Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this blizzard warning at Apr 8, 2013, 11:19 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 9, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr. 14 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
- Apr 8, 2013, 11:19 AM MDT (17:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2013, 2:23 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | Northglenn, CO | |
| Apr 9, 5:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Westminster, CO | |
| Apr 9, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 4 W Denver Intl Airport, CO | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Parker, CO | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | Littleton, CO | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | 7 Ene Monument, CO | |
| Apr 9, 7:15 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Cheesman Reservoir, CO | |
| Apr 9, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Aurora, CO | |
| Apr 9, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 6 Ssw Kassler, CO | STRONTIA SPRINGS DAM |
| Apr 9, 8:11 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 1 E Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Apr 9, 8:21 AM MDT | SNOW 4.7 | Centennial, CO | |
| Apr 9, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Roxborough Park, CO | |
| Apr 9, 1:27 PM MDT | SNOW 5.7 | Aurora, CO | |
| Apr 9, 2:32 PM MDT | SNOW 5.8 | Westminster, 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522 WWUS45 KBOU 081719 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT AND THEN TRACK SLOWLY EAST OR NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND INTO EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. AS A RESULT...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THEN STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...WHILE ON TUESDAY THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE WHERE MORE SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS. COZ041-090130- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0300Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.130409T0600Z-130410T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS EVENING WITH STEADIER SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONGER WINDS. THE MOST PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ROADS CLOSURES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ COZ045-090130- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0600Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.130409T0600Z-130410T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS EVENING WITH STEADIER SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONGER WINDS. THE MOST PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ROADS CLOSURES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033>036-090130- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0006.130409T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SUMMIT COUNTY WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ042-044-090130- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0600Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0006.130409T0300Z-130410T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038>040-043-090130- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0300Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0006.130409T0300Z-130410T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY FOR A COUPLE HOURS THIS EVENING AND THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AGAIN BY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. 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. && $$ COZ046-048>051-090130- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0600Z-130410T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LINE FROM JULESBURG TO LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
5 follow-up statements
604 WWUS45 KBOU 082226 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 426 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT AND THEN TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. AS A RESULT...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THEN STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...WHILE ON TUESDAY THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE WHERE MORE SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS. COZ041-045-090630- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.130409T0600Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 426 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS EVENING WITH STEADIER SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONGER WINDS. THE MOST PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ROADS CLOSURES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ COZ033>036-090630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.130409T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 426 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SUMMIT COUNTY WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038>040-042>044-090630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.130409T0300Z-130410T0000Z/ 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-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 426 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFTING EAST TO EAST OF I-25 ON TUESDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL LIKELY HOLD IN THE TEENS FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ046-048>051-090630- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.130409T0600Z-130410T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.130409T0600Z-130410T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 426 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LINE FROM JULESBURG TO LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-090630- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.130409T0600Z-130410T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 426 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... 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 MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. 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. $$
891 WWUS45 KBOU 090336 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 936 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT NORTHERN COLORADO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT AND THEN TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLIER IN THE EVENING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OVERNIGHT AND OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO FOR MOST OF TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE ON TUESDAY WHERE MORE SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS. COZ041-045-091145- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.130409T0600Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONGER WINDS. THE MOST PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ROADS CLOSURES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ COZ033>036-091145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 936 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SUMMIT COUNTY WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042>044-091145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 936 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFTING EAST OF I-25 ON TUESDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL LIKELY HOLD IN THE TEENS FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ046>051-091145- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.130409T0600Z-130410T0600Z/ 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 936 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LINE FROM JULESBURG TO LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. 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. && $$
421 WWUS45 KBOU 091019 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 419 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...SPRING SNOWSTORM TO IMPACT NORTHERN COLORADO TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE AS COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM WYOMING. SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO FOR TODAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES OVER THE PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE AT TIMES. COZ041-045-091830- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 419 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONGER WINDS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ROADS CLOSURES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ COZ033>036-091830- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 419 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SUMMIT COUNTY WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042>044-091830- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 419 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER AND EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL LIKELY HOLD IN THE TEENS THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ046>051-091830- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130410T0600Z/ 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 419 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATER TODAY AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS MOST OF THE DAY. 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. && $$
875 WWUS45 KBOU 091730 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1130 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...SPRING SNOWSTORM CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER COLORADO... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH BANDS OF SNOW ROTATING NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ALSO CONTINUE BLOWING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. AS THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPRING STORM CONTINUES MOVING OVER THE STATE...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AND CONTINUING GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A COUPLE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS A BAND OF MODERATE SNOWFALL MOVES ACROSS PLAINS TO THE EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. LIGHT AND MODERATE SNOW MAY CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW ACCOMPANYING THE NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL AS DRIFTING SNOW AND ICY ROADWAYS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE LOWER AND MID TEENS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. COZ041-045-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 1130 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONGER WINDS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. ROADS CLOSURES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ COZ033>036-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 1130 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SUMMIT COUNTY WILL SEE EVEN LOWER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042>044-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 1130 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER AND EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL LIKELY HOLD IN THE TEENS THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ046>051-100130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130410T0600Z/ 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 1130 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN INCREASE OF SNOW INTENSITY AFTER 2 PM. SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS MOST OF THE DAY. 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. && $$
046 WWUS45 KBOU 092023 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 223 PM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...SPRING SNOW STORM WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER THE SOUTHERN COLORADO BORDER THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ROTATE INTO WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...BUT LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ALONG WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS. BLOWING SNOW ACCOMPANYING THE NORTH WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL AS DRIFTING SNOW AND ICY ROADWAYS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE LOWER AND MID TEENS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. COZ041-045-100000- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 223 PM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN END BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN SOME AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON RURAL ROADS...DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ COZ033>036-100000- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ 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 223 PM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS...AND ALSO AREAS OF LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER PASSES. WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-042>044-100000- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER... PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 223 PM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF DENVER...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN SOME OPEN RURAL AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS...AND ALSO AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ046>051-100430- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130410T0600Z/ 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 223 PM MDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN WASHINGTON... MORGAN...EASTERN WELD...AND WESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER TEENS MOST OF THE DAY. 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. && $$ GIMMESTAD/D_L
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:19 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 4:26 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 16 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Washington | 41 min |
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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.