Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Apr 23, 2007, 3:19 PM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 23, 2007, 11:49 PM MDT. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 23, 2007, 3:19 PM MDT (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2007, 11:49 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2007, 3:57 AM MDT
- In force
- 28 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 21:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:12 AM MDT | SNOW 2.3 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Apr 24, 7:13 AM MDT | SNOW 5.6 | St Marys Glacier, CO | |
| Apr 24, 7:31 AM MDT | SNOW 5.6 | N Idaho Springs, CO | |
| Apr 24, 7:49 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Sw Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 24, 8:19 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Apr 24, 8:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 1 N Castle Rock, CO | VISIBILITY LEES THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Apr 24, 8:48 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 24, 9:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Apr 24, 9:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 3 S Evergreen, CO | 4 INCHES LAST HOUR. |
| Apr 24, 9:38 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 S Rollinsville, CO | |
| Apr 24, 9:38 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | N Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Apr 24, 10:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Ene Bergen Park, CO | CHIEF HOSA EXIT I-70. HEAVY SNOW PRESENTLY. |
| Apr 24, 10:01 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 24, 10:03 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Sse Perry Park, CO | |
| Apr 24, 10:08 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 4 Sse Sedalia, CO | PAST 90 MINUTES. |
| Apr 24, 10:28 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Apr 24, 10:29 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Apr 24, 10:35 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Sw Loveland Pass, CO | AT LOVELAND SKI AREA. |
| Apr 24, 10:59 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Nne Bailey, CO | |
| Apr 24, 11:06 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 10 S Nederland, CO | |
| Apr 24, 11:06 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 3 S Evergreen, CO | 5 INCHES SINCE 9 AM. |
| Apr 24, 11:09 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | Genesee, CO | 2 INCHES PAST HOUR. |
| Apr 24, 11:13 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | N Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 N Castle Rock, CO | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Apr 24, 12:13 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16.8 | Evergreen, CO | 1.8 INCHES PAST HOUR. |
| Apr 24, 12:37 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 4 Ene Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 24, 12:48 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 Sse Sedalia, CO | SINCE 830 AM |
| Apr 24, 1:31 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 4 E Parker, CO | NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. WINDS NORTH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. |
| Apr 24, 1:39 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | 3 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. |
| Apr 24, 1:49 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 E Castle Rock, CO | |
| Apr 24, 2:09 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Apr 24, 2:09 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 20.8 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Apr 24, 2:11 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 Sw Golden, CO | |
| Apr 24, 2:15 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | Kiowa, CO | |
| Apr 24, 2:49 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 3 Sw Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 3 Nne Bailey, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:14 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 W Castle Rock, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:18 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 E Parker, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:35 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Loveland Pass, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:35 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17.5 | 10 S Nederland, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:49 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 1 Sse Perry Park, CO | |
| Apr 24, 3:50 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17.2 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 24, 4:15 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 23.8 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Apr 24, 4:16 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Apr 24, 4:21 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 10 Nne Elizabeth, CO | |
| Apr 24, 4:25 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Apr 24, 4:45 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 14 Se Aurora, CO | |
| Apr 24, 4:45 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | 12 Se Aurora, CO | 3.46 INCHES PRECIPITATION |
| Apr 24, 4:52 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | Parker, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:03 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Ne Franktown, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:07 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 10 E Parker, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:09 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Castle Rock, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:20 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 3 Ne Bergen Park, CO | |
| Apr 24, 5:56 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 20.2 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 24, 6:03 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 25.8 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Apr 24, 6:30 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17.5 | Black Hawk, CO | |
| Apr 24, 6:32 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 14 Wsw Agate, CO | |
