Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Nov 1, 2011, 10:54 AM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 1, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 18 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2011, 10:54 AM MDT (16:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 1, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 8:47 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | 4 N Loveland, CO | 1 PER HOUR WITH THUNDERSNOW |
| Nov 1, 8:47 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Strasburg, CO | |
| Nov 1, 9:05 PM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Nov 1, 9:35 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | 3 S Estes Park, CO | 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATE |
| Nov 1, 9:35 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 2.8 | 4 S Manila Village, CO | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS |
| Nov 1, 9:56 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Nov 1, 10:06 PM MDT | SNOW 2.6 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Nov 1, 10:20 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Nov 1, 10:43 PM MDT | SNOW 4.1 | 2 Ene Greeley, CO | |
| Nov 1, 11:11 PM MDT | SNOW 1.9 | 1 Sw Westminster, CO | |
| Nov 1, 11:52 PM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Sse Federal Heights, CO | |
| Nov 1, 11:55 PM MDT | SNOW 3.8 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | |
| Nov 1, 11:57 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 4 S Fort Collins, CO | MINOR TREE DAMAGE. 1 TO 2 INCH BRANCHES BROKEN. |
| Nov 2, 12:15 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Nov 2, 12:21 AM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | 4 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Nov 2, 12:29 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Frederick, CO | POOR ROAD CONDITIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. |
| Nov 2, 1:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 1 W Denver, CO | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND THE AURARIA CAMPUS. |
| Nov 2, 1:05 AM MDT | SNOW 4.8 | 4 N Loveland, CO | |
| Nov 2, 1:13 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Se Fort Collins, CO | |
| Nov 2, 1:15 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | Erie, CO | 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS. SOME DRIFTING DUE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WINDS. |
| Nov 2, 2:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING FOR 5 HOURS. |
| Nov 2, 3:15 AM MDT | SNOW 5.8 | Boulder, CO | |
| Nov 2, 4:53 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 3 W Greeley, CO | |
| Nov 2, 5:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | 1 Sw Erie, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 5 Nw Denver, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | Castle Rock, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 1 S Greeley, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:03 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Sse Federal Heights, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:10 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 3 Sse Silver Plume, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 4 Sse Brookvale, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | 1 N Greeley, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:25 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Niwot, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 7 Se Drake, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:39 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:39 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:42 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 2 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:45 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | Arvada, CO | |
| Nov 2, 6:49 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 1.8 | 6 N Hyde, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 1 E Gary, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Sw Sheridan, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.6 | 2 W Denver, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Northglenn, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 3 Se Denver, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | N Longmont, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Ese Estes Park, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 8 Nnw Four Corners, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | 8 Se Watkins, CO | 3 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS |
| Nov 2, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Genesee, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:05 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.3 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 4 S Fort Collins, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:15 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Grant, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:15 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:15 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Genesee, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Ken Caryl, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:22 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 7 S Lyons, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 Se Gould, CO | |
| Nov 2, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Brighton, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WWUS45 KBOU 011654 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNING TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND LINCOLN COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A FAST MOVING AND POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY...WHILE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ON THE PLAINS. AS EVENING TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRECIPITATION ON THE PLAINS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY AS WIND WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN DOUGLAS...ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. COZ041-046-047-020100- /O.UPG.KBOU.BZ.A.0001.111102T0600Z-111102T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0600Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ035-036-020100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH PERIODS OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ039-040-045-049-020100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ 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-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ030>032-020100- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ033-034-020100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048-050-051-020100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1054 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LESZCYNSKI/COOPER
7 follow-up statements
