Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Oct 25, 2006, 2:42 PM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 25, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 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
- Oct 25, 2006, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2006, 12:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 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, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 5:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 1 Nne Idaho Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 5:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 85 | 1 Nne Idaho Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 5:20 AM MDT | SNOW 4.1 | 2 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Oct 26, 5:25 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Oct 26, 5:27 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 10 Sw Nederland, CO | ALL ROADS SNOWPACKED. |
| Oct 26, 5:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Broomfield, CO | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT OBSERVATION. |
| Oct 26, 5:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | Breckenridge, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Buckley Afb, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 2 N Loveland, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Centennial, CO | CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.3 | Denver, CO | OLD STAPLETON AIRPORT. 2 INCHES ON GROUND |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | Estes Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.4 | 3 Sw Jamestown, CO | 12 INCHES ON GROUND. |
| Oct 26, 6:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 5 Ssw Georgetown, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:29 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 4 Ssw Estes Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:35 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | Brighton, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:35 AM MDT | SNOW 3.2 | 5 Wnw Chatfield Reservo, CO | HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. STREETS SNOWPACK. |
| Oct 26, 6:35 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Thornton, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:35 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Georgetown, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:46 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:52 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Breckenridge, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Sw Golden, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.6 | 8 Se Matheson, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.2 | Louisville, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Dillon, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 3 Nne Bailey, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 1 Sse Estes Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:02 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.2 | Genesee, CO | HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. |
| Oct 26, 7:05 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 1 Nne Idaho Springs, CO | 6.2 INCHES SINCE 5 AM. |
| Oct 26, 7:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 7 Nw Conifer, CO | HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Se Aurora, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Cheesman Reservoir, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | S Evergreen, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:31 AM MDT | SNOW 3.3 | 3 Se Denver, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:31 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | 7 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:33 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Niwot, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:40 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Genesee, CO | HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. |
| Oct 26, 7:40 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.3 | 5 N Evergreen, CO | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. |
| Oct 26, 7:45 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 5 Ene Arvada, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:45 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | Westminster, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.3 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Castle Rock, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Se Aurora, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.6 | 1 Wnw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | Hygiene, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Bailey, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.9 | Pine Junction, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 Wnw Fraser, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Lawson, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.6 | 1 Nw Rollinsville, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | S Evergreen, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 5 N Evergreen, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17.2 | 1 Nne Idaho Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 1 Nw Nederland, CO | 24 INCHES IN GROUND. |
| Oct 26, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 18 | Winter Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:29 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.1 | 1 Sse Perry Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:29 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 2 Ene Bergen Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:29 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 6 Ssw Gold Hill, CO | |
| Oct 26, 8:41 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Se Aurora, CO | 2 INCHES LAST 40 MINUTES. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 3065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 252042 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM ORGANIZING OVER EASTERN UTAH TAKING AIM ON COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER UTAH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ON THE PLAINS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY MIDNIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN AND IF RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...THE RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FORT COLLINS TO LONGMONT TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AND UP AGAINST THE FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. ALL PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SEVERELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED OVERNIGHT. CHAINS OR ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES MAY BE REQUIRED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. COZ047-252145- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.A.0001.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. $$ COZ041-046-260500- /O.UPG.KBOU.BZ.A.0001.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA AFTER 9 PM...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. FARTHER EAST IN THE LIMON AREA...THE CHANGEOVER IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ033-034-260500- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.061026T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0300Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ035-036-260500- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.061026T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0300Z-061026T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY 9 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-260500- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY WIDELY FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA AND EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY...DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHEN THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS STRETCHING FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. ENOUGH SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES STILL HOLDING ONTO THEIR LEAVES TO BREAK BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ COZ045-260500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 242 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS WHETHER THE RAIN DEVELOPING LATE THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WOULD PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ BAKER/BARJENBRUCH