| Apr 24, 6:56 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 23 | 4 Ene Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 24, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 23 | 4 Ene Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | St Marys Glacier, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 232119 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 319 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...SPRING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD FROM UTAH ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY TUESDAY MORNING. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS REGION LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO THE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN...BUT MAY MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ACROSS THE DENVER AREA AND URBAN CORRIDOR...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...RUNWAYS MAY BECOME SLUSHY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE. COZ033>036-240530- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0005.070424T0600Z-070425T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.070424T0600Z-070425T1200Z/ 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- 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 319 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. $$ COZ041-240530- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0005.070424T0600Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 319 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY UP TO 1 FOOT IN SOME SPOTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KBOU 240549 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1149 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...SPRING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD FROM THE FOUR CORNERS INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY TUESDAY MORNING. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS REGION LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN...BUT MAY MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ACROSS THE DENVER AREA AND URBAN CORRIDOR...SOME ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY AREAS AND TREES. ROADS SURFACES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE WARM...THOUGH SLUSH COULD ACCUMULATE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. COZ041-241400- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0005.070424T0600Z-070425T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0005.070424T1200Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 1149 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW LATER TONIGHT...AND CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATER TUESDAY. WHERE IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW...THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES...WHILE AREAS CLOSER TO 6000 FEET MAY ONLY HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. RESIDENTS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LATER ON TUESDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE BREAKAGE OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ COZ033>036-241400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.070424T0600Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1149 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS IN THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL LATER ON TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY CAUSE BREAKAGE OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. $$ GIMMESTAD
000 WWUS45 KBOU 241131 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 531 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLORADO BORDER TODAY...BRINGING PLENTIFUL MOISTURE ACROSS COLORADO. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO KANSAS. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN...BUT MAY MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN THE DENVER AREA...SOME ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY AREAS AND TREES. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ENOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES TO CAUSE LIMBS TO BREAK AND TO PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS ARE AT GREATEST RISK AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THERE. ROAD SURFACES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE WARM...THOUGH SLUSH COULD ACCUMULATE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. COZ033>036-241945- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ 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- 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 531 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS IN THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ041-241945- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.070424T1200Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 531 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS MOST OF DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES DURING THE DAY. WHERE IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW...THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. RESIDENTS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ037-241945- /O.NEW.KBOU.SN.Y.0009.070424T1200Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 531 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GIMMESTAD
000 WWUS45 KBOU 241555 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 955 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLORADO BORDER TODAY...BRINGING PLENTIFUL MOISTURE ACROSS COLORADO. UPSLOPE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO KANSAS. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN...BUT MAY MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND 2 INCHES. IN THE DENVER AREA...SOME ACCUMULATION OF WET SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY AREAS AND TREES. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ENOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES TO CAUSE LIMBS TO BREAK AND TO PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS ARE AT GREATEST RISK AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THERE. ROAD SURFACES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE WARM...THOUGH SLUSH COULD ACCUMULATE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. COZ040-250000- /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 955 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ABOVE 5500 FEET...IN AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF DENVER...