325 WWUS45 KBOU 012103 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNING TO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE... .A FAST MOVING AND POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ON THE PLAINS. AS EVENING TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...PRECIPITATION ON THE PLAINS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. COZ045-049-020515- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ041-046-047-020515- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0600Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-020515- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH PERIODS OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ039-040-020515- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>034-020515- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...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 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048-050-051-020515- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 303 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
991 WWUS45 KBOU 020211 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON COLORADO... .THE WINTER STORM IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THIS EVENING WITH RAIN ON THE PLAINS AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE RAIN HAS ALREADY CHANGED TO SNOW FROM LONGMONT TO GREELEY AND SECTIONS NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER AS A COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTHWARD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED WHICH HAS QUICKENED THE RAIN TO SNOW TRANSITION. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. COZ041-046-047-021015- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0600Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ045-049-021015- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-021015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH PERIODS OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ039-040-021015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ037-021015- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN PARK COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ030>034-021015- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048-050-051-021015- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 811 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
133 WWUS45 KBOU 020242 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON COLORADO... .THE WINTER STORM IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THIS EVENING WITH RAIN ON THE PLAINS AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE RAIN HAS ALREADY CHANGED TO SNOW FROM LONGMONT TO GREELEY AND SECTIONS NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER AS A COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTHWARD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED WHICH HAS QUICKENED THE RAIN TO SNOW TRANSITION. SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS. LOCATIONS ACROSS LARIMER...WELD...AND MORGAN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN THESE LOCALES AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. COZ038-043-044-021045- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ041-046-047-021045- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0600Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH TRAVEL BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ045-049-021045- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-021045- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH PERIODS OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ039-040-021045- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>034-037-021045- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN PARK COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ042-048-050-051-021045- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.111102T0300Z-111102T1800Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 842 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
895 WWUS45 KBOU 020839 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON COLORADO... .WINTER WEATHER HAS SPREAD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. SEVERAL ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO THE ADVERSE CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL DOWN TO SILVERTHORNE. MOST OTHER HIGHWAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS HAVE CHAIN RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT FOR COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 6 AM. ACROSS THE PLAINS...SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES THROUGH 2 AM MDT. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH HAVE CAUSED SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES FOR DRIVERS OUT ON THE ROADS. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOW-PACKED DUE TO THE CONTINUING SNOWFALL. STRONGER NORTH WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. COZ030>034-037-021645- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH ABOUT 6 AM. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ041-046-047-021645- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF AROUND 8 AM AND COME TO AN END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH TRAVEL BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ045-049-021645- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 9 AM...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. SNOWFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ035-036-021645- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH ABOUT 7 AM AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ038>040-043-044-021645- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING AT A RATE AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END BY 1 PM. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED TONIGHT WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ042-048-050-051-021645- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 239 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF LATE THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE TURNING MUCH COLDER WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DANKERS
839 WWUS45 KBOU 021256 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER COLORADO... .LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES FALLING ACROSS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW FELL AT TIMES EARLIER THIS MORNING... PRODUCING BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. A LOT OF ENERGY FROM THIS STORM HAS ALREADY BEEN RELEASED. AS THE STORM CONTINUES ITS EASTWARD TRACK IT WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING LIGHT SNOWFALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PALMER DIVIDE COULD BE UP TO THE 4 INCHES WHILE AREAS ON THE PLAINS WILL ONLY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WHICH WILL ALLOW AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO DECREASE. WARNINGS WILL REMAIN EFFECT UNTIL ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL COMES TO AN END. COZ041-046-047-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THIS MORNIG OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. SNOWFALL RATES COULD BE BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF AROUND 8 AM AND COME TO AN END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS VERY HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ045-049-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 9 AM...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. SNOWFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING AROUND 10 DEGREES WILL BE EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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 THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING AT RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ038>040-043-044-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING AT RATES LESS THAN A HALF INCH PER HOUR THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END BY 1 PM. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY AND SNOW-PACKED ROADS MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 TO 15 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>034-037-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ042-048-050-051-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 656 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH PER HOUR. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF LATE THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING COULD BE AS LOW AS 10 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DANKERS
