Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2006, 3:38 AM MST for 19 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 19, 2006, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 13 hr. 13 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 19, 2006, 3:38 AM MST (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2006, 3:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2006, 3:50 AM MST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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 19, 6:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 6 N Wellington, CO | |
| Mar 19, 7:33 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 2 S Kiowa, CO | |
| Mar 19, 7:36 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 6 E Elizabeth, CO | |
| Mar 19, 7:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Elizabeth, CO | |
| Mar 19, 7:48 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Fort Morgan, CO | |
| Mar 19, 8:11 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Estes Park, CO | |
| Mar 19, 8:20 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 19, 8:40 PM MST | SNOW 4.3 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 19, 8:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 E Elizabeth, CO | |
| Mar 19, 8:55 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 15 N Nunn, CO | |
| Mar 19, 11:07 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 N Loveland, CO | |
| Mar 19, 11:11 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 19, 11:45 PM MST | SNOW 2.4 | 2 W Boulder, 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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 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 191038 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 338 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...LATE SEASON STORM HEADING TOWARD NORTHEASTERN COLORADO... .A STRONG LATE SEASON WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY BEFORE SWEEPING ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WILL PACK ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALONG WITH GUSTY UPSLOPE WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ON THE NORTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT AREAS INCLUDING THE FRONT RANGE AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE NEBRASKA AND WYOMING BORDERS. COZ035-036-038>051-191845- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0005.060319T2200Z-060320T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.060319T2200Z-060320T1800Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...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... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 338 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE INTENSE AND WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO BY THIS EVENING. ON THE PLAINS...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PARTICULARILY IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. IN THE FOOTHILLS...MANY AREAS WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WITH THE HEAVIEST EXPECTED TO FALL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTH OF I-70. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE OVER MANY AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT. 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. $$ 046
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KBOU 191827 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1127 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...LATE SEASON STORM TO AFFECT NORTHEASTERN COLORADO... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THEN SWEEP ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WILL PACK ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALONG WITH GUSTY UPSLOPE WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ON THE NORTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT AREAS INCLUDING THE FRONT RANGE AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE NEBRASKA AND WYOMING BORDERS. COZ035-036-038>051-200230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.060319T2200Z-060320T1800Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...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... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1127 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE INTENSE AND WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO BY THIS EVENING. ON THE PLAINS...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. IN THE FOOTHILLS...MANY AREAS WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WITH THE HEAVIEST EXPECTED TO FALL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTH OF I-70. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE OVER MANY AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT. 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. $$ D-L
000 WWUS45 KBOU 192338 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 438 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...POTENT LATE SEASON STORM STILL HEADING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO... .A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM ORGANING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST LATE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IS STILL FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. AS THE CENTER OF THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...MOIST AND UNSTABLE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT SNOWFALL SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AS WELL AS HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EASTWARD. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON MONDAY. COZ035-036-038>051-200745- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...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... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 438 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ON THE PLAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. IN THE FOOTHILLS...MANY AREAS WILL SEE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE DAY MONDAY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT. 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. $$ BAKER
