Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 1, 2008, 9:51 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 2, 2008, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 15 hr. 58 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2008, 9:51 PM MST (04:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2008, 7:52 PM MST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:17 AM MST | SNOW 1.8 | Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Lake George, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.3 | Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Pine Junction, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Grant, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:45 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Bailey, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:50 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Louviers, CO | |
| Mar 2, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR. |
| Mar 2, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 5 Ese Aspen Park, CO | |
| Mar 2, 8:08 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 2, 8:09 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 2, 8:10 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Roxborough Park, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:03 AM MST | SNOW 1.8 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:24 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ne Bergen Park, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:27 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 W Littleton, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:43 AM MST | SNOW 0 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:43 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Mar 2, 10:11 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 8 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 2, 10:14 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Genesee, CO | 2.2 INCHES IN PAST 1.25 HOURS |
| Mar 2, 10:59 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 E Parker, CO | |
| Mar 2, 11:13 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Genesee, CO | 2 INCHES PAST HOUR |
| Mar 2, 11:14 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 4 E Parker, CO | ONE FOOT DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 11:29 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.3 | 5 W Littleton, CO | |
| Mar 2, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 3.4 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Mar 2, 11:38 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.3 | 4 Ene Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | Genesee, CO | 2.2 INCHES IN PAST HOUR. 6.5 INCHES IN PAST 3 HOURS. ALSO 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Mar 2, 12:26 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Highlands Ranch, CO | 12 INCH DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 12:44 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | 4 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:45 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Se Aurora, CO | 0.41 INCH WATER EQUIVALENT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. |
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ne Castle Rock, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM MST | SNOW 4.3 | 4 E Parker, CO | 2 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 1:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Arvada, CO | |
| Mar 2, 1:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 Sw Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Genesee, CO | 1.8 INCH IN PAST HOUR. |
| Mar 2, 1:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ne Bergen Park, CO | |
| Mar 2, 1:18 PM MST | SNOW 4.3 | 2 Nw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Mar 2, 1:21 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Mar 2, 1:25 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Arvada, CO | |
| Mar 2, 2:20 PM MST | SNOW 4.8 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | 16 INCH DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 2:59 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 E Parker, CO | THREE FOOT DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 3:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15.1 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 2, 4:05 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15.6 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 2, 4:23 PM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 2 Nw Elizabeth, CO | TWO FOOT DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 4:25 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 S Kiowa, CO | |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Mar 2, 4:32 PM MST | SNOW 5.2 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | 20 INCH DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 5:05 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 6 Ssw Elizabeth, CO | TWO FOOT DRIFTS |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:50 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Castle Rock, CO | |
| Mar 2, 6:04 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16.1 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 2, 6:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 3 Sw Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 3 Se Pinecliffe, CO | COAL CREEK CANYON |
| Mar 2, 7:05 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 5 Wnw Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:20 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.4 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:47 PM MST | SNOW 3.8 | Louviers, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 2 E Castle Rock, 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 4150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 020451 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SPRING CHANGING BACK TO WINTER... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM UTAH INTO COLORADO BY SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR AND SNOW TO NORTHERN COLORADO. DEEPENING UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH THE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT AND ONTO THE PLAINS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. COZ041-021300- /O.UPG.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1200Z-080303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RESIDENTS OF RURAL AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 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. $$ COZ036-021300- /O.UPG.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1200Z-080303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ035-021300- /O.EXB.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 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. $$ COZ039-040-021300- /O.EXB.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD DEVELOP IN THE DENVER METRO AREA BY SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS EAST OF DENVER WHERE TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ045>047-049-021300- /O.EXB.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ031-033-034-021300- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T0700Z-080303T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH TONIGHT PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ037-021300- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 951 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE MINOR 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. $$ GIMMESTAD
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KBOU 021250 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER EASTERN COLORADO... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR AND SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. DEEPENING UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY EVEN DEVELOP FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON IN HIGHER AREAS OF DOUGLAS...ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES. COZ036-022100- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE THIS MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ041-022100- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF RURAL AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE DRIFTING OF SNOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS 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. $$ COZ030-032-022100- /O.EXA.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN... DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS... KREMMLING 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN NORTH AND MIDDLE PARKS IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ039-040-022100- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE GREATER DENVER METRO AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CLOSE ROADS IN RURAL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ035-022100- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ045>047-049-022100- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.080302T1600Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIKELY BY MID- MORNING ACROSS WELD...MORGAN...EASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN ARAPAHO COUNTIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. 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. $$ COZ037-022100- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH PARK EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIKELY BY LATE THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ031-033-034-022100- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 550 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 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. $$ BAKER