417 WWUS45 KBOU 021550 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER COLORADO... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND DIMINISH FROM THE NORTH AND WEST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH OF DENVER THE REST OF THIS MORNING. COZ030>035-037-038-043-044-021700- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ COZ042-048-050-051-021700- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ COZ041-046-047-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE AROUND ONE HALF PER HOUR. THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF BY LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING... ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS VERY HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ045-049-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH OF SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING AROUND 10 DEGREES WILL BE EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ036-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ039-040-021800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 950 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALL ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END BY 1 PM. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL OCCUR...WITH STRONGER GUSTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY AND SNOW-PACKED ROADS MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 TO 15 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
243 WWUS45 KBOU 021754 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1154 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 .CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY IMPROVE FOR THE REST OF TODAY. AS A RESULT...THE REMAINING WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL ALLOW ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...SO DRIVERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN. COZ041-046-047-021900- /O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1154 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. $$ COZ045-049-021900- /O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1154 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. $$ COZ036-021900- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1154 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. $$ COZ039-040-021900- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111102T1800Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1154 AM MDT WED NOV 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. $$
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 Nov 1, 4:25 AM MDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 4:25 AM MDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
425 AM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011
.SHORT TERM...TODAY WILL BE THE TRANSITION DAY FROM YESTERDAYS
INDIAN SUMMER BACK TO A TASTE OF WINTER. A WEAK...INITIAL COLD
FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH KGXY IN THE PAST HOUR AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN
DENVER BY 12Z. STRATUS CLOUDS...NORTHERLY WINDS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE THE MAIN EFFECTS FROM
THE INITIAL COLD FRONT. THE STRONGER FRONT WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND STRONGER WINDS IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER 01Z THIS
EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...THE POSITIVE TILT UPPER LEVEL
SHORT WAVE SHOULD BEGIN PRODUCING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AREAS OF RAIN OR MIXED RAIN
AND SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING ONTO THE PLAINS. Q-G DIAGNOSTIC
ANALYSIS PACKAGE CONTINUES TO SHOW A PERIOD OF STRONG RISING MOTIONS
OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL JET WILL ALSO BE LOCATED OVER THE
STATE...SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION WE HAD A WEEK AGO. FRONTOGENETIC
FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER JET COULD LEAD TO BANDED
PRECIPITATION STRUCTURES THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH
THE STRONG FORCING OVER THE STATE...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES
CAN BE EXPECTED. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALLS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS. THE LIMITING FACTOR IN THIS STORM IS GOING
TO BE THE SPEED THAT THE UPPER TROUGH PASSES OVER THE REGION. MOST
PRECIPITATION FROM THIS EVENT IS GOING TO FALL IN A 12 TO 15 HOUR
PERIOD WITH RAPID IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE
OTHER PROBLEM THAT THIS STORM WILL PRESENT IS INCREASING WINDS ON
THE PLAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN CENTRAL
WYOMING AND NORTHERN TEXAS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL EXCEED 25 MB BY 06Z
TONIGHT. AS WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE
PLAINS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BECOME THE MAIN PROBLEM.
EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AS THE WINDS
ACCELERATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.
BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE HIGHLIGHTS. WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS FOR SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 12
INCHES. WILL ALSO ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THE
STRONGER WINDS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WILL NECESSITATE A BLIZZARD
WATCH FOR ZONES 41...46 AND 47.
.LONG TERM...SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SE OF AREA ON WED. QG FIELDS
SHOW DECENT MID LVL QG ASCENT THRU MID MORNING WITH STG QG DESCENT
DEVELOPING BY 18Z OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH DECREASING MOISTURE.
SNOW SHOULD QUICKLY END BY SUNRISE ALONG THE CO-WY BORDER AND THEN
GRADUALLY END FM NORTH TO SOUTH BY MIDDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
PRODUCE QUITE A BIT OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES THRU THE
MORNING HOURS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 AND OVER THE PLAINS WITH THE
WORST CONDITIONS PROBABLY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE TOWARDS LIMON WHERE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY
IMPROVE BY MIDDAY AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE AND SNOW ENDS. IN THE
MTNS SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MORNING BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE
BY MIDDAY AS WELL.