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KBOU 252052 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM ORGANIZING OVER EASTERN UTAH TAKING AIM ON COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER UTAH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ON THE PLAINS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY MIDNIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN AND IF RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...THE RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FORT COLLINS TO LONGMONT TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AND UP AGAINST THE FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. ALL PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SEVERELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. MANY HIGHWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED OVERNIGHT. CHAINS OR ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES MAY BE REQUIRED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. COZ033-034-260500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0300Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ035-036-260500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0300Z-061026T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY 9 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-260500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS MAY VARY WIDELY FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA AND EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY...DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHEN THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS STRETCHING FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. ENOUGH SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES STILL HOLDING ONTO THEIR LEAVES TO BREAK BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ COZ041-046-260500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA AFTER 9 PM...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. FARTHER EAST IN THE LIMON AREA...THE CHANGEOVER IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ037-260500- /O.NEW.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.061026T0300Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 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. $$ COZ045-260500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 252 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS WHETHER THE RAIN DEVELOPING LATE THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WOULD PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ BAKER/BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 260332 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...STRONG STORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM IS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS UTAH THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY OVER MANY AREAS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. COZ033-034-261145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ035-036-261145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-261145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS STRETCHING FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING 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. $$ COZ041-046-261145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 18 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ045-261145- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.061026T0600Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.061026T1200Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANCE TO SNOW AROUND DAWN THURSDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...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. $$ COZ037-261145- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 932 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 261020 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...STRONG STORM AFFECTING NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THIS MORNING AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS... PALMER DIVIDE...MONUMENT HILL AREA AND FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM BOULDER TO LONGMONT SOUTHWARD TO DENVER BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AS WELL AND PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISBILITIES ESPECIALLY FROM DENVER SOUTH TO THE PALMER DIVIDE AND MONUMENT HILL AREAS. COZ033-034-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY MAINLY ON EAST FACING SLOPES. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WITH POOR VISIBILTIES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ035-036-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS STRETCHING FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ041-046-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ037-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILTIES AT TIMES. 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. $$ COZ045-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.061026T1200Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 420 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANCE TO SNOW THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILTIES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 261349 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM POUNDING THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO... .HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING THIS MORNING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE I-25 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES WERE MOSTLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...BUT RATES AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE IDAHO SPRINGS AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH THROUGH THE BOULDER AND DENVER METRO AREAS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. RAIN HAD CHANGED TO SNOW AS FAR EAST AS AKRON AND LIMON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WELL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT. SNOWFALL TOTALS SO FAR RANGED BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS...TO BETWEEN 8 AND 18 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. COZ033-034-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ035-036-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THE NOON HOUR WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW. HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES STILL HOLDING ONTO THEIR LEAVES MAY CAUSE LIMB BREAKAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ COZ041-046-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ037-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THAT TIME ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 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. $$ COZ045-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 749 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 261409 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM POUNDING THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO... .HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING THIS MORNING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES WERE MOSTLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...BUT RATES AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE IDAHO SPRINGS AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH THROUGH THE BOULDER AND DENVER METRO AREAS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. RAIN HAD CHANGED TO SNOW AS FAR EAST AS AKRON AND LIMON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS...AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WELL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT. SNOWFALL TOTALS SO FAR RANGED BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS...TO BETWEEN 8 AND 18 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. COZ037-261800- /O.UPG.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THAT TIME ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 7 AND 14 INCHES. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ033-034-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ035-036-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THE NOON HOUR WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW. HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES STILL HOLDING ONTO THEIR LEAVES MAY CAUSE LIMB BREAKAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ COZ041-046-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ045-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 809 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 261544 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM POUNDING THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO... .HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING THIS MORNING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...IT WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREELEY TO BOULDER TO KREMMLING. SNOWFALL RATES SOUTH OF THIS LINE WERE MOSTLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR...BUT RATES AS HIGH AS 3 INCHES PER HOUR REPORTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF GILPIN AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS...AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WELL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT. SNOWFALL TOTALS SO FAR RANGED BETWEEN 3 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS THE BOULDER AND DENVER METRO AREAS...TO BETWEEN 10 AND 22 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. COZ033-034-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ035-036-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR DUE TO THE HEAVY FALLING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ039-040-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY THE NOON HOUR. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 5 AND 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW. HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES STILL HOLDING ONTO THEIR LEAVES WILL CAUSE LIMB BREAKAGE AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ COZ041-046-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LIMON AREA TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK... ELIZABETH...AND ELBERT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ037-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THAT TIME ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 7 AND 14 INCHES. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ045-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 944 AM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 261811 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1211 PM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...STORM SYSTEM WINDING DOWN ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .SNOW HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM DENVER NORTHWARD LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW TOTALS FROM THIS STORM RANGED BETWEEN 10 AND 25 IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WITH THE MOST COMMON TOTALS BETWEEN 12 AND 20 INCHES. IN THE BOULDER AND DENVER METRO AREAS...BETWEEN 3 AND 11 INCHES HAS FALLEN...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW HAS FALLEN OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK. FARTHER EAST...LIMON HAS REPORTED ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BUT ONLY AN INCH OR TWO STICKING ON THE GRASS. WINDS WERE STRONGER OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE SO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS OCCURRED IN THAT AREA AS WELL...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COZ041-046-262100- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.SB.Y.0017.061026T1811Z-061026T2100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 1211 PM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS DOUGLAS...ELBERT...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES WHERE MORE SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED. 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. $$ COZ033>037-039-040-261915- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS... WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 1211 PM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND BOULDER AND DENVER METRO AREAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED EXCEPT UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. $$ COZ045-261915- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-061026T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1211 PM MDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
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 Oct 25, 3:25 AM MDT, 11 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 3:25 AM MDT, 11 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 325 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...TDA-TNGT...GFS AND NAM IN FAIRLY GUD AGREEMENT ON SYNOPTIC FEATURES OF STG DIGGING UPR TROF WHICH CLOSES OFF AS IT MOVES FM GRT BASIN TO ARND 4 CORNERS BY THE END OF PRD. WITH SFC CYCLOGENESIS ARND OK PANHANDLE SYS WILL PRODUCE DEEP LYRD MOIST UPSLP FLO ACRS HI PLAINS AND AGNST ERN SLP MTNS. MDLS SHW STG DYNAMICS ALG WITH UPWRD Q-G OMEGA WITH SYS. MDLS ALSO SHW HIEST SNW AMTS ALG ERN SLP MTNS AND IN AND NR ERN FTHLLS. IT IS THIS FVRD AREA WHERE WILL ADD WNTR STRM WATCH IN ADDITION TO SRN PTN OF URBAN CORRIDOR JUST N OF THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BLIZZARD WATCH FOR THE PALMER DVD DUE TO PSBL HI WNDS. NO QUESTION ABT PSBL HVY SNW IN MTNS AND ERN FTHLLS... BUT OVRNGT MOS TEMPS ON PLAINS ARE FCST IN LWR TO MID 30S WHICH CUD PROVIDE FOR SUM MELTING AND THUS REDUCE SNW AMTS. HWVR... WILL UNDERCUT THESE TEMPS BY A FEW DEGS. GRT DISPARITY IN MDL RUNS LAST EVE FM NGT BFR MAKES THIS FCSTR WARY OF CURRENT RUN BEING LIKE FUTURE RUNS AND THIS IS REASON WHY THE WATCH WAS ISSUED AND NOT A WRNG. WILL KEEP LGT SNW AMTS IN MTNS IN MOIST SWLY FLO ALF TDA IN ADV OF SYS. WILL ALSO CUT BACK ON SHWRS TDA OVR PLAINS WHICH MDLS KEEP MSTLY DRY. TEMPS WILL CONT TO BE WRM ESPCLY ON PLAINS TDA IN SPITE OF MORE CLDNS WITH CDFNT AND MST OF COOLING ALF COMING TNGT. WILL MAKE ONLY SML ADJSTMTS TO MOS TEMP GDNC VALUES. .LONG TERM DISCUSSION...MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS FCST TO BE ALONG CO-NM BORDER NEAR TRINIDAD BY 12Z THU AND THEN MOVE QUICKLY INTO THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES BY 18Z AND THEN EAST OF AREA BY 00Z FRI. CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW STG NNE LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS NERN CO THRU 18Z WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SOME QG ASCENT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE FROM DENVER EAST SOUTHEAST TO LIMON THRU MIDDAY THUS WILL KEEP PREVIOUS WATCH IN PLACE. MEANWHILE COULD SEE SOME HEAVY SNOWS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MTN AREAS MAINLY TO THE WEST AND SW OF DENVER THRU THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY AS WELL SO WILL EXTEND THE WSA THRU 18Z. ALSO WILL KEEP A WSA GOING FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA AS WELL. BIGGEST CONCERN FOR ME WILL BE POSSIBLE BARRIER JET WHICH COULD KEEP HEAVIEST SNOWS AWAY FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND WRN SUBURBS WITH AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 EXTENDING SOUTH TO THE PALMER DIVIDE RECEIVING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. BY THU AFTN QG ASCENT WILL BE RAPIDLY DECREASING ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOMING MORE NNWLY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR PCPN TO END QUICKLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR HOWEVER MAY STILL SEE SOME LINGERING SNOW OVER THE ECNTRL PLAINS THRU ABOUT 21Z. IN THE MTNS PCPN SHOULD END AS WELL IN THE AFTN AS SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN. FOR THU NIGHT INTO FRI THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA WITH DRY NWLY FLOW ALOFT. 850-700 MB TEMPS ARE FCST TO RISE ON FRI SO TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE EXCEPT WHERE DEEPER SNOW COVER EXISTS. OVER THE WEEKEND MAINLY DRY NWNW FLOW ALOFT IS FCST TO BE OVER THE AREA WITH 850-700 MB TEMPS CONTINUING TO RISE AS DOWNSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR TEMPS TO RISE WELL INTO THE 60S ACROSS NERN CO BOTH DAYS. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...BLIZZARD WATCH PALMER DIVIDE AND MONUMENT RIDGE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...ZONES 41..46..AND 47. ...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...ZONES 33..34..35 AND 36. ...WINTER STORM WATCH FM LATE EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...ZONES 39..40 AND 45. && GARD/RPK
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 11:26 AM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1126 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 COZ030>051-261200- 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- 1126 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING PALMER DIVIDE AND MONUMENT HILL... ...WINTER STORM WATCH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM BOULDER AND LONGMONT SOUTHWARD THROUGH DENVER. ...WINTER STORM WATCH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BOTH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT THOUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO...RAIN SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING...AND AS TEMPERATURES FALL...CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY THURSDAY MAY RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...4 TO 12 INCHES IN THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...AND 1 TO 4 INCHES ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER IDAHO AND NORTHERN UTAH IS EXPECTED TO TRACK JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA EITHER LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA ON THURSDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND MONUMENT HILL AREAS WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. OVER THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE....MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BOULDER TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO LIMON. THE STORM WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BAKER/BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 4:37 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:52 PM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Park | 21 hr |
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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.