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Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2008, 3:54 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 23 hr. 45 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2008, 3:54 AM MST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2008, 11:20 AM MST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:40 AM MST | SNOW 3.2 | Louisville, CO | |
| Dec 14, 3:45 AM MST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 Sw Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 14, 5:45 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | Winter Park, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 W Boulder, CO | NWS OFFICE |
| Dec 14, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 N Loveland, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:04 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:20 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Breckenridge, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:23 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | St Marys Glacier, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:35 AM MST | SNOW 5.1 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:39 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | Niwot, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 Nw Loveland Pass, CO | EAST EISENHOWER TUNNEL |
| Dec 14, 6:53 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 N Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 14, 6:59 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 S Golden, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.9 | Estes Park, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 13 N Glendevey, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:01 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Boulder, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:06 AM MST | SNOW 4.7 | Louisville, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:18 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Sw Arvada, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:20 AM MST | SNOW 2.7 | 1 Ssw Evergreen, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 2.9 | Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 1 Sw Wellington, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Antero Reservoir, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:38 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 7 E Nederland, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:38 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 N Golden, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:46 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Lakewood, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:49 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:51 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | Rollinsville, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.6 | Buckhorn Mountain, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.1 | 4 E Fort Collins, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.4 | Bailey, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:02 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 W Evergreen, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:03 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 7 Sw Boulder, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 3.6 | 1 W Boulder, CO | NWS OFFICE |
| Dec 14, 8:23 AM MST | SNOW 3.8 | Loveland, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:37 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Conifer, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:38 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Arvada, CO | |
| Dec 14, 8:43 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.4 | Walden, CO | |
| Dec 14, 9:10 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 14, 9:27 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Loveland, CO | |
| Dec 14, 9:51 AM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Dec 14, 10:15 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Grand Lake, CO | |
| Dec 14, 10:45 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ne Bergen Park, CO | |
| Dec 14, 11:30 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | 1 Sw Erie, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 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 131054 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 354 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DIVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THIS WEEKEND...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOIST AND VERY COLD AIR ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY BY THIS EVENING. ON THE PLAINS... SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DELAYS. COZ031-131900- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.081213T1900Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0013.081213T1900Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS 354 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH COLORADO. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND THE RABBIT EARS PASS AREA. 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. $$ COZ033-034-131900- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0013.081213T1900Z-081215T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK... WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 354 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH COLORADO. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BARJENBRUCH
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KBOU 131401 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 701 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DIVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THIS WEEKEND...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOIST AND VERY COLD AIR ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY BY THIS EVENING. ON THE PLAINS... SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DELAYS. COZ031-033-034-132200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.081213T1900Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 701 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH COLORADO. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND THE RABBIT EARS PASS AREA. 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. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 132228 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 328 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DIVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THIS WEEKEND...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOIST AND VERY COLD AIR ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY BY THIS EVENING. ON THE PLAINS... SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DELAYS. COZ031-033-034-140430- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 328 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH COLORADO. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND THE RABBIT EARS PASS AREA. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 132252 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DIVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOIST AND VERY COLD AIR ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO BY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DELAYS. COZ031-033-034-140500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH COLORADO. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...AND WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND THE RABBIT EARS PASS AREA WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. 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. $$ RJK/SWE
000 WWUS45 KBOU 140457 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 957 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 .SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MANY OF THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES SHOULD SEE THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION...PARTICULARLY THOSE SLOPES IN SUMMIT...GRAND AND JACKSON COUNTIES. AS OF LATE SATURDAY EVENING...THE CHAIN LAW WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON LOVELAND AND VAIL PASSES...AND AT BOTH PORTALS OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. HEAVY SNOW AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT MAY REQUIRE THE CHAIN LAW ON MANY OTHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...LOOK FOR A STEADY DECREASE IN SNOWFALL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. ALTHOUGH COLD AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE LONG DELAYS. COZ031-033-034-141100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 957 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR THE MOUNTAIN RANGES IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON SUNDAY. 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. $$ BAKER
000 WWUS45 KBOU 140734 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1234 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL. SO FAR...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY IN SUMMIT COUNTY WHERE AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED IN THE I-70 CORRIDOR. SNOW WAS ALSO SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BANDS PRODUCING SNOWFALL OF AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. AS OF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THE CHAIN LAW WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON LOVELAND AND VAIL PASSES...AND AT BOTH PORTALS OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. HEAVY SNOW AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF SUNDAY MORNING MAY REQUIRE THE CHAIN LAW ON MANY OTHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON SUNDAY... LOOK FOR A STEADY DECREASE IN SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...COLD AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE LONG DELAYS. COZ031-033-034-141500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1234 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AND COMBINE WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON SUNDAY. 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ035-036-141500- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.081214T0734Z-081214T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1234 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING FROM THE I-70 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD THROUGH BOULDER COUNTY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ COZ039-040-045-141500- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.081214T0734Z-081214T1900Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1234 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING FROM THE I-70 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD THROUGH BOULDER AND ADAMS COUNTIES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH IN AREAS EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AROUND DAYBREAK. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 141301 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 601 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL. SO FAR...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY IN SUMMIT COUNTY WHERE AT LEAST 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED IN THE I-70 CORRIDOR. SNOW WAS ALSO FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO HAD SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON TODAY... LOOK FOR A STEADY DECREASE IN SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH MOST LOCATIONS STAYING UNDER THE 10 DEGREE MARK ALL DAY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE LONG DELAYS. COZ035-036-141415- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081214T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 601 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$ COZ031-033-034-141915- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 601 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS...SOME BRIEFLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ042-044-048>051-141915- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 601 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS TODAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX A BIT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND DRESS IN WARM LAYERS OF CLOTHING. $$ COZ039-040-045-141900- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081214T1900Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 601 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA THIS MORNING...PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD WITH READINGS APPROACHING THE ZERO DEGREE MARK. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 141418 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 718 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL. SO FAR...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY IN SUMMIT COUNTY WHERE BETWEEN 5 AND 12 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WERE REPORTED AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. SNOW WAS ALSO FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO HAD SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON TODAY... LOOK FOR A STEADY DECREASE IN SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH MOST LOCATIONS STAYING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ALL DAY. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER AND ESPECIALLY THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE DELAYS. COZ039-040-141530- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081214T1900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 718 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE BOULDER AND DENVER METRO AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ COZ031-033-034-142030- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 718 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS...SOME BRIEFLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ045-141900- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081214T1900Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 718 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE RURAL PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING...PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD WITH READINGS APPROACHING THE ZERO DEGREE MARK...AND WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE DANGEROUSLY COLD. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS OF CLOTHING. $$ COZ042-044-048>051-142030- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 718 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS TODAY. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX A BIT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND DRESS IN WARM LAYERS OF CLOTHING. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 141820 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1120 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 .A WINTER STORM WILL GRADUALLY EXIT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE CURRENTLY...ONLY LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. PRETTY STRONG NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PLAINS CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND SHILL TEMPERATURES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ031-033-034-141930- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1120 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO MORE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. $$ COZ045-141930- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081214T1900Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1120 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON IF AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION AT BEST. $$ COZ042-044-048>051-150000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1120 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER INCH OF SO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND DRESS IN WARM LAYERS OF CLOTHING. $$
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Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
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.