FOR THU AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA WITH DRY
CONDITIONS. HIGH TEMPS OVER NERN CO WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY SNOW
COVER SO WILL KEEP HIGHS AROUND 10 DEGREES BLO GUIDANCE IN MOST
AREAS. BY FRI THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME SWLY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM
DIGS INTO THE WRN US. SHOULD SEE WARMER TEMPS ON FRI AS A SFC LEE
TROUGH DEVELOPS WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOME SWLY WITH HIGHS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS NERN CO. WILL SEE SOME INCREASE IN MID AND
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS BUT SHOULD SEE ANOTHER DRY DAY ACROSS NRN CO.
FOR SAT THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE LONGER RANGE MODELS
WITH HANDLING OF NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE GFS AND CANADIAN HAVE
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKING ACROSS SRN WY ON SAT WHILE THE ECMWF HAS
IT FURTHER SOUTH OVER SRN COLORADO. NATURALLY IF IT ENDS UP OVER
SRN WY THE BEST CHC OF SNOW WILL BE IN THE MTNS WITH A POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND EVENT IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS NERN CO WITH MAINLY DRY
CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE IF IT WERE TO END UP OVER SRN COLORADO LIKE
ECMWF SHOWS THEN SNOW CHANCES WOULD INCREASE CONSIDERABLY OVER
PORTIONS OF NERN CO. AT THIS WILL NOT ALTER PREVIOUS FCST MUCH
SINCE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SYSTEM. BY SUN
THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST OF THE AREA AS THE FLOW ALOFT
BECOME MORE WLY AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN. HIGHS ON SUN OVER NERN CO
WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 40S BASED ON LATEST 850-700 MB TEMPS.
BY EARLY NEXT WEEK ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MAY AFFECT THE AREA FM
LATE MON INTO TUE HOWEVER THE ECMWF AND GFS HAVE VASTLY DIFFERENT
SOLUTIONS. THE ECMWF KEEPS THIS NEXT SYSTEM FURTHER SOUTH OVER THE
SRN ROCKIES WHILE THE GFS HAS IT OVER COLORADO. FOR NOW WILL JUST
GO WITH THE DRIER CONSENSUS NUMBERS UNTIL IT BECOMES MORE CLEAR HOW
THIS SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE.
&&
.AVIATION...WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DENVER AREA THIS
MORNING WITH A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHERLY AND SOME STRATUS CLOUDS
BETWEEN 2500 AND 5000 FT AGL. INCREASING MID LEVEL CLOUDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH AREAS OF RAIN DEVELOPING TOWARDS
EVENING. STRONGER COLD FRONT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO FREEZING
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH DENVER BETWEEN 7 PM AND 10 PM.
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES WITH
IFR CEILINGS. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT WHICH
MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 10 PM AND 8
AM. SNOW WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING AFTER 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
STORM SHOULD BE OVER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.
&&
.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE PALMER
DIVIDE COZ041-046-047.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR COZ038>040-042>045-048>051.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR COZ033>036.
&&
KDRBY/RPKHazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 6:05 AM MDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 605 AM MDT TUE NOV 01 2011 COZ030>051-011700- 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- 605 AM MDT TUE NOV 01 2011 ...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS FROM 6 PM TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT MOVED INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA WITH SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AREAS OF RAIN WILL BEGIN SPREADING OUT ONTO THE PLAINS. DURING THE EVENING...A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE LOWER 30S AND CAUSING PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO SNOW. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT ON THE PLAINS AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARDS COLORADO FROM WYOMING. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING OVER THE STATE TONIGHT PRODUCING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES WHILE AREAS ON THE PLAINS WILL SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WIND AND FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON THE PLAINS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE MOST DANGEROUS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WHERE THE WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL ON THE PLAINS TONIGHT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT WITH HIGHWAY CLOSURES A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND LINCOLN COUNTY AS NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH OCCUR PRODUCING VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. OVER THE REST OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA AS SNOW ENDS AND WINDS DIMINISH. DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA ON SATURDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. DANKERS/RPK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 5:12 AM MDT | Blizzard Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 5:12 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 14 more | 29 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:54 AM MDT | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 25 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
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.