000 WWUS45 KBOU 200147 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 647 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...POTENT LATE SEASON STORM STILL HEADING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO... .LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATED VERY HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION OF DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW HAS ALSO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF ARAPAHOE AND ADAMS COUNTIES. SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE ELIZABETH AREA. SNOW HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE DENVER AREA...BUT SNOW SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE URBAN CORRIDOR BY 9 PM. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM ORGANING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. AS THE CENTER OF THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... MOIST AND UNSTABLE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN BURSTS OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON MONDAY. COZ035-036-038>051-201000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...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... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 647 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ON THE PLAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE DAY MONDAY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT. 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. $$ SWE
000 WWUS45 KBOU 200434 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 934 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 .LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATED THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS SHIFTED INTO EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO MORGAN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED AROUND 9 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT 2 MILES SOUTH OF KIOWA AND 7 TO 9 INCHES IN THE ELIZABETH AREA. THE SNOW HAS DECREASED OVER THE DENVER AREA FOR THE MOMENT...BUT SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM TAKES BETTER SHAPE...IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS WILL NOW BE FROM ELBERT COUNTY AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST UP THROUGH WASHINGTON AND LOGAN COUNTIES. THE LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL FALL FROM DENVER NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN WELD AND NORTHERN LARIMER COUNTIES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WITH BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH SNOW RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON MONDAY. COZ035-036-038>051-201245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...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... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 934 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREAS...HOWEVER THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL REMAIN CONFINED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM ELBERT COUNTY AND EXTENDING UP THROUGH WASHINGTON AND LOGAN COUNTIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS...WHILE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. FOR DENVER AND POINTS NORTHWARD TO THE WYOMING BORDER...EXPECT 3 TO 8 INCHES BY MONDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE DAY MONDAY. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ON MANY AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT. 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. $$ SWE
000 WWUS45 KBOU 201050 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006 ...LATE SEASON STORM CONTINUES TO MARCH EASTWARD... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. EARLIER INDICATIONS WERE THIS STORM WOULD SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO COLORADO...BUT THIS LATEST STORM TRACK WILL KEEP THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE AREA. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS ...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. COZ038>051-201900- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.SB.Y.0009.060320T1050Z-060320T2300Z/ 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- 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...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 350 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS TODAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE FRONT RANGE AREA. CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-70 EAST OF DENVER AND I-76 FROM FORT MORGAN TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER. ADDITIONALLY...COLD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE WINDCHILL READINGS TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. 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. $$ COZ035-036-201200- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ 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 350 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. UP TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...MAINLY IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTH OF I-70. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND LARIMER COUNTIES. $$ 046
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 19, 3:34 AM MST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:34 AM MST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
334 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006
.SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...ALL EYES ON DVLPG WINTER STORM OVER THE
SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS MRNG. CNTR OF H5 CIRCULATION HAS SHIFTED INTO
SOUTHWESTERN UTAH...WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSELY PROGGED BY MDLS AS OF
LATE. AHD OF THIS LOW...ONE STG UPR WAVE HAS PASSED INTO NEBR ALG
WITH A BROAD AREA OF OVERRUNNING PCPN. OUR AREA CONTINUES TO SEE
STG LIFT IN THE MID AND UPR LVLS ACCORDING TO THE PROGS. THIS IS
PLAINLY EVIDENCED BY THE AREA OF SNOW SHWRS WHICH CONTINUES TO
BLOSSOM NICELY ON THE RADAR SCOPE AT THIS TIME. EXPECTING THESE
AREAS OF SNOW SHWRS TO MOVE PAST THE AREA QUICKLY DURING THE MRNG
HRS WITH PERHAPS A BRIEF LAPSE IN THE ACTION DURING THE LATER
MORNING INTO ELY AFTN HRS. EXPECTING LGT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARND AN
INCH FROM THESE SNOW SHWRS WITH UP TO 2 INCHES ALG THE WY/NEBR
BORDER. SOME AREAS OF THE PLAINS SOUTH OF I-70 MAY SEE A
RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE THE RAIN SUCCUMBS TO ALL
SNOW OVER THE ENTIRE DISTRICT BY TONIGHT.
TNGT...FACTORS SEEM TO BE COMING TOGETHER FOR A GOOD LATE SEASON
SNOWSTORM ACRS THE CWFA. GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION WL OCCUR ACRS THE
PLAINS WITH THE FLOW TURNING NELY IN A FAIRLY DEEP COLUMN OF THE
ATMS. WAS CONCERNED EARLIER THAT CYCLOGENESIS WOULD OCCUR TOO FAR
TO THE NORTHEAST OF US...WHICH WOULD CAUSE NR SFC WINDS TO FLIP TO
THE NW TOO EARLY IN THIS EVENT. BUT THIS SCENARIO IS NOT BORNE OUT
IN THE LATEST AVBL NAM AND MM5 GDNC. AS DEEPER NELY WNDS DVLP...
