Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this blizzard warning at Feb 23, 2013, 3:41 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 24, 2013, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for 21 hr. 40 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 23, 2013, 3:41 PM MST (22:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2013, 2:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2013, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 24, 4:20 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Ne Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 24, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | |
| Feb 24, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 2.7 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 24, 9:10 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | |
| Feb 24, 10:15 AM MST | SNOW 3.9 | 2 Sse Federal Heights, CO | |
| Feb 24, 10:30 AM MST | SNOW 5.2 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 24, 10:42 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 8 Se Watkins, CO | 1,8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Feb 24, 10:42 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Littleton, CO | |
| Feb 24, 11:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 10 Sse Buckley Afb, CO | 6.2 INCHES PAST 3 HOURS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 24, 11:11 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Sse Littleton, CO | |
| Feb 24, 11:18 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Strasburg, CO | WIND GUSTING TO 37 MPH. VSBY 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 24, 12:25 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Littleton, CO | |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 8 Se Watkins, CO | WINDS 020 AT 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 34 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL TOTAL SO FAR 7.9 INCHES WITH 1.3 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. ROADS ARE NEARLY IMPASSABE. |
| Feb 24, 1:14 PM MST | SNOW 5.3 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Feb 24, 1:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Littleton, CO | |
| Feb 24, 1:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Feb 24, 1:16 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.2 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 14 Wsw Agate, CO | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. 8.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SO FAR. SNOW DRIFTS 2 TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 24, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | WIND GUSTS TO 32 MPH. DRIFTS 14 TO 18 INCHES DEEP. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 24, 2:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 1 Wnw Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 24, 3:23 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | ONE INCH OF SNOW IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Feb 24, 3:39 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | E Centennial, CO | |
| Feb 24, 3:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 4 Ne Thornton, CO | DRIFTS TO 18 INCHES |
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5.3 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 8 Se Watkins, CO | 10.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SO FAR. NORTH WINDS OF 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 33 MPH CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTS TO 3 FEET DEEP. |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 24, 5:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.9 | 3 Sw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Feb 24, 5:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Feb 24, 5:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 2 N Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Feb 24, 5:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.1 | 6 E Parker, CO | |
| Feb 24, 6:05 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 24, 6:13 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | |
| Feb 24, 7:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Feb 24, 8:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 Sse Littleton, CO | |
| Feb 24, 8:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14.3 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Feb 24, 8:22 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Ene Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 24, 8:23 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 6 Ne Northglenn, CO | STORM TOTAL...NOT INCLUDING 1 TO 1.5 FOOT TALL DRIFTS |
| Feb 24, 9:22 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 14 Wsw Agate, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
728 WWUS45 KBOU 232241 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT COLORADO... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BRINGING UPSLOPE CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. COZ041-045-240645- /O.UPG.KBOU.BZ.A.0002.130224T1200Z-130225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...COMBINING WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST OVER SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-047-049-240645- /O.UPG.KBOU.BZ.A.0002.130224T1200Z-130225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.130224T1200Z-130225T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...COMBINING WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-040-240645- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0003.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ 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 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND POSSIBLE GUSTS TO AROUND 35 OR 40 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. AREAS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS EAST OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-240645- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0003.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL START OVER NIGHT SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT INITIALLY...THEN NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ043-044-240645- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0003.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-240645- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-240645- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.130223T2241Z-130225T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 11 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042-240645- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ048-050-051-240645- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.130224T1200Z-130225T0000Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 341 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
255 WWUS45 KBOU 240541 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT COLORADO... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL UTAH THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BRINGING UPSLOPE CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. COZ041-045-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT...COMBINING WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST OVER SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-047-049-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.130224T1200Z-130225T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...COMBINING WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-040-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND POSSIBLE GUSTS TO AROUND 35 OR 40 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. AREAS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS EAST OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-036-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ 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 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT..BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT INITIALLY...THEN NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ043-044-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.130224T0900Z-130225T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.130224T0700Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ048-050-051-241345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.130224T1200Z-130225T0000Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1041 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