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS INCLUDING PARKER...SEDALIA...HIGHLANDS RANCH AND LOUVIERS CAN EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ033>036-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ 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- 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 955 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS IN THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ041-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 955 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. RESIDENTS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ037-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 955 AM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 242146 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 346 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE... .A STRONG SPRING STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO AREAS IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE COUPLED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN...BUT MAY MIX WITH SNOW TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AROUND 2 INCHES. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ENOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES TO CAUSE LIMBS TO BREAK AND TO PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. COZ033-035-250600- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.070424T2146Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 346 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. $$ COZ037-242300- /O.CAN.KBOU.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 346 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. $$ COZ046-047-250600- /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 346 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN AND NEAR THE PALMER DIVIDE OVERNIGHT ...MAINLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ034-036-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...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...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 346 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 30 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS IN THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ040-041-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 346 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 5500 FEET...IN AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF DENVER...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS INCLUDING PARKER...CENTENNIEL...SEDALIA...HIGHLANDS RANCH AND LOUVIERS CAN EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER MONUMENT RIDGE. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 250011 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 611 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE WHILE ALSO SPREADING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING... .A STRONG SPRING STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO AREAS IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT. RAIN WAS CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN AREAS FARTHER EAST TOWARD LIMON AND AKRON. AS MUCH AS 26 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE COUPLED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ENOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES TO CAUSE LIMBS TO BREAK AND TO PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. SEVERAL LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF DENVER HAVE ALREADY LOST POWER. COZ047-250815- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 611 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF 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. $$ COZ034-036-250815- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 611 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 30 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ040-041-046-250815- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 611 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT. LOCATIONS INCLUDING PARKER...CENTENNIEL...SEDALIA...HIGHLANDS RANCH...AURORA... AND LOUVIERS CAN EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES FROM CASTLE ROCK SOUTHWARD. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FROM DOWNTOWN DENVER NORTHWARD...ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM NOTHING TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ045-250815- /O.EXA.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 611 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. THE SNOW AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF BYERS AND STRASBURG. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ033-035-250815- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 611 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER AND THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 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. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 250307 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SPRING SNOWSTORM BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND LOOSEN ITS GRIP ON NORTHEASTERN COLORADO OVERNIGHT. SNOW WAS ALREADY DECREASING OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST COLORADO OVERNIGHT. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR ENOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATION ON TREES TO CAUSE MORE TREE LIMBS TO BREAK...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SEVERAL LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF DENVER HAVE ALREADY LOST POWER. COZ046-251115- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET. NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ034-250415- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...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 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 3 INCHES. $$ COZ033-035-047-250415- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ COZ036-250600- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T0600Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 3 INCHES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN ALL AREAS BY MIDNIGHT TO JUST SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. THERE MAY BE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ040-250600- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T0600Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 2 INCHES. LOCATIONS INCLUDING PARKER AND SOUTHEAST AURORA CAN EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. FARTHER NORTH INCLUDING DOWNTOWN DENVER... ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ041-251115- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DECREASE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN STILL BE EXPECTED...BRINGING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 8 TO 18 INCH RANGE. RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD PLAN ON HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. $$ COZ045-251115- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 907 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...BRINGING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF BYERS AND STRASBURG. