Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 8, 2013, 4:14 AM MST for 22 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 8, 2013, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 21 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2013, 4:14 AM MST (11:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2013, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2013, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
All 22 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:37 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Sse Bergen Park, CO | OVER LAST TWO HOURS |
| Mar 9, 6:49 AM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 Nnw Federal Heights, CO | OVER LAST TWO HOURS |
| Mar 9, 7:06 AM MST | SNOW 2.2 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Mar 9, 7:13 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Mar 9, 7:19 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 9, 7:42 AM MST | SNOW 0.3 | 7 Nne Purcell, CO | |
| Mar 9, 7:42 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nne Bailey, CO | |
| Mar 9, 7:45 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:07 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 2 Sse Federal Heights, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:07 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 W Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 Wnw Fairplay, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM MST | SNOW 5.7 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:52 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Strasburg, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:52 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:52 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 9, 8:52 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:01 AM MST | SNOW 1.2 | 1 S Greeley, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:01 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 E Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:23 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 W Loveland, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:23 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ene Aspen Park, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:25 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Nnw Monument, CO | BAPTIST AND I-25 |
| Mar 9, 9:27 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Frederick, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:27 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ese Greeley, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:27 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 Ene Bergen Park, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:35 AM MST | SNOW 4.3 | 2 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:35 AM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 9, 9:42 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Ne Northglenn, CO | SOME BLOWING SNOW |
| Mar 9, 9:48 AM MST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Sse Estes Park, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:06 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:06 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Ken Caryl, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:06 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 1 Sse Bergen Park, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:06 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:15 AM MST | SNOW 7.5 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:23 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 Se Denver, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:25 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Nnw Monument, CO | BAPTIST AND I-25 |
| Mar 9, 10:29 AM MST | SNOW 0.8 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:29 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Nnw Peetz, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:29 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sse Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:29 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 W Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:30 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Sw Boulder, CO | NWS OFFICE |
| Mar 9, 10:54 AM MST | SNOW 7.2 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Mar 9, 10:54 AM MST | SNOW 7.9 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:16 AM MST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 N Golden, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:20 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Julesburg, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:20 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Ene Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Ne Northglenn, CO | MINOR DRIFTING |
| Mar 9, 11:30 AM MST | SNOW 7.4 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:42 AM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 Ene Northglenn, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:45 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Littleton, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:48 AM MST | SNOW 6.4 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:48 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Mar 9, 11:55 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Boulder, CO | NWS OFFICE |
| Mar 9, 12:03 PM MST | SNOW 0 | 3 W Fort Collins, CO | |
| Mar 9, 12:04 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nw Strasburg, CO | |
| Mar 9, 12:05 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Wnw Kassler, CO | |
| Mar 9, 12:05 PM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Mar 9, 12:05 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 Ssw Arapahoe Park, CO | |
| Mar 9, 12:05 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 3 W Conifer, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WWUS45 KBOU 081114 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 414 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO LATE TODAY... .THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS. THE PLAINS WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MEET WARNING CRITERIA AMOUNTS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WITH THIS STORM. COZ033>036-081915- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0004.130309T0300Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0300Z-130310T0000Z/ 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 414 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS ...AND LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MIDNIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ038>041-043-081915- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN 414 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP UNDER A HALF OF A MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ042-044>051-081915- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ NORTHEAST 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 414 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PLAINS EAST OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS COUPLED WITH THE MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IN THESE AREAS IF WIND SPEEDS ARE A BIT HIGHER. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ030>032-037-081915- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0004.130309T0300Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T0300Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 414 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES COULD DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH MODERATE SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
686 WWUS45 KBOU 081830 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND THEN TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INTENSIFYING LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. ON THE PLAINS...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTS FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR SATURDAY MORNING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WITH THIS STORM...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY EAST OF I-25. COZ043-090230- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-090230- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ042-044-090230- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-090230- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ045-090230- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ047-090230- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ033>036-090230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0300Z-130310T0000Z/ 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 MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ...LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MIDNIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-090230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030>032-037-090230- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T0300Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES COULD DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH MODERATE SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. 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. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