SNOW SHOULD RAMP UP NICELY...ESPECIALLY ALG THE FOOTHILLS AND FNT
RANGE. DUE TO DP MSTR...GOOD LAPSE RATES AND IMPRESSIVE FORCING IN
THE UPR LVLS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE THE BEST IN QUITE SOME TIME
AROUND THE REGION. SOME AREAS IN THE FOOTHILLS WL LIKELY SEE IN
EXCESS OF A FOOT OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK MONDAY IN PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW. SVRL INCHES OF SNOW PROBABLE ELSEWHERE. NEEDLESS TO SAY...THE
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR ALL THE PLAINS
AND THE FOOTHILLS.
.LONG TERM DISCUSSION...MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REFORM OVER NERN
NEW MEXICO BY 12Z MON AND THEN MOVE ENE INTO WRN KANSAS BY MON
AFTN. FAVORABLE MID LEVEL QG ASCENT AND DECENT QG VERTICAL
VELOCITIES SHOULD ALLOW FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
HOWEVER WITH VERY COLD AIR MOVING INTO NERN CO DURING THE DAY THE
HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO MORE OF A STEADY LIGHT SNOW FROM LATE MORNING THRU
THE AFTN HOURS. THUS WILL LET THE WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRE AT
MIDDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MON AFTN LOOK LIKE THEY WILL BE
IN THE GENERALLY IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR
WITH AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS IN THE 8 TO 16 INCH RANGE. FURTHER
EAST OVER THE PLAINS AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A FOOT. BY MONDAY EVENING
UPSLOPE FLOW WILL WEAKEN AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY STILL BE SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW OVER THE FAR
NERN CORNER AND ALONG AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.
ON TUE WITH LEFTOVER SNOW COVER AND SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS STILL IN
PLACE EAST OF THE MTNS TEMPS OVER NERN CO WILL STILL BE WAY BELOW
SEASONAL LEVELS WITH READINGS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF THE
20S. IN THE MTNS ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL LINGER FOR SOME WDLY SCT AFTN
-SHSN AS LAPSE RATES WILL BE FAIRLY UNSTABLE.
FOR LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
HOWEVER THIS SYSTEM WILL BE QUITE A BIT WEAKER. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING A CHC OF SNOW TO THE MTNS. OVER NERN CO SFC PTRN WILL NOT
HAVE ANY UPSLOPE COMPONENT ON WED AS SFC HIGH WILL BE OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A SSE LOW LEVEL COMPONENT THUS
THIS MAY KEEP BEST CHANCES OF PCPN AWAY FROM THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR.
FOR THU THRU SAT AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA AND
LEAD TO A DRIER AND GRADUALLY WARMER TEMPS. IN FACT TEMPS MAY RISE
BACK INTO THE 60S BY SAT ACROSS NERN CO.
&&
.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM TODAY TO 11 AM MONDAY FOR
THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...
ZONES 35...36 AND 38 THROUGH 51.
&&
046/RPKHazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 11:17 AM MST, 16 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1117 AM MST SAT MAR 18 2006 COZ030>051-191300- 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- 1117 AM MST SAT MAR 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. ACROSS THE PLAINS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. FOR TONIGHT...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL LINGER AND MIX WITH SOME SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN TODAY WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY. AS THIS STORM TRACKS EASTWARD IT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE HEAVY SNOW WILL EXTEND TO THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH COOL...MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND THEN COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD CONTINUE MONITORING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. D-L/DANKERS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 18, 11:54 PM MST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1154 PM MST SAT MAR 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 ENE NEDERLAND 39.98N 105.44W
03/18/2006 M7.7 INCH BOULDER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1004 PM SNOW 4 N LOVELAND 40.48N 105.07W
03/18/2006 M2.4 INCH LARIMER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0851 PM HEAVY SNOW 13 N BLACK HAWK 39.99N 105.49W
03/18/2006 M6.5 INCH BOULDER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0830 PM SNOW FORT COLLINS 40.56N 105.07W
03/18/2006 M1.5 INCH LARIMER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0813 PM SNOW 7 E ALLENSPARK 40.20N 105.39W
03/18/2006 M4.0 INCH BOULDER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0712 PM SNOW 9 SSW BOULDER 39.91N 105.32W
03/18/2006 M1.0 INCH JEFFERSON CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0605 PM SNOW 4 ENE NEDERLAND 39.98N 105.44W
03/18/2006 M1.7 INCH BOULDER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
FREDINNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every winter storm 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.