000 WWUS45 KBOU 021629 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM PRODUCING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER EASTERN COLORADO... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY... BRINGING STRONG WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR...AND SNOW TO THE AREA. AFTER A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...SNOW INTENSITY WAS SLOWLY DECREASING. HOWEVER...THERE WERE STILL POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE WHERE SNOWFALL RATES WERE CLOSE TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR RANGED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. THE WORST CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INCLUDING DOUGLAS...ELBERT...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. COZ036-030030- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ041-030030- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ037-030030- /O.EXT.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH PARK THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ030>034-030030- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET...WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE...PRODUCING 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. $$ COZ039-040-030030- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ035-030000- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 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. $$ COZ045>047-049-030030- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 929 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS45 KBOU 021852 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM PRODUCING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN COLORADO... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY... BRINGING STRONG WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR...AND SNOW TO THE AREA. AFTER A LULL IN THE STORM LATE THIS MORNING...SNOW AND WINDS WERE ONCE AGAIN INTENSIFYING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY FROM PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES EASTWARD THROUGH DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES. A FEW PERIODS OF BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS CAN EVEN BE EXPECTED FROM ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES EASTWARD THROUGH THE LIMON AREA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR RANGED BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE WORST CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. COZ041-030300- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.080302T1852Z-080303T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. TRAVEL IS SIMPLY NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. $$ COZ036-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ030>034-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET...WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE...PRODUCING 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. $$ COZ039-040-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...WITH AROUND 8 INCHES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA INCLUDING AREAS AROUND KEN CARYL...LITTLETON...AND CHATFIELD RESERVOIR. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ035-030000- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 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. $$ COZ045>047-049-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ037-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 1152 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH PARK THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 030001 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 COZ030-032-039-040-030115- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN... DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS... KREMMLING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE DENVER AREA. THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BUT LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ COZ035-030115- /O.EXP.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ041-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. TRAVEL IS SIMPLY NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. $$ COZ036-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ031-033-034-037-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET...WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ045>047-049-030300- /O.CON.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 501 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS45 KBOU 030252 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 752 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE AREA... .A QUICK HITTING STORM THAT BROUGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE DENVER AREA ON SUNDAY WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WAS ENDING ACROSS AREAS JUST SOUTH OF DENVER THAT HAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE DENVER AREA RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH AROUND 7 INCHES IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER SNOW AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST REPORTS AROUND CONIFER AND EVERGREEN. COZ041-030400- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 752 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ COZ036-030400- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 752 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ COZ031-033-034-037-045>047-049-030400- /O.CAN.KBOU.SB.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES... GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 752 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ GIMMESTAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 1, 8:55 PM MST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 8:55 PM MST, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED HIGHLIGHTS SECTION FOR ZONE 36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
855 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008
.UPDATE...LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES SLIGHTLY SLOWER EXIT TO
THE INCOMING SYSTEM AND TRENDING TOWARD A BIT MORE SNOWFALL. 18Z GFS
HAS 6 INCHES OF SNOW FROM DENVER OUT TO LIMON WITH SEVERAL INCHES
ACROSS ALL OF THE PLAINS...21Z SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE MEAN HAS 3-5
INCHES IN THE DENVER AREA AND STILL AROUND 3 INCHES AT AKRON AND
LIMON. 00Z NAM REMAINS DRIER BUT STILL HAS 2-4 INCHES ACROSS DENVER
AND ENOUGH WIND FOR BLOWING SNOW. IT KEEPS SURFACE WINDS NORTH BUT
BRINGS THE WINDS OFF THE GROUND AROUND TO NORTHEAST FOR THE
AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES...ALSO HAS A NICE LOW LEVEL
JET ON THE PLAINS WITH 30 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT BELOW 700 MB.
CURRENT FORECAST WAS MARGINAL FOR AN ADVISORY IN THESE AREAS AND
LOOKS ON THE DRY SIDE OF THE ENVELOPE...SO I WILL ADD A BIT MORE
SNOW TO THE FORECAST AND ISSUE AN ADVISORY FROM BOULDER TO AKRON AND
SOUTHWARD AND CHANGE ZONE 41 TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. COULD BE
REAL NASTY IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. IF THE GFS IS CORRECT
THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS FURTHER NORTH AS WELL IF THERE ARE A COUPLE
INCHES OF SNOW PLUS THE WIND.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED 250 PM
SHORT TERM...RECORD WARMTH ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE TODAY WILL BE
REPLACED BY MUCH COLDER WEATHER AND SNOW BY TOMORROW. SATELLITE AND
WATER VAPOR LOOPS INDICATE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SEEMS TO BE A BIT
STRONGER AND LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE ALSO SHIFTED IN THAT DIRECTION.
EVEN THE DRY NAM WAS FINALLY GETTING A HANDLE ON THE UPPER TROUGH
BUT STILL SEEMS TOO WEAK SO THE GFS AND ECWMF ARE THE PREFERRED
MODEL RUNS.
COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDED FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO
BILLINGS MONTANA. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS
EVENING AND THEN ACROSS THE PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL
QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE FRONT...WHILE ON THE
PLAINS IT SHOULD TAKE A COUPLE HOURS TO MOISTEN THE COLUMN. WILL
HAVE SNOW OVERSPREADING THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN
ACROSS MAINLY THE WYOMING BORDER AREA LATER TONIGHT. SNOW...PERHAPS
A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN INITIALLY...SHOULD QUICKLY SPREAD SOUTH INTO
METRO DENVER BY OR SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK SUNDAY AS UPSLOPE DEEPENS
BEHIND THE FRONT. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE SHAPING UP FOR DECENT
UPSLOPE EVENT SINCE MORE DIGGING/STRENGTHENING BY THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH SHOULD RESULT IN AT LEAST A 020 UPSLOPE WIND DIRECTION FROM
THE SURFACE THROUGH 14 THOUSAND FEET MSL. WIND SPEEDS ARE ALSO
RATHER IMPRESSIVE WITH SPEEDS OF 25-35 KNOTS JUST OFF THE DECK AND
LAPSE RATES ARE NEAR 7C/KM. TO TOP IT OFF...WE ALSO HAVE SOME WEAK
TO MODERATE Q-G VERTICAL MOTION TO HELP THINGS. SO...SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE DEFINITELY WARRANTED FOR THE
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND PALMER DIVIDE.
WE WILL INCREASE SNOW AMOUNTS ANOTHER INCH OR TWO FROM THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST FROM DENVER SOUTH AND WEST. THIS IS A TRICKY SCENARIO FOR
THE METRO AREAS AS WELL CONSIDERING ITS MARCH AND ALL OF THE
FAVORABLE PARAMETERS MENTIONED ABOVE...SO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THIS STORM AND WATCH FOR UPDATES.
SNOW EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS BEST LIFT AND MOISTURE SHIFT SOUTHWARD WITH THE UPPER
TROUGH.
LONG TERM...SYSTEM WL CONTINUE TO DROP SWD INTO NEW MEXICO SUNDAY
NIGHT. STG NLY FLOW BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WL KEEP MID AND UPR LVL
WINDS GOING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECIP SHOULD BE OVER
ON THE PLAINS SUN EVENING BEFORE ENDING ACRS ALL AREAS LT SUNDAY
NIGHT. QUESTION OF HOW MUCH CLOUDINESS WL BE AROUND AND WHETHER
SKIES WL CLR ALLOWING FOR FOG DVLPMENT. FOR NOW...WL LEAVE THIS OUT
OF THE FCST AS WINDS APPEAR STRONG ENUF TO KEEP FOG FROM FORMING.
MONDAY...TEMPS WL RECOVER SOMEWHAT AS COLD CORE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF
THE REGION. BUT STG NWLY FLOW WL KEEP TEMPS BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR WITH HIGHS IN THE UPR 30S TO LWR 40S.
BY TUESDAY...STG WLY FLOW WL DVLP AS NEXT SYSTEM DROPS INTO THE UPR
MIDWEST. DOWNSLOPING FLOW ACRS THE PLAINS WL ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE
INTO THE 50S ON THE PLAINS...WHILE IN THE MTNS...SOME OROGRAPHIC
SNOWS SHOULD START DVLPG IN THE AFTN. AS THE SYSTEM DIGS INTO
NEBR...WINDS WL BACK TWD THE NW WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD FOCUS THE
SNOW ACRS THE NRN MTNS. NO UPSLOPE EVIDENT IN THIS MRNG/S MDLS AND
THE PLAINS WL MAINLY SEE COOLER TEMPS AND A LOT OF WIND.
LOOKING AHD TO THE REST OF THE WEEK...RDG WL BE STATIONARY OVR THE
SOUTHWEST WITH SVRL WEAK SYSTEMS DIVING INTO THE MIDWEST DURING THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WL KEEP BRISK NWLY FLOW IN PLACE OVER THE
DISTRICT WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH SLGTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS.
&&
.AVIATION...SOUTHWEST FLOW OF 12G20KTS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH
OF THE EVENING. THEN COLD FRONT ARRIVAL BY 08Z-09Z WITH STRONGER
NORTH WINDS OF 15G25-30 KNOTS THROUGH TOMORROW. LOW CEILINGS AND
SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND FRONT BY 12-13Z WITH IFR CONDITIONS
THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE TRICKY THANKS TO
WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES BUT ALSO POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOWFALL
GIVEN FAVORABLE FACTORS MENTIONED ABOVE. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3 INCHES EXPECTED AT DIA...WITH 3-5 INCHES AT
APA. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 13Z AND 21Z
SUNDAY.
&&
.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING 5 AM TO
8 PM SUNDAY SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...ERN DOUGLAS AND
WRN ELBERT COUNTIES...ZONES 36 AND 41.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 8 PM
SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...ZONES 31..33..AND 34.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY 5 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PARK COUNTY...AREAS FROM
BOULDER AND AKRON SOUTH...ZONES 35..37..40..45>47 AND 49.
&&
GIMMESTAD/BARJENBRUCH/046Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 11:01 AM MST, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1101 AM MST SAT MAR 01 2008 COZ030>051-021300- 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- 1101 AM MST SAT MAR 01 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA UNTIL 6 PM MST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM BOULDER AND DENVER SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH CASTLE ROCK AND LIMON. MEANWHILE...A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE TOWARD THE STATE LATER TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE THE SNOWFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS... WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. MEANWHILE...GENERALLY 1 INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. AFTER THIS STORM DEPARTS THE AREA...DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE NEXT STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE WEDNESDAY...BUT IT APPEARS WEAKER THAN SUNDAY/S STORM AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH/046
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:52 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 8 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.