Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 7, 2006, 8:57 PM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 8, 2006, 4:00 AM MST. It was in force for 17 hr. 26 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
- Mar 7, 2006, 8:57 PM MST (03:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2006, 4:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2006, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:45 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Mar 8, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Virginia Dale, CO | |
| Mar 8, 8:36 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 8, 9:03 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 8, 11:13 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 8, 1:19 PM MST | SNOW 3.6 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 8, 1:32 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 8, 1:39 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 7 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 8, 2:40 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Golden, CO | |
| Mar 8, 3:10 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 8, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Parker, CO | |
| Mar 8, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 5.2 | Boulder, CO | |
| Mar 8, 5:06 PM MST | SNOW 4.3 | Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER/WFO DENVER/BOULDER |
| Mar 8, 5:15 PM MST | SNOW 3.6 | 10 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Mar 8, 5:23 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 8, 5:34 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Evergreen, CO | 1/4 MILE VSBY. ELEVATION 7300 FEET. |
| Mar 8, 5:50 PM MST | SNOW 1.2 | N Longmont, CO | |
| Mar 8, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.7 | 1 Wnw Eldorado Springs, CO | 0.67 WATER CONTENT |
| Mar 8, 7:19 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 Sw Boulder, CO | CRESCENT PARK, COAL CREEK CANYON |
| Mar 8, 7:33 PM MST | SNOW 3.1 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 8, 7:39 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Mar 8, 7:41 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 E Parker, CO | |
| Mar 8, 7:45 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Erie, CO | |
| Mar 8, 7:57 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Niwot, CO | |
| Mar 8, 8:03 PM MST | SNOW 0.7 | 1 N Greeley, CO | |
| Mar 8, 9:09 PM MST | SNOW 0.6 | 5 Se Alma, CO | 1 NE TOP OF CROW HILL |
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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KBOU 080357 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 857 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006 COZ035-036-081200- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0004.060308T1300Z-060309T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0004.060308T1300Z-060309T0100Z/ 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 857 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FOOTHILLS BY SUNRISE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ROADS BECOMING ICY AND SNOW PACKED BY THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ COZ031-033-034-081200- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.060308T0700Z-060309T0100Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 857 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KBOU 081100 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 400 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 COZ038-039-081900- /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0004.060308T1300Z-060309T0100Z/ 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 400 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR NEAR THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS BY AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED BY THIS AFTERNOON. ALL DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. 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. $$ COZ035-036-081900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.060308T1300Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 400 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS BY AROUND SUNRISE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. ALL DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ040-041-043-081900- /O.NEW.KBOU.SB.Y.0008.060308T1300Z-060309T0100Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 400 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AROUND SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MANY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED BY AFTERNOON. ALL DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. 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. $$ COZ031-033-034-081900- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 400 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. ALL TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GARD...WFO BOULDER
000 WWUS45 KBOU 081446 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 746 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SPRING STORM JUST BEGINNING TO AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO TODAY. SNOW WAS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND ALSO SPREADING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS. THE SNOW WILL BE A LITTLE SLOW TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS...BUT BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE STILL EXPECTED. COZ035-036-082300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ 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 746 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. 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 SO DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ038-039-082300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 746 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS MORNING...MAINLY IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME RAIN MIXED IN AT TIMES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWFALL RATES INCREASING TO AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES LATER TODAY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS SO DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ040-041-043-082300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 746 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW MAINLY WEST OF I-25 WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF THE DENVER METRO AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND TURN TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TODAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ COZ031-033-034-082300- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 746 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 081817 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1117 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SPRING STORM SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS... .A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND ALSO BECOME HEAVIER. SOME RAIN WILL OCCUR AT TIMES IN ELEVATIONS BELOW 4500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. ON THE PLAINS...WARM GROUND HAS DELAYED THE ACCUMULATION OF SNOWFALL...BUT AS THE HEAVIER SNOW DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. COZ038-039-090100- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ 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 1117 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. 