Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2013, 3:10 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 29, 2013, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 47 hr. 4 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
- Jan 29, 2013, 3:10 AM MST (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2013, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2013, 3:31 PM MST
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 8:01 AM MST | SNOW 4.1 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | STORM TOTAL |
| Jan 31, 12:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Wsw Nederland, CO | |
| Jan 31, 3:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 Sse Fraser, CO | |
| Jan 31, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 7 S Frisco, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
458 WWUS45 KBOU 291010 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 310 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOW THIS MORNING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY LATER TODAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF MOISTURE PARKS ITSELF ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-292300- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0001.130130T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0001.130130T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 310 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TODAY AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 AND 2 FEET WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ033-034-292300- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0001.130130T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0001.130130T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 310 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 18 WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
564 WWUS45 KBOU 291928 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1228 PM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... SNOW WILL REDEVELOP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT...BUT HEAVIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF MOISTURE PARKS ITSELF ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-300330- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.130130T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1228 PM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TODAY AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 AND 2 FEET WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ033-034-300330- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.130130T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1228 PM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM THE WINTER PARK AND INDIAN PEAKS AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
481 WWUS45 KBOU 300318 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 818 PM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF MOISTURE PARKS ITSELF ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-301130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 818 PM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 AND 2 FEET WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ033-034-301130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 818 PM MST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM THE WINTER PARK AND INDIAN PEAKS AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
361 WWUS45 KBOU 301047 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 347 AM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY TONIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING. HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF MOISTURE PARKS ITSELF ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-302300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 347 AM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 AND 2 FEET WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ033-034-302300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 347 AM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM THE WINTER PARK AND INDIAN PEAKS AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
894 WWUS45 KBOU 301548 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 848 AM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF MOISTURE PARKS ITSELF ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE THIS MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-310000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 848 AM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 AND 2 FEET WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ033-034-310000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 848 AM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM THE WINTER PARK AND INDIAN PEAKS AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MEDICINE BOW RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
409 WWUS45 KBOU 302318 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 418 PM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... MODERATE SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-310730- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 418 PM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ COZ033-034-310730- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 418 PM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
710 WWUS45 KBOU 310539 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1039 PM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... MODERATE SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-311345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1039 PM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ COZ033-034-311345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1039 PM MST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
152 WWUS45 KBOU 311230 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 530 AM MST THU JAN 31 2013 COZ031-312230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 530 AM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ COZ033-034-312230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 530 AM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...HEAVIEST ON WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