504 WWUS45 KBOU 241251 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THIS MORNING WILL COMBINE WITH A STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL ALSO SEE SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY...ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE AS GREAT. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ON THE PLAINS LATER THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE OUT ACROSS LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AN END TO MOST OF THE SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS BEFORE MORNING. COZ041-045>047-049-242100- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING MUCH OF THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND POSSIBLY EMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-040-242100- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0300Z/ 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 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE IN JEFFERSON...ARAPAHOE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PREVAIL TODAY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE ALSO LIKELY...MAINLY DURING THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-036-242100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN FOOTHILLS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ043-044-242100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-242100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 5 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042-242100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW TODAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE 20 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. OPEN AREAS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ048-050-051-242100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 551 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS. EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BAKER
036 WWUS45 KBOU 241636 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THIS MORNING WILL COMBINE WITH A STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL ALSO SEE SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY...ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE AS GREAT. GUSTY WINDS ON THE PLAINS LATER THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE OUT ACROSS LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AN END TO MOST OF THE SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS EVENING. COZ036-250045- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ 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 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ046-047-049-250045- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING MUCH OF THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-045-250045- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING MUCH OF THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ035-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039-040-250045- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0300Z/ 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 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE ALSO LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ043-044-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 5 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW TODAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. OPEN AREAS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ048-050-051-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 936 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS. EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
073 WWUS45 KBOU 242231 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE AS GREAT...GUSTY WINDS ON THE PLAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING COULD STILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AN END TO MOST OF THE SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS EVENING. COZ047-242345- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ COZ046-049-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...HEAVIEST OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-045-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 7 TO 13 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ035-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039-040-250300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0300Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE ALSO LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ043-044-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 5 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WESTBOUND TOWARDS THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-042-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 9 INCHES NEAR LOVELAND. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. OPEN AREAS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ048-050-051-250000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 331 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS. EXPECT ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
804 WWUS45 KBOU 250003 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. ALTHOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE AS GREAT...GUSTY WINDS ON THE PLAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING COULD STILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN END TO MOST OF THE SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS EVENING. COZ035-043-044-250115- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$ COZ031-033-034-038-042-048-050-051-250115- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130225T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ COZ046-049-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...HEAVIEST OVER EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED... AND POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-045-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 7 TO 13 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED... AND POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-040-250300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0300Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE ALSO LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ 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 503 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
805 WWUS45 KBOU 250314 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 814 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW DECREASING OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM COLORADO INTO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL END ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EASTERN DOUGLAS...ELBERT...AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM AS THERE IS STILL ACCUMULATING SNOW AND WIND GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE IN THESE AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE IN THESE AREAS DURING THE EVENING...BUT TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON LESS TRAVELED ROADS. COZ045-049-250415- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 814 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... LIGHT SNOW WILL END LATER THIS EVENING WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. THERE WILL STILL BE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. $$ COZ036-250415- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ JEFFERSON ANDCOZ036-250415- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ 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 814 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 814 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... LIGHT SNOW WILL END LATER THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. $$ COZ046-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 814 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING...HEAVIEST IN ELBERT COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN ELBERT COUNTY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND RURAL ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST IN ELBERT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-250600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 814 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 7 TO 13 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN ELBERT COUNTY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND RURAL ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF ELBERT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ GIMMESTAD