389 WWUS45 KBOU 082152 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND THEN TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING...INTENSIFYING LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. ON THE PLAINS...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTS FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR SATURDAY MORNING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WITH THIS STORM...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY EAST OF I-25. COZ041-045-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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. && $$ COZ042>044-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033>036-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0300Z-130310T0000Z/ 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 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE FOOTHILLS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MIDNIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030>032-037-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T0300Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES COULD DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH MODERATE SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. 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. && $$ COZ047-090600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 252 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
232 WWUS45 KBOU 090350 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .THE STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...INTENSIFYING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. ON THE PLAINS...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTS FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR SATURDAY MORNING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WITH THIS STORM...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY EAST OF I-25. COZ041-045-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ042>044-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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>036-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ 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 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...DEVELOPING OVER THE FOOTHILLS THE REST OF THE EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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>040-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.130309T0900Z-130310T0000Z/ 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- 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 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN POWER LINES WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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. && $$ COZ030>032-037-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS WITH THIS STORM...ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES COULD DROP BELOW 1 MILE WITH MODERATE SNOW FALLING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 850 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
522 WWUS45 KBOU 091124 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW FROM THE MOUNTAINS ONTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON FURTHER EAST ON THE PLAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ON THE PLAINS AND WITH UP TO 15 INCHES IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS IN THE 40-50 MPH RANGE ON THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND 30-40 MPH CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW ENDS AND WINDS DECREASE...THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH WIND FOR SOME DRIFTING ON THE PLAINS MUCH OF THE NIGHT. COZ041-045-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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. && $$ COZ042>044-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.130309T1200Z-130310T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN RURAL AREAS DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY LATE MORNING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS THE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033>036-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ 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 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH BY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 24 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN LARIMER COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ038>040-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON....WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS MORNING...AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN POWER LINES WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030>032-037-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...AREAS PRONE TO NORTH WINDS COULD DEVELOP 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. 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. && $$ COZ047-091930- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.130309T1500Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 424 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
624 WWUS45 KBOU 091648 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...AND THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON FURTHER EAST ON THE PLAINS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ON THE PLAINS AND WITH UP TO 15 INCHES IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS IN THE 40- 50 MPH RANGE ON THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND 30-40 MPH CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW ENDS AND WINDS DECREASE...THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH WIND FOR SOME DRIFTING ON THE PLAINS MUCH OF THE NIGHT. COZ041-045-100100- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-100100- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ042>044-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN RURAL AREAS DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY LATE MORNING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS THE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ 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 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH BY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 WITH UP TO 24 INCHES ALONG NORTH FACING SLOPES. THE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN LARIMER COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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>040-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ 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- 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 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON....WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS MORNING...AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN POWER LINES WHICH MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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. && $$ COZ030>032-037-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...AREAS PRONE TO NORTH WINDS COULD DEVELOP 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-100100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 948 AM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...THEN THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
382 WWUS45 KBOU 091905 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. NORTH WINDS WILL GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 50 MPH RANGE ON THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW ENDS AND WINDS DECREASE...THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH WIND FOR SOME DRIFTING ON THE PLAINS MUCH OF THE NIGHT. COZ042-043-092015- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THE WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MELT ON ROADWAYS...RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ COZ033-035-038-092015- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ COZ030>032-092015- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ COZ041-045-100315- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-100315- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ044-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN RURAL AREAS DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN POWER LINES AND RESULT IN SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. 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. && $$ COZ034-036-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH BY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16. THE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039-040-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. 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. && $$ COZ037-100000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...AREAS PRONE TO NORTH WINDS COULD DEVELOP 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE DRIVERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-100315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1205 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