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. $$ COZ035-036-090100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1117 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS SO DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ040-041-043-090100- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 1117 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. $$ COZ031-033-034-090100- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1117 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 082259 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW MOVING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS... .A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW HAD BECOME HEAVY IN PLACES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE I-25 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD THIS EVENING...THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. COZ043-090100- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REPLACES THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WHILE NORTH WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH...STRONG WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ COZ040-041-090400- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY 9 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. WHILE NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 10 TO 20 MPH...STRONG WINDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED OR SLUSHY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ COZ036-090400- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES AROUND 9 PM...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. 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 SO DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ035-090100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 10 INCHES. MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS SO DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ031-033-034-090400- /O.EXT.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 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...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...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 MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID EVENING. BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATER THIS EVENING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. 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. $$ COZ039-090400- /O.EXT.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 9 PM...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ COZ038-090100- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 359 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY 6 PM. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. 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. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 090106 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW DROPPING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70... .A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO THIS EVENING. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DENVER AND SUMMIT COUNTY WILL MOVE SOUTH AFFECTING ELBERT...DOUGLAS...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...AND PARK COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING. SEVERAL AUTOMATED SENSORS FROM BERTHOUD PASS INTO NORTHERN PARK COUNTY INDICATED THAT 7 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS AND THE DENVER AREA SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES FROM BOULDER INTO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FOOTHILLS. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO WITH CLEARING INTO NORTH PARK AT SUNSET. THIS WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD WITH SNOW DIMINISHING AND THEN ENDING IN THE DENVER AREA BY MIDNIGHT. UNTIL THEN...EXPECT SLUSHY OR SNOW PACKED ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MAINLY WET ROADS WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. COZ035-090215- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ043-090215- /O.EXP.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ038-090215- /O.EXP.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ036-090400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES AROUND 9 PM...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY OR SNOW PACKED WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. $$ COZ031-033-034-090400- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID EVENING. BY THE TIME SNOW DIMINISHES LATER THIS EVENING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO A FOOT IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT AND NORTHERN PARK COUNTIES. ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY OR SNOW PACKED WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. $$ COZ039>041-090400- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ 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...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 606 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY 9 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. WHILE MOST ROADS WILL REMAIN WET...THERE WILL BE SLUSHY SPOTS AND BRIDGES MAY BECOME ICY. THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO THE WATER ON THE ROADWAY AND AREAS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. $$ GIMMESTAD
000 WWUS45 KBOU 090402 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 902 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW DIMINISHING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO... .AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW DIMINISHING IN NORTHERN COLORADO. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL HAVE LIGHT SNOW FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE GENERALLY RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE...THOUGH AN AREA FROM BERTHOUD PASS INTO NORTHERN PARK COUNTY RECEIVED AROUND 10 INCHES INCLUDING A BRIEF THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...1 TO 4 INCH REPORTS WERE COMMON IN AREAS JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. DRIVERS WILL STILL NEED TO EXERCISE A BIT OF CAUTION TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. BRIDGES WILL BECOME ICY LONG BEFORE OTHER SURFACES FREEZE. COZ036-090515- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 902 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. $$ COZ031-033-034-090515- /O.EXP.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 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...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...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 902 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. $$ COZ039>041-090515- /O.EXP.KBOU.