280 WWUS45 KBOU 311932 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1232 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 COZ031-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1232 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ COZ033-034-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1232 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...HEAVIEST ON WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
212 WWUS45 KBOU 312231 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 331 PM MST THU JAN 31 2013 ...SNOW AND WINDS DECREASING QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON... .THE LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WAS WINDING DOWN RATHER QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. IN ADDITION...WINDS HAVE DECREASED SOMEWHAT WITH PEAK GUSTS NOW REACHING 40 TO 45 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. COZ031-033-034-312345- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130201T0000Z/ 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 THU JAN 31 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS PROVIDED BY AUTOMATED AND PUBLIC OBSERVATIONS VARIED GREATLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE PAST 2 DAYS. IN THE PARK AND GORE RANGES OF WESTERN GRAND AND JACKSON COUNTIES...SNOWFALL TOTALS GENERALLY RANGED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET. MEANWHILE...SOMEWHAT LIGHTER TOTALS OF 3 TO 15 INCHES FELL IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND SUMMIT COUNTY...WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING BETWEEN 5 AND 11 INCHES. $$ BARJENBRUCH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 28, 10:36 PM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 10:36 PM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1036 PM MST MON JAN 28 2013 .UPDATE... && .SHORT TERM...MOST OF THE LIGHT SNOW OVER NERN CO IS NOW CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-76. HOWEVER CURRENT DATA STILL SHOWS SOME REDEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS 09Z AND LINGER THRU MID MORNING FM DENVER SOUTH TO THE PALMER DIVIDE. .AVIATION...RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THRU 09Z WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THERE STILL COULD BE A PERIOD OF STEADIER LIGHT SNOW FM 09Z-13Z WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATON. THE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD END BY 15Z. FOR NOW WILL KEEP CONDITIONS MVFR THRU 09Z WHICH COULD DROP DOWN TO IFR FOR A FEW HOURS BETWEEN 09Z AND 13Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 821 PM MST MON JAN 28 2013/ UPDATE... SHORT TERM...BANDED PCPN HAS BEEN OCCURRING FROM THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER ENE ACROSS THE NERN PLAINS. BASED ON CURRENT DATA LOOKS LIKE BEST CHC OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND NE OF A LINE FM DENVER TO AKRON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS . FURTHER SOUTH THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH SNOW UNTIL AFTER 09Z AS UPPER LEVEL JET BEGINS TO SAG FURTHER SOUTH. IN THE MTNS THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT. AVIATION...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY END AFTER SUNRISE. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY MVFR...ALTHOUGH IFR COULD OCCUR FOR A FEW HOURS IF SNOW INTENSITY PICKS UP. WINDS HAVE REALLY DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING SPEEDS SHOULD BE IN THE 5-8 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT FM THE NNE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM MST MON JAN 28 2013/ SHORT TERM...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AS THE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN MOVES EAST. THE LIFT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH IS AT ITS MAX RIGHT NOW...EVIDENCED BY THE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OVER PARK COUNTY AND EAST INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS. BANDED SNOW HAS BEEN MOVING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS OVER WELD...EASTERN ADAMS...EASTERN ARAPAHOE AND MORGAN COUNTY. COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY SWEPT THROUGH MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...PLAINS AND URBAN CORRIDOR WITH UPSLOPE FLOW FORMING. THIS WILL HELP FILL IN THE GAPS OF THE BANDED PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAIN QUICKLY SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW OVER THE PLAINS. UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS ON EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BUT A GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE PLAINS STILL LOOKS GOOD...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A FEW MORE INCHES ON TOP DUE TO BANDING...ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE IN ISOLATED AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SNOW WILL SOME AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL UNDER THE AFOREMENTIONED BANDS. OVERALL...EXPECT ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW DECREASING FROM THE NORTH TO SOUTH. AREAS OF LIGHTER SNOW WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER WESTERN FACING HIGHER SLOPES AS MOUNTAIN FLOW TURNS TO THE FAVORABLE NORTHWEST DIRECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TONIGHT INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVER THE PLAINS. FLOW ALOFT WILL BE NORTHWEST TUESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP PERIODS OF SNOW OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG WEST FACING HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEYS WILL STRUGGLE TO SEE MUCH IN THIS PATTERN. SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING OVER THE PLAINS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NORTH TO SOUTH BUT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 INTO THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS FOR TOMORROW ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT OVER THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE ABOUT 10 TO 25 DEGREES COLDER THAN THEY WERE TODAY...WITH