345 WWUS45 KBOU 100009 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE SNOW TO THE AREA IS PUSHING AWAY FROM COLORADO WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. COZ044-100115- /O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ COZ034-036-100115- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS AROUND THROUGH THE EVENING BUT MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ENDING BY AROUND NIGHTFALL. FOOTHILLS LOCALES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER MAY BE ABLE TO PILE UP ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW PRIOR TO THE SNOW COMPLETELY COMING TO AN END AROUND MID EVENING. $$ COZ039-040-100115- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND THROUGH MID EVENING BUT MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS FINISHED. A FEW AREAS OF GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. $$ COZ037-100115- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ANY REMAINING SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL COME TO AN END BY MID EVENING. $$ COZ041-045-100600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BUT BE ON THE DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AREAS WHERE TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-048>051-100600- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ 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 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY BE ENDING THROUGH THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY BE DECREASING THROUGH THE EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 AROUND THE LIMON AREA. SOME ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BE CLOSED 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. && $$ COZ047-100600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 509 PM MST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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 Mar 8, 4:12 AM MST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 4:12 AM MST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 412 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 .SHORT TERM...THE DEVELOPING UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING WILL BE TRAVELLING TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. MOISTURE ALOFT OVER THE STATE WILL BE INCREASING BOTH FROM THE APPROACHING UPPER LOW AND FROM A SUBTROPICAL STREAM FLOWING NORTWARD FROM MEXICO AND TEXAS. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY MIDDAY WHILE THE PLAINS AREAS REMAIN DRY. MODELS HAVE SHOWN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW...LENDING CONFIDENCE TO THE FORECAST. MOUNTAIN AREAS MAY BEGIN SEEING MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT...WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ON THE PLAINS WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW. STILL...UP TO A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ON THE PLAINS BY SUNRISE. SOME MODELS HAVE HINTED THAT AN INITIAL DRY SLOT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES...BUT THEN STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING WILL TAKE OVER AND FILL IN PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE THIRD PERIOD OF THE FORECAST...SINCE THE EVENT WILL BE GETTING STARTED OVERNIGHT... HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS FROM THE MOUNTAINS EASTWARD. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER IN THE MOUNTAIN PARKS AND ZONE 31...SO TOOK THOSE ZONES TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES. SINCE TODAY IS THE TRANSITIONAL DAY INTO THE APPROACHING STORM...MORE FORECAST REASONING WILL BE DISCUSSED BELOW. .LONG TERM...AT 12Z SATURDAY MORNING...THE VARIOUS MODELS ARE ALL SHOWING THE UPPER CIRCULATION OVER THE FOUR CORNERS...AND AGAIN ITS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF KANSAS AT 00Z SATURDAY LATE DAY. BY 12Z SUNDAY MORNING...THE UPPER TROUGH OPENS UP AND STRETCHES FROM SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO TO IOWA...ALL TO THE EAST OF THE CWA. NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS PROGGED FOR THE CWA SUNDAY MORNING...THEN MORE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT FOR THE REST OF SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE QG VERTICAL VELOCITY FIELD CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG QG ASCENT OVER THE CWA SATURDAY. WEAK DOWNWARD SYNOPTIC SCALE ENERGY IS PROGGED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW IS PROGGED TO BE NEAR DUE NORTHERLY ON SATURDAY...WITH SPEEDS GETTING PRETTY STRONG OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AFTER 18Z. BY EARLY EVENING SATURDAY...THERE IS A BIT OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE NORTHERLY FLOW. THE NORTH- NORTHWESTERLIES CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...BUT AT LESSER SPEEDS. NORMAL DRAINAGE PATTERNS ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY NIGHT. FOR MOISTURE... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DEEP MOISTURE SATURDAY...BUT ALL OF THEM DRY THINGS OUT RAPIDLY DURING THE EVENING SATURDAY...NOT IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD LIKE YESTERDAY'S 00Z RUNS INDICATED. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ARE PRETTY DRY. THE QPF FIELDS ON MOST OF THE MODELS HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FOR SATURDAY. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW THE MOST...AND THE NAM HAS THE LEAST. CONERNING POPS...IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY DECENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THE UPPER AND LOWER LEVEL FEATURES ARE IN PRETTY GOOD LOCATIONS. THERE IS MOISTURE...COLD AIR ADVECTION AND SIGNIFICANT ENERGY. WILL GO WITH WARNINGS FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS. WILL GO WITH ADVISORIES IN THE PARKS AND ZONE 31. WILL CUT THE WARNINGS UP ON THE PLAINS WITH TIMING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG ENOUGH WINDS FOR BLIZZARD WARNINGS OVER THE EASTERN LOCATIONS. THERE STILL MAY NEED TO BE MORE FINE TUNING FOR THE NEXT SHIFTS. FOR TEMPERATURES...SATURDAY'S HIGHS WILL BE 5-10 C COLDER THAN TODAY'S HIGHS. SUNDAY'S HIGHS WILL WARM 2-4 C FROM SATRDAY'S. THERE IS THE SNOW FIELD TO CONSIDER AS WELL CONERNING THE HIGHS AND LOWS TOO. FOR THE LATER DAYS...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODELS MAINLY SHOW UPPER RIDGING OVER THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...BUT NOT TOO STRONG. THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW ENOUGH MOISTURE ALONG WITH SOME OROGRAPHICS TO WARRANT MINIMAL POPS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM TO NORMAL OR ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...OPERATIONAL IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINIMAL THROUGH 00Z. FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING...MOISTURE ALOFT WILL BE INCREASING WITH CEILINGS DROPPING BELOW 6000 FT AGL BY 03Z. MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER THAT AS CEILINGS FALL TOWARD MVFR CATEGORY. AFTER 07Z...TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE COOLED ENOUGH THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING WITH CEILINGS AND VISBILITIES DROPPING TO IFR. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ042- 044>051. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ033>036. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ030>032-037. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ038>041-043. && SHORT TERM...DANKERS LONG TERM....RJK AVIATION...DANKERS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 10:32 AM MST, 17 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1032 AM MST THU MAR 7 2013 COZ030>051-081745- 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- 1032 AM MST THU MAR 7 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO HIT THE AREA SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING COLORADO WILL BRING SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY. AS THIS STORM NEARS...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER NORTHERN COLORADO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO EARLY SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO END. STRONG NORTH WINDS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:14 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Elbert, Grand, Jackson, Lincoln, Park, Summit | 43 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:30 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.