029 WWUS45 KBOU 250603 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1103 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 COZ041-046-250715- /O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130225T0600Z/ 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...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 1103 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER DOUGLAS...ELBERT...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL STILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN ELBERT COUNTY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. DRIVERS CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT ROAD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT DUE TO DRIFTING OVER RURAL ROADS. $$ GIMMESTAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Feb 23, 3:30 PM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:30 PM MST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 330 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 .SHORT TERM....CURRENT WATER VAPOR AND Q-G ANALYSIS SHOWS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CARVING OUT ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. LATEST MODEL TRENDS FROM THE 12Z NAM...GFS...GEM AND EVEN WRF HAVE SHOWN A SLIGHT NORTHWARD SHIFT IN AREAS OF BEST LIFT AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...12Z ECMWF STILL MAINTAINED A PERSISTENT AND PREFERRED SOLUTION BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAS INCREASED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AN INCH OR TWO MORE THAN THE 00Z RUN. NCEP FORECASTERS WITH ACCESS TO 00Z EC ENSEMBLE MEMBERS NOTED THAT SOME UNCERTAINTY EVEN REGARDED THE SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH ECMWF SOLUTION...BUT Q-G HEIGHT FALL ANALYSIS FROM THE RUC INDICATES THE OPERATION ECMWF SEEMS QUITE REASONABLE. THE ONLY ARGUMENT WOULD BE IF A MID LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER PERHAPS RELATED TO LARGER LATENT HEAT RELEASE WOULD RESULT IN A MORE NORTHERLY SOLUTION. AT THIS TIME...HAVE STILL LEANED HEAVILY TOWARD THE ECMWF...BUT ALSO INCORPORATED A BIT OF THE MESOSCALE/SREF MODEL SOLUTIONS. ALL OF THESE FACTORS ADD UP TO A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A HEAVY SNOW EVENT. THEY INCLUDE...NEUTRAL STABILITY PROFILES...AVERAGE OF 25-30 KTS OF NNE UPSLOPE FLOW...DEEP UPSLOPE COMPONENT WELL ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP...GOOD MICROPHYSICS WITH LARGE OMEGA THROUGH THE DENDRITIC GROWTH REGION...AND A 12-18 HOUR PERIOD OF MODERATE Q-G VERTICAL MOTION. THIS ALL SUPPORTS THE UPGRADE OF BLIZZARD WATCHES TO WARNING...WINTER STORM WATCHES TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS...AND MOST OTHER LOCATIONS TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE OVERALL BLENDING USING A MAJORITY OF THE ECMWF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MESOSCALE/SREF MODELS SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS...6-10 INCHES FOR DENVER/BOULDER AREA...8-12 INCHES PALMER DIVIDE...7-14 INCHES FOOTHILLS...AND 4-8 INCHES THROUGH SOUTHERN WELD...MORGAN...TOWARD WASHINGTON/LINCOLN COUNTY. .LONG TERM...THE BRUNT OF SUNDAY'S STORM SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE TO ENDING BY THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD 25/00Z. THERE WILL PROBABLY STILL BE SOME SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OR SO OF THE CWA DURING THE EVENING BUT THAT WILL FLUSH OUT TOWARDS MORNING. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO KEEP GUSTY WINDS OVER MANY LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE EVENING BUT THESE TOO WILL SETTLE DOWN OVERNIGHT. ONLY A QUICK BREAK IN THINGS AS A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MOVES IN FOR MONDAY WITH THE NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM IMPACTING OUR WEATHER ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE MAINLY A MOUNTAIN EVENT BUT ENOUGH QG LIFT BLEEDS OVER THE HILLS TO BRING A THREAT OF PRECIPITATION TO THE PLAINS TUESDAY. ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO PUSH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THURSDAY...AGAIN BEING MAINLY A PRECIPITATION PRODUCER FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK BUT SHOULD APPROACH NORMAL TOWARD WEEK'S AS A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME WINDY PERIODS AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES NORTHWESTERLY. && .AVIATION...SIGNIFICANT AVIATION IMPACTS EXPECTED FROM THIS WINTER STORM. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL TUMBLE TONIGHT AND REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. ONSET TIMING OF THIS IS STILL RATHER DIFFICULT...BUT WE SHOULD SEE SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE FRONT RANGE AIRPORTS MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 05Z AND 08Z...WITH VLIFR CONDITIONS BY 09Z-11Z WHEN SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE TO AROUND 1 INCH PER. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 20Z SUNDAY BEFORE CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVE. GUSTS UP TO 30 KTS AT KDEN WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO ONE QUARTER MILE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW 11Z-20Z...THEN GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ048- 050-051. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ035-036-039-040. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ031-033-034. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ038-042. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ043-044. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ041-045. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ046-047-049. && SHORT TERM...BARJENBRUCH LONG TERM....ET AVIATION...BARJENBRUCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 11:18 AM MST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1118 AM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 COZ030>051-241830- 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- 1118 AM MST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM DENVER AND BOULDER NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN WELD AND MORGAN COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH EAST AND SOUTH OF DENVER SUNDAY INCLUDING THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION THROUGH LIMON AND AKRON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A POTENT WINTER STORM DEVELOPING IN THE GREAT BASIN WILL TRACK EAST-SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT. DEEP AND RELATIVELY STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SNOW BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY AS WELL WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND WIND TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS DOWN AND EXITS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEAKER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY WITH YET ANOTHER WEAK ONE EXPECTED THURSDAY. THESE LATTER TWO STORMS WILL HAVE MOST OF THEIR IMPACT IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER RELAYING YOUR SNOW AMOUNT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:41 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:41 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 25 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.