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 250555 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1155 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW CONTINUING SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...DECREASING ELSEWHERE... .THE STORM THAT BROUGHT RAIN...SNOW...AND WIND TO NORTHERN COLORADO ON TUESDAY WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WAS ENDING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. ROADS REMAIN CLOSED FROM DOUGLAS AND EL PASO COUNTY EAST TO LIMON DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. POWER REMAINS OUT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS AS WELL. EVENING REPORTS INDICATED THAT 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES AND IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY SOUTH OF BENNETT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTHWARD WERE IN THE ONE TO TWO FOOT RANGE. THE SNOW SOUTHEAST OF DENVER WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN ELBERT COUNTY. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH ONLY MINOR DRIFTING SNOW. COZ036-250700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T0600Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1155 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ COZ040-250700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T0600Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1155 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE METRO AREA...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ COZ041-251200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 1155 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN END BY MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN STILL BE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN ELBERT COUNTY...BRINGING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 8 TO 18 INCH RANGE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. MANY AREA ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND THERE ARE POWER OUTAGES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO DELAY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL UNTIL MORNING WHEN CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH IMPROVED. $$ COZ045-046-251200- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 1155 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN DECREASE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE...WITH SOME DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING IN ELBERT COUNTY. MANY AREA ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND THERE ARE POWER OUTAGES...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS IN ELBERT COUNTY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO DELAY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL UNTIL MORNING WHEN CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH IMPROVED. $$ GIMMESTAD
000 WWUS45 KBOU 250957 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 357 AM MDT WED APR 25 2007 ...STORM MOVING OUT OF COLORADO... .THE LATEST SPRING STORM WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN QUARTER OF COLORADO THIS MORNING...BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW IN AREAS SOUTHEAST OF DENVER HAS ENDED. THERE ARE STILL SOME ROAD CLOSURES AND POWER OUTAGES IN AREAS BETWEEN LIMON...CASTLE ROCK...AND COLORADO SPRINGS...SO TRAVELERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS BEFORE HEADING TO THOSE AREAS THIS MORNING. COZ041-251100- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 357 AM MDT WED APR 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ COZ045-046-251100- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070425T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 357 AM MDT WED APR 25 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BUT THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ GIMMESTAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Apr 23, 2:30 PM MDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:30 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 230 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007 .SHORT TERM...FOR THIS AFTN AND EVENING...LATEST STLT/RADAR/MTR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THE DENVER CYCLONE IN PLACE WITH SOME CONVECTION INITIATING OFF A CONVERGENCE LINE JUST TO THE EAST OF THE DENVER AREA. TSTMS HAVE HAD TROUBLE MAINTAINING THEMSELVES AS EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER HAD HINDERED AFTN HEATING. AN 18Z SOUNDING THIS AFTN ALSO SHOWED A FAIRLY STG INVERISION AROUND 750 MB. WITH ALL THAT SAID...IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SVR TSTMS WILL OCCUR EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF DENVER...PRIMARILY ZONES 41..45>47 AND MAYBE 49. LIC BUFFER SOUNDINGS SHOW CAPES OF 1000-1200 J/KG THIS AFTN WITH A VERY FVBL WIND SHEAR ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE. STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES ARE FCST TO INCRS TO AROUND 200 M2/S2 BY 00Z. AS A RESULT...SVR TSTMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS ARE PSBL IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS. AS FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATH OF THE INCOMING STORM SYSTEM. THE MDLS BRING THE SYSTEM ACRS SRN CO/NRN NEW MX OVERNIGHT...EVENTULLY WINDING IT UP OVER SERN CO BY 18Z TUESDAY. IN THE MTNS TONIGHT...MDLS SHOW QG VERTICAL VELOCITES INCRG OVERNIGHT. THE OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT HOWEVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE UNTIL THE CYCONE WINDS UP OVER SERN CO TUESDAY MORNING. WILL WORD THE HEAVIEST SNOW POTENTIAL IN THE MTNS FOR TUESDAY. AS FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE...THE NAM SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SNOW LEVEL TO DROP TO AROUND 5500 FEET. IF THAT OCCURS...THE HEAVY SNOW WITH VERY STG SFC WINDS WILL MAKE FOR SOME NASTY WEATHER OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. STRONG WINDS OF 50 KTS ARE PROGGED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE IN THE 750-800 MB LYR FM 15Z-18Z TUESDAY. CONVECTION GENERATED BY THE NAM LOOKS LIKE IT MAY AGAIN PLAY TRICKS WITH THE QPF TOTALS...OVERPLAYING THE PCPN. WITH SOME QUESTIONS STILL LINGERING HAVE OPTED TO GO KEEP THE WINTER STORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR ZONE 41 FOR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE LOW