Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this blizzard warning at Feb 2, 2012, 5:07 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 2, 2012, 7:36 PM MST. It was in force for 20 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
- Feb 2, 2012, 5:07 AM MST (12:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2012, 7:36 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 4:04 PM MST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 8:28 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nne Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 2, 8:42 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 2, 8:46 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Deer Trail, CO | |
| Feb 2, 9:11 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Castle Rock, CO | SNOWFALL RATE 1 INCH PER HOUR |
| Feb 2, 9:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 1 Nne Strasburg, CO | SNOWFALL RATE 2.25 IN LAST HOUR |
| Feb 2, 10:26 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Feb 2, 10:58 PM MST | SNOW 7.2 | 1 Nne Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 3, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Brighton, CO | |
| Feb 3, 5:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 1 Nw Strasburg, CO | THREE TO FOUR FOOT DRIFTS |
| Feb 3, 5:47 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 N Brighton, CO | |
| Feb 3, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 E Gary, CO | |
| Feb 3, 6:31 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Feb 3, 6:41 AM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 4 Sw Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Karval, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ne Parker, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Ne Castle Rock, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 6 N Hyde, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Limon, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Sse Sedalia, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Wsw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 Wsw Byers, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 E Elizabeth, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Englewood, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Agate, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:08 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 E Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:11 AM MST | SNOW 3.7 | 3 Sw Holyoke, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | 4 Ese Franktown, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:31 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Nw Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:32 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 1 Ssw Bennett, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:43 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 2 Nw Strasburg, CO | SNOW DRIFTS 2-3 FEET. |
| Feb 3, 7:45 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 Nw Louviers, CO | |
| Feb 3, 7:50 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ssw Sterling, CO | DRIFTING UP TO 1 FOOT...NORTH WINDS ESTIMATED 20-25 MPH. |
| Feb 3, 7:50 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Nw Thurman, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 S Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 Nne Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:02 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:02 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:10 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Sse Woodlin School, CO | |
| Feb 3, 8:36 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 9 Ne Ponderosa Park, CO | |
| Feb 3, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Nw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Feb 3, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.9 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Feb 3, 9:36 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 5 Se Franktown, CO | |
| Feb 3, 9:57 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Wnw Simla, CO | |
| Feb 3, 10:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 2 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Feb 3, 10:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.6 | 2 Nne Littleton, CO | |
| Feb 3, 10:20 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 3, 10:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Sherrelwood, CO | |
| Feb 3, 11:20 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Feb 3, 11:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | E Sedgwick, CO | |
| Feb 3, 12:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.7 | 5 Se Franktown, CO | |
| Feb 3, 12:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16.8 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Feb 3, 12:28 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19.5 | 14 Wsw Agate, CO | FOUR TO FIVE FOOT DRIFTS |
| Feb 3, 12:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Sw Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 3, 12:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Holyoke, CO | |
| Feb 3, 12:38 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | 1 N Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 3, 1:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.1 | 4 N Castle Rock, CO | |
| Feb 3, 1:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | 3 Ssw Beverly Hills, CO | |
| Feb 3, 1:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 2386 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WWUS45 KBOU 021207 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 507 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ041-044>051-022015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 507 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING EAST OF A GREELEY TO DENVER TO CASTLE ROCK LINE WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ039-040-042-043-022015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 507 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILTIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ038-022015- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 507 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILTIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LAE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-022015- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 507 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033-034-022015- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0004.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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 507 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES MAINLY ON EAST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
7 follow-up statements
699 WWUS45 KBOU 021902 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1202 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ033-034-030315- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0004.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0003.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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 1202 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES...HIGHEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ046>051-030315- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO... STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1202 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT... CONTINUING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ041-044-045-030315- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1202 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042-043-030315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 1202 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-030315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.120203T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1202 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
347 WWUS45 KBOU 030018 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 518 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT WITH SNOW ALREADY FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EAST AND SOUTH OF DENVER. SNOWFALL WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER THE REST OF THE PLAINS AND URBAN CORRIDOR AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THIS HEAVIER SNOW IS ALSO MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. THE STORM WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ041-044-045-030830- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 518 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ046>051-030830- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO... STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 518 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT... CONTINUING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042-043-030830- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 518 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-030830- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 518 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033-034-030830- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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 518 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES...HIGHEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
722 WWUS45 KBOU 030236 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 736 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO AS MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT WITH SNOW ALREADY FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WITH THE HEAVY SNOW ALREADY FALLING ACROSS ELBERT AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT NOW. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS HAVEN'T DEVELOPED YET...BUT WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STORM WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ041-044>046-031045- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0236Z-120204T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON 736 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 28 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ047>051-031045- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 736 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT... CONTINUING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042-043-031045- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 736 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-031045- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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 736 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033-034-031045- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 736 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES...HIGHEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
766 WWUS45 KBOU 030505 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1005 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO AS MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AS SNOW HAS ALREADY SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED HEAVY SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR. SO FAR THE HEAVIEST SNOW REMAINS EAST OF DENVER...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. THE STORM WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ041-044>046-031315- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON 1005 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 28 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER THE PLAINS AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ047>051-031315- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.120203T0600Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1005 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT... CONTINUING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042-043-031315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 1005 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ035-036-031315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1005 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033-034-031315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ 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 1005 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES...HIGHEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
362 WWUS45 KBOU 031249 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... WEST OF I-25 AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS... CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ048>051-032100- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ044-045-032100- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY OVER THE PLAINS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ041-046-032100- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 28 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. && $$ COZ038>040-042-043-032100- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-032100- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ047-032100- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$
402 WWUS45 KBOU 031530 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 830 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... WEST OF I-25 AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS... CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. COZ041-046-047-040000- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ 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...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 830 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 28 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO EXPECTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042-043-040000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ 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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 830 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. CLOSER TO THE WYOMING BORDER ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION BEFORE THE ONSET OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-040000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 830 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL BE 24 TO 48 INCHES. FOR THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT AS ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ044-045-048>051-040000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 830 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
802 WWUS45 KBOU 032304 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO... THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. COZ041-046-040715- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 28 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ047-040015- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. $$ COZ038-042-043-040015- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING . SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN THIS EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING. $$ COZ039-040-040715- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ 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 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-040715- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL BE 24 TO 48 INCHES. FOR THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT AS ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ044-045-048>051-040715- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T1200Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 404 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * OTHER IMPACTS...PETS AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO A PROTECTIVE LOCATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS WEEKEND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER... A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 5:07 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 16 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 2, 5:07 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 7 hr |
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Blizzard Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every blizzard warning in 2012
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.