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 902 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ GIMMESTAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 7, 8:20 PM MST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 8:20 PM MST, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 820 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006 UPDATED... CURRENT ANALYSIS STILL SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DECENT SNOW IN THE FOOTHILLS AND EVEN POSSIBLY OVER THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. LOW LEVEL FLOW INITIALLY WILL BE SELY LATE TONIGHT AND WED MORNING WHICH WILL FAVOR FOOTHILL AREAS WEST FORT COLLINS AND OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LARIMER AND WELD COUNTY FOR THE HEAVIEST PCPN. THEN BY 18Z LOW LEVEL FLOW IS FCST TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE NELY WHICH WILL SHIFT HEAVIEST PCPN SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOOTHILLS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER AND OVER THE DENVER METRO AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A FEW LOCATIONS. OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS BOTH NAM12 AND MM5 SHOW QUITE A BIT OF SNOW FROM FORT COLLINS TO GREELEY AND THEN SOUTHWARD INTO THE DENVER METRO AREA BY EARLY WED EVENING AS WELL. AT THIS POINT NOT SURE AMOUNTS WILL REACH WARNING CRITERIA AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY INDICATING HOWEVER WILL LIKELY NEED A SNOW ADVISORY FOR MOST OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR ESPECIALLY FROM LATE WED MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RPK .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...A VERY CHALLENGING FCST TO SAY THE LEAST. AFTER MUCH HEAD SCRATCHING APPEARS FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS WILL TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. UPR TROUGH ORGANIZING OVER NEVADA AND UTAH THIS AFTERNOON MARKED BY A PRONOUNCED BAROCLINIC LEAF SHOWING UP ON SATELLITE MAKES SLOW EWRD PROGRESS NEXT 24 HOURS. BEST QG FORCED ASCENT AND STEEPEST LAPSE RATE OVER CENTRAL NEVADA AT THIS HOUR WHERE CG LIGHTNING POPPING UP. QUESTIONABLE TRACK OF UPR LOW AND STRONG ASCENT REGION ONE REASON FOR CONSTERNATION AT THIS HOUR. TRACK OF H7 LOW PROBABLY MAJOR DECIDING FACTOR WHERE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AND WHEN. 18Z RUN OF GFS PLACES 7H LOW CENTER OVER NWRN CO AT 12Z/WED AND OVER S-CENTRAL CO BY 00Z/THU. WHEREAS 18Z/NAM PLACES THE H7 LOW ABOUT THE SAME STOP AT 12Z/WED...THEN DROPS IT SEWRD TO NEAR TRINIDAD BY 00Z/THU. UNLIKE THE GFS WHICH DOESN/T PRODUCE FAVORABLE UPSLOPE FLOW UNTIL AFTER 18Z/WED...NAM SHOWS E-SELY SFC-600MB FLOW OVER NERN CO FM 12Z-18Z/WED...THEN SOMEWHAT DEEPER NELY FLOW FROM 18Z-00Z. THIS MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER QPF AND SNOW AMTS OFFERED BY THE NAM. BOTH MODELS...INCLUDING THE LATEST MM5 CONFINE THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MTNS. SINCE EVERYTHING STILL PRETTY MUCH IN THE AIR WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE GFS AND NAM. DO FEEL STRONG ENOUGH TO ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY FOR MTN ZONES BEGINNING AT 06Z TONIGHT THROUGH 00Z/THU. NEXT...A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS FROM 12Z/WED TO 00Z/THU. SHOULD THINGS COME TOGETHER AS THE NAM SUGGESTS...COULD SEE SNOW TOTALS UPWARDS OF A FOOT IN THE FOOTHILLS...AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MTNS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE WILL PROBABLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 00Z/THU...WITH GREATEST AMTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. SHOULD SEE QUITE A BIT OF MELTING INITIALLY WITH WARM SFC TEMPS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS AS CLEAR AS GLASS. .LONG TERM DISCUSSION...SNOW WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW EVENING AS SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AIRMASS WILL DRY AND STABILIZE RATHER QUICKLY AS RIDGE BUILDS IN. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ON THE PLAINS EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS AND MAINLY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. IN THE MOUNTAINS...OROGRAPHICS WILL HELP SNOW SHOWERS LINGER INTO THE NIGHT BUT THE STRONG DRYING AND SUBSIDENCE WILL LIMIT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 INCHES OR LESS. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER EARLY THURSDAY...NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS STRONG WESTERLY FLOW HELPS GENERATE OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL. ANOTHER FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL LEAD TO SHALLOW UPSLOPE FLOW AND A BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL LATE IN THE NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GFS SHOWS NICE Q-G VERTICAL MOTION OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND PATTERN VERY FAVORABLE FOR FRONTOGENETIC FORCING WITH STRONG MID LEVEL THERMAL GRADIENT OVER COLORADO. STRONG JET MAX PLOWING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL ALSO LEND ITSELF TO EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. AS A RESULT...WILL INCREASE SNOW CHANCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. COULD BE SOME PRETTY DECENT ACCUMULATIONS AGAIN GIVEN POTENTIAL DURATION OF SNOWFALL. AS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH SETTLES OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES... WE DO EXPECT SOME RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THIS WEEKEND. WILL MAINTAIN THE DRY FORECAST FOR NOW OVER THE PLAINS AND KEEP CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. WHEN THE TROUGH EVENTUALLY KICKS OUT...WHICH IS STILL ADVERTISE TO BE EARLY NEXT WEEK...THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIP AT THAT TIME. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS WEDNESDAY...ZONES 35 AND 36. SNOW ADVISORY NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ZONES 31..33..AND 34. && BAKER/BARJENBRUCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 11:19 AM MST, 9 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1119 AM MST TUE MAR 07 2006 COZ030>051-081300- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-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-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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-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-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1119 AM MST TUE MAR 07 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDY...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FOR THE REST OF TODAY. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS LOWERING TO LESS THAN 30 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 P.M. TODAY FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PARKS. TONIGHT...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS AS A FAIRLY POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE STATE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE BY MORNING...BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR WIND AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR MOUNTAIN TRAVELERS. EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY TO LOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT....AND MAINLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS UNTIL WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WHERE ANOTHER 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS WHERE 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL POSSIBLE. FOR THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. ON THE PLAINS...THE HIGHEST THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM SETTLING OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES EJECTING ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL BRING THE COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BAKER/BARJENBRUCH
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:00 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 1 more | 12 hr |
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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.