TEENS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE UPPER 20S TO UPPER 30S OVER THE PLAINS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LONG TERM...STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WHICH WILL FINALLY FAVOR OUR NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SUMMIT COUNTY FOR SNOW. AT THE SAME TIME...STRONG GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS INTO THE NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...THE NOSE OF A STRONG 130 KT JET DRIVES INTO WESTERN COLORADO. THIS ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CREATE A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SIGNIFICANT OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL. LAPSE RATES ARE PRETTY GOOD INITIALLY AROUND 6-7 C/KM TUESDAY NIGHT...AND MOISTURE IS QUITE DEEP. ON WEDNESDAY...THE JET NEARLY CENTERS ITSELF OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND 700 MB FLOW INCREASES TO AROUND 40 KTS. HOWEVER...LAPSE RATES LOWER TO AROUND 5 C/KM. LOCAL RHEA-THALER SNOW MODEL REALLY BEGINS TO RAMP UP THE PRECIP RATES DURING THIS TIME THOUGH...AS THE OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT FAR OUTWEIGHS THE STABILIZATION. THE STRONGER OROGRAPHIC FLOW BUT SLIGHTLY HIGHER LAPSE RATES AND HEAVIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE WARM ADVECTION BRINGS A GRADUAL DECREASE TO SNOWFALL BY THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...GIVEN THE SNOW OUTPUT AND STRENGTH OF WINDS WITH GUSTS LIKELY EXCEEDING 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUTS...WE HAVE OPTED FOR A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS STARTING TUESDAY EVENING AND GOING THROUGH THURSDAY. ON THE PLAINS...THE VARIOUS SHORT/MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR AN ANTICYCLONIC WIND SHIFT INTO THE FOOTHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD PROVIDE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THEN ATTENTION ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WILL SHIFT TOWARD POTENTIAL HIGH WINDS BY WEDNESDAY. CROSS MOUNTAIN FLOW INCREASING TO 40-50 KTS AND MOUNTAIN TOP STABLE LAYER STRENGTHENS. HOWEVER...THE UPPER LEVEL JET IS NOT IN A FAVORABLE LOCATION AND MOUNTAIN SNOW HAS A HIGH PROBABILITY OF PREVENTING MOUNTAIN WAVE DEVELOPMENT. AS A RESULT...WE HAVE NOT ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THAT PERIOD. THERE MAY BE A BETTER CHANCE OF HIGH WIND CRITERIA BEING MET WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN JET LIFTS SLIGHTLY TO OUR NORTH...BUT THATS A LONG WAYS OUT YET. FOR FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...LOOK FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE ROCKIES. READINGS WILL LIKELY APPROACH 60F ON THE PLAINS BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AVIATION...FRONT HAS NOW PASSED THROUGH ALL AREA AIRPORTS. AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FILLING IN AS UPSLOPE FLOW INCREASES. CEILINGS WILL LIKELY BECOME BKN-OVC AROUND 5KFT AGL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL TURN QUICKLY OVER TO SNOW AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN. MVFR/IFR CIG AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED FROM AROUND 02Z-09Z...WITH A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT THEREAFTER. MOST THE MDLS INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...HOWEVER BANDED SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR THE AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR KDEN. WILL GO WITH 1-3 INCHES FOR THE AIRPORTS...WITH A LOW CHANCE OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER KDEN. EXPECT THE CURRENT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHWEST TOMORROW AND INCREASING AFTER 15Z. SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE AROUND TOMORROW MORNING BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW AN INCH. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ031-033-034. && SHORT TERM...RPK LONG TERM....BARJENBRUCH AVIATION...RPK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 11:07 AM MST, 16 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1107 AM MST MON JAN 28 2013 COZ030>051-291815- 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- 1107 AM MST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM MST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN GRAND COUNTIES FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FOUND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. IT WILL BE MILD OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF SNOW BY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...HOWEVER SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. AS OF NOW...THE BEST CHANCE OF THIS TO HAPPEN WILL OCCUR EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTER A LULL TUESDAY MORNING...SNOW WILL REINTENSIFY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. STRONG GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. DRIER AND MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY INTO THIS COMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER... ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. KRIEDERMAN/BARJENBRUCH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 28, 10:14 PM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1014 PM MST MON JAN 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM SNOW 3 SE DENVER 39.69N 104.93W
01/28/2013 M2.0 INCH DENVER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0818 PM SNOW 2 SSE FEDERAL HEIGHTS 39.84N 105.00W
01/28/2013 M1.8 INCH ADAMS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0818 PM SNOW 2 SSE FEDERAL HEIGHTS 39.84N 105.00W
01/28/2013 M1.8 INCH ADAMS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0828 PM SNOW 4 ENE BROOMFIELD 39.97N 105.00W
01/28/2013 M3.4 INCH ADAMS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0906 PM SNOW 1 NNW FEDERAL HEIGHTS 39.88N 105.03W
01/28/2013 M2.5 INCH ADAMS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1014 PM SNOW 4 ENE NEDERLAND 39.99N 105.45W
01/28/2013 M1.0 INCH BOULDER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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Sources
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