061221T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
359 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY DAWN. 

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 210229
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
729 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE STORM
PRODUCING THIS WEATHER IS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WILL
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD
ON THURSDAY. 

AT 7 PM MST...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PLAINS HAVE RANGED FROM 8 TO
14 INCHES. MEANWHILE OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED
FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES SO FAR. THE FOOTHILL AND PALMER RIDGE AREAS...
INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GREAT DENVER AREA HAVE HAD
16 TO 28 INCHES THUS FAR. THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE DIVIDE
HAVE HAD 12 TO 24 INCHES SO FAR. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 6 FEET IN SOME PLACES.

TRAVEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

COZ038>041-211030-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
729 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MOST
LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL
FALL IN THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN METRO DENVER SUBURBS AND THE
PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ042>051-211030-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
729 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
IN MOST LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ035-036-211030-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
729 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 40 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...
WITH AS MUCH AS 4 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ033-034-211030-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
729 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 30 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS...
WITH THE HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ037-211030-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061221T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
729 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY DAWN.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 210531
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STORM PRODUCING
THIS WEATHER IS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WILL SLOWLY
MOVE EASTWARD ON THURSDAY. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING.

AT 10 PM MST...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PLAINS HAVE RANGED FROM 8
TO 16 INCHES. MEANWHILE OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AMOUNTS HAVE
RANGED FROM 14 TO 22 INCHES SO FAR. THE FOOTHILL AND PALMER RIDGE
AREAS... INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GREAT DENVER AREA
HAVE HAD 18 TO 30 INCHES THUS FAR. THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE
DIVIDE HAVE HAD 12 TO 24 INCHES. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WITH SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 6
FEET IN SOME PLACES.

TRAVEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

COZ038>041-211345-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16
TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING.
AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN METRO DENVER SUBURBS AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ042>051-211345-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10
TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY
MORNING.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ035-036-211345-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20
TO 40 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH AS MUCH AS 4 FEET IN THE
FOOTHILLS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10
TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ033-034-211345-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 15
TO 30 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS... WITH THE HEAVIEST ON
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

COZ037-211300-
/O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061221T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST
THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY DAWN.

NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 211113
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST
COLORADO THIS MORNING...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE. HOWEVER...
THE GREATER WEATHER THREAT WILL BE STRONG WINDS WHICH WILL PRODUCE
GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS.

TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE BE VERY DIFFICULT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS MORNING. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO
THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS.

COZ037-211215-
/O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061221T1300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
413 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. 

$$

COZ038>041-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
413 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER 1
TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN THE
SOUTHERN METRO AREAS.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 24 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL
IN THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN METRO DENVER SUBURBS AND THE
PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

$$

COZ042>051-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
413 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS.

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS.

$$

COZ035-036-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
413 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER 2 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 25 TO 35 INCHES...WITH AS MUCH AS 4 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS.

$$

COZ033-034-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
413 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER 2 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING.  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 15
TO 30 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ON
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS.

$$

046
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 211703
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1003 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...WINTER STORM LOOSENING ITS GRIP ON NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...

.A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN
KANSAS AT 10 AM THURSDAY. IT WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING
THE DAY...LESSENING ITS IMPACT ON NORTHEAST COLORADO.

COZ038-039-211815-
/O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
1003 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD
WARNING. 

A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE
ESSENTIALLY ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST DENVER SUBURBS AROUND
KEN CARYL BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF JEFFERSON
...BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES AS WELL AS WESTERN BROOMFIELD
COUNTY WILL NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS.

$$

COZ033-034-211815-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
1003 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...
ALONG SOME GUSTY WINDS IN THE HIGHER AREAS BUT MOST OF THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END.

$$

COZ040-041-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
1003 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER
COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN THE
SOUTHERN METRO AREAS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 30 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS. AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL
IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN DENVER AND THE
PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS BUT WILL BE TAPERING OFF DURING THE REST OF THE DAY.

$$

COZ042>051-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
1003 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76.

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING
HOURS.

$$

COZ035-036-211900-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1003 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. 

AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY NOON IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KBOU 211910
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1210 PM MST THU DEC 21 2006

COZ040>051-212015-
/O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...
LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
1210 PM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
PALMER DIVIDE AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES.
SOME SPOTS IN THESE AREAS COULD SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION. OTHER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL SEE LESSER
AMOUNTS.  

WINDS HAVE DECREASED QUITE A BIT FROM THOSE OBSERVED EARLIER THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE OVER
AREAS EAST OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON BUT WILL ALSO BE ON THE DECREASE DURING THAT TIME.

$$

COZ035-036-212015-
/O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061221T1900Z/
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1210 PM MST THU DEC 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 4:11 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 16 more56 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every blizzard warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.