ENOUGH OR LAST LONG ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE URBAN CORRIDOR...BUT I WILL NOT RULE IT OUR COMPLETELY. FOR NOW WILL MENTION A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW FOR ZONES 39 AND 40...WITH 1-3 INCHES IN GRASSY AREAS. THIS WOULD MAINLY IMPACT AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS/PALMER DIVIDE. ELSEWHERE ACRS THE PLAINS...THE PCPN SHOULD REMAIN AS RAIN THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. .LONG TERM...BOTH GFS/NAM JOG THE UPPER LOW INTO FAR WEST CENTRAL KS BY 00Z WED BEFORE SHIFTING IT SOUTHWARD AGAIN INTO SW KS BY 12Z WED. GIVEN HIGH TENDENCY FIELDS...FEEL THE LOW TRACK MAY STAY MORE EASTERLY AND FAVOR A TRACK ACROSSS FAR SRN CO OR NRN NEW MEXICO. THIS ALL FAVORS SIGNIFICANT PRECIP ACROSS BOU CWA WITH MTNS/FOOTHILLS/PALMER DIVIDE REGION UNDER THE GUN FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH STRONG N-NE LOW LVL FLOW AND DEEP MSTR. MODELS ALSO HAVE SHOWED A SLOWER MOVEMENT IN THE LOW SO HAVE EXTENDED CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS DELAYED CLEARING ON WEDNESDAY. FOR TUE NITE...LOCAL SNOW MODEL YIELDS 6-12 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL ALSO BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER 4-8 INCHES THERE. OVER THE NERN PLAINS...AT THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL MAINLY BE A RAIN EVENT AS WET BULB ZERO TEMPS SHOW SNOW LEVEL AROUND 5000 FT. BUT WITH STRONG UPWARD ASCENT...SOME MIX RAIN/SNOW AND LIGHT ACCUMLATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH TRACK OF LOW IS SIMILAR BETWEEN NAM AND GFS...THE USUAL DETAILS AND QPF VARY SIGNIFICANTLY. APPEARS THE NAM QPF IS BEING EFFECTED BY CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WITH QPF NUMBERS TWICE AS MUCH AS GFS. MAIN CONCERN WOULD BE SNOW POTENTIAL ON THE PLAINS IF LOW LVL COOLING RESULTS IN MORE SNOW. CURRENTLY...SFC DEWPOINTS REMAIN AROUND 32 AROUND FRONT RANGE AND MID TO UPPER 30S ON THE PLAINS. LAPSE RATES ARENT THAT STEEP...AROUND 6C/KM SO AT THIS TIME WILL GO A MIX RAIN/SNOW WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMLATIONS ON THE PLAINS...AND 1-3 INCHES OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR. LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY IF INDEED MORE PRECIP TYPE BEING MORE OF THE FROZEN VARIETY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM PULLS FURTHER EASTWARD. A WEAKER TROF THEN MOVES ACROSS CO IN THE NW FLOW ON THURSDAY AND EARLY FRI WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF PRECIP BUT SHOULD BE FAIRLY FAST MOVING AND NO CHANGES IN CURRENT POPS. STRONG RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS ACROSS WRN GREAT BASIN TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AND THRU SUNDAY AS FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS AND REGION REMAINS DRY WITH GOOD WARMING TREND. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...NCNTRL MTNS AND FOOTHILLS ZONES 33..34..35 AND 36. ...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE...ZONE 41. COOPER/ENTREKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 10:26 AM MDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1026 AM MDT MON APR 23 2007 COZ030>051-241200- 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- 1026 AM MDT MON APR 23 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES... ESPECIALLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF DENVER. AT THIS TIME THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM AROUND WATKINS TO CASTLE ROCK TO LARKSPUR. MEANWHILE AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM SOUTHERN UTAH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO BY LATE TONIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. AS A RESULT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO ON TUESDAY AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS RAIN...HOWEVER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE MAY ALSO SEE SOME POSSIBLE HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCATIONS IN DENVER...INCLUDING DENVERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MAY SEE SOME MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST AND SOUTH OF DENVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. COOPER/ENTREKIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
118 PM MDT MON APR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM HAIL 4 E JULESBURG 40.99N 102.19W
04/21/2007 E0.75 INCH SEDGWICK CO NWS EMPLOYEE
ON I-76 NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. LATE REPORT.
0542 PM HAIL 5 S BURDETT 40.29N 102.97W
04/21/2007 M1.75 INCH WASHINGTON CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0535 PM HAIL JULESBURG 40.99N 102.26W
04/21/2007 M1.00 INCH SEDGWICK CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0510 PM HAIL 5 SSE OVID 40.90N 102.36W
04/21/2007 M1.00 INCH SEDGWICK CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0440 PM HAIL 2 W FAIRFIELD 40.73N 102.52W
04/21/2007 M0.88 INCH PHILLIPS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0430 PM HAIL 5 S SEDGWICK 40.86N 102.53W
04/21/2007 M0.88 INCH SEDGWICK CO CO-OP OBSERVER
0429 PM HAIL 4 E HAXTUN 40.64N 102.55W
04/21/2007 M0.88 INCH PHILLIPS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0420 PM HAIL 8 S LONE STAR 40.24N 102.85W
04/21/2007 M1.00 INCH WASHINGTON CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0415 PM HAIL 5 ESE ST PETERSBURG 40.53N 102.74W
04/21/2007 M1.25 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1.6 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH 3 INCHES OF HAIL
ON THE GROUND.
0411 PM HAIL ESE HAXTUN 40.64N 102.63W
04/21/2007 M1.00 INCH PHILLIPS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0408 PM HAIL 5 WSW HAXTUN 40.61N 102.72W
04/21/2007 M0.88 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0342 PM HAIL 8 SW HAXTUN 40.56N 102.74W
04/21/2007 M0.88 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0325 PM HAIL 7 N LONE STAR 40.45N 102.84W
04/21/2007 M0.75 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0325 PM HAIL 5 WSW HAXTUN 40.61N 102.72W
04/21/2007 M0.75 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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CLBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:34 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 6 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Morgan | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 5:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Morgan | 48 min |
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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.