Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 22, 2013, 6:20 AM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 22, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT. 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 22, 2013, 6:20 AM MDT (12:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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 22, 9:01 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Mar 22, 9:01 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Westminster, CO | |
| Mar 22, 9:01 PM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | 3 N Conifer, CO | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. |
| Mar 22, 9:03 PM MDT | SNOW 1.8 | 2 Ne Northglenn, CO | |
| Mar 22, 10:03 PM MDT | SNOW 2.2 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 22, 10:18 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 8 Se Watkins, CO | HEAVY SNOW |
| Mar 22, 10:46 PM MDT | SNOW 3.7 | 1 Sse Bergen Park, CO | |
| Mar 22, 10:51 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Mar 22, 11:53 PM MDT | SNOW 3.2 | 1 W Lafayette, CO | |
| Mar 22, 11:53 PM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 22, 11:56 PM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | W Arvada, CO | |
| Mar 23, 12:07 AM MDT | SNOW 5.4 | Denver Intl Airport, CO | |
| Mar 23, 12:13 AM MDT | SNOW 3.8 | 2 Sse Federal Heights, CO | |
| Mar 23, 12:58 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Parker, CO | |
| Mar 23, 1:03 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | 4.1 INCHES SINCE 8 PM. |
| Mar 23, 1:03 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 5 Ne Ward, CO | 4.1 INCHES SINCE 8 PM. |
| Mar 23, 2:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5.3 | 2 S Boulder, CO | |
| Mar 23, 3:42 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Mar 23, 4:35 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | |
| Mar 23, 4:50 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | 2 S Louisville, CO | |
| Mar 23, 5:18 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Mar 23, 5:21 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Cope, CO | |
| Mar 23, 5:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 6 Nw Denver, CO | |
| Mar 23, 5:54 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.9 | 2 Wsw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER NOAA |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | Denver Intl Airport, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:03 AM MDT | SNOW 5.9 | 4 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:15 AM MDT | SNOW 2.7 | 21 N New Raymer, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 W Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:33 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Hereford, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:45 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Crook, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:52 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 4 Ene Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:56 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 1 Nw Hugo, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:58 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | Karval, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.4 | 3 Se Brighton, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.8 | Holyoke, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Wnw Lindon, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.1 | 3 Nnw Lafayette, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.2 | 10 Nw Yuma, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 4 Wsw Thurman, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:02 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.2 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:03 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 2 W Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:05 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Holyoke, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:06 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:08 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 6 Nne Woodrow, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:20 AM MDT | SNOW 5.1 | Franktown, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:27 AM MDT | SNOW 5.2 | Ese Castle Pines, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Cheesman Reservoir, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Lakewood, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 Ne Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:34 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:34 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.6 | 8 Se Watkins, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:35 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Ne Bergen Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:38 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | Northglenn, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:43 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:45 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bennett, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:52 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Brighton, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.1 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:56 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 2 W Stoneham, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
711 WWUS45 KBOU 221220 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 620 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...STRONG LATE WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT COLORADO... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE ALONG WITH THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS. AS THE STORM APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ042-044>046-048>051-222030- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0005.130323T0600Z-130324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH 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...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 620 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. ANOTHER 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON SATURDAY AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
939 WWUS45 KBOU 221815 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1215 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...STRONG LATE WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT COLORADO... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE IDAHO AND UTAH THIS MORNING WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS. AS THE STORM APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS. DURING THE EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...CAUSING RAIN SHOWERS TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT THAT TIME. COZ042-044>046-048>051-230215- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH 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...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1215 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. ANOTHER 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON SATURDAY AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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. && $$
757 WWUS45 KBOU 222228 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 428 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...STRONG SPRING STORM TAKING AIM AT COLORADO... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING... SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. COZ042-044>046-048>051-230630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH 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...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 428 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT THEN NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWPACKED ROADS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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. && $$ COZ038>041-043-230630- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN 428 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...NORTH WINDS 15-25 MPH ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-230630- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 428 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT...THEN NORTH 25 TO 40 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$ COZ031-033-034-230630- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 428 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT... NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ035-036-230630- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.130323T0300Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 428 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS LARIMER...BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT...THEN NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$
269 WWUS45 KBOU 230314 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 914 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...STRONG SPRING STORM TAKING AIM AT COLORADO... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO WESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OVERNIGHT...SPREADING INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. COZ042-044>046-048>051-231115- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH 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...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 914 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THEN NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWPACKED ROADS MAY CAUSE SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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>041-043-231115- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ 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 914 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 15-25 MPH...NORTH 15-25 MPH ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$ COZ047-231115- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 914 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT...THEN NORTH 25 TO 40 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ031-033-034-231115- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 914 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT... NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$ COZ035-036-231115- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 914 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS LARIMER...BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT... THEN NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
023 WWUS45 KBOU 230341 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...STRONG SPRING STORM TAKING AIM AT COLORADO... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS EVENING WILL MOVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. COZ039>041-043-231145- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ 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...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 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ042-044>046-048>051-231145- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THEN NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWPACKED ROADS MAY CAUSE SOME ROAD CLOSURES. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038-231145- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 15-25 MPH...NORTH 15- 25 MPH ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$ COZ047-231145- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...EAST TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT... THEN NORTH 25 TO 40 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ031-033-034-231145- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT... NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$ COZ035-036-231145- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS LARIMER...BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT... THEN NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ROADS BECOMING SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
809 WWUS45 KBOU 231110 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...STRONG SPRING STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF COLORADO... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION...ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO WHERE NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. ROAD CLOSURES EAST OF DENVER WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. COZ044>046-049-051-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 16 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO HEAVY FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SEVERELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039>041-043-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...EXCEPT 4 TO 7 INCHES CLOSER TO GREELEY. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW INTENSITY DECREASES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ042-048-050-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NOON HOUR AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED...ICY...OR SLUSHY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$ COZ031-033-034-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ035-036-231915- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 510 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MID AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON EXPOSED RIDGES. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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. && $$
898 WWUS45 KBOU 231605 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...STRONG SPRING STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF COLORADO... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION...ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO WHERE NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ROAD CLOSURES EAST OF DENVER WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. COZ044>046-049-051-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO HEAVY FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SEVERELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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>041-043-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ 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...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 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...EXCEPT 4 TO 8 INCHES CLOSER TO GREELEY. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EAST OF I-25. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW INTENSITY DECREASES. 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. && $$ COZ042-048-050-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NOON HOUR AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHEAST LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED...ICY...OR SLUSHY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ COZ047-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ031-033-034-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. && $$ COZ035-036-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1005 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON EXPOSED RIDGES. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED AND ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
737 WWUS45 KBOU 232133 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 333 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...SNOW DECREASING OVER NORTHERN COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO WAS MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO WHERE NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH 6 PM BEFORE DECREASING. COZ039-040-042-043-048-050-051-232245- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 333 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACUMMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ COZ031-033>036-038-232245- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK... FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 333 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. $$ COZ044>046-049-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 333 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH 6 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH UNTIL 6 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SEVERELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. 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 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 333 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH 6 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT... TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ047-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 333 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO 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. && $$
462 WWUS45 KBOU 232349 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 549 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 COZ044>046-049-240100- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 549 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND COME TO AN END DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MANY ROADS REMAIN ICY AND SNOWPACKED...IF TRAVELING SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. $$ COZ041-240100- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 549 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND COME TO AN END DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MANY ROADS REMAIN ICY AND SNOWPACKED...IF TRAVELING SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. $$ COZ047-240100- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130324T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 549 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND COME TO AN END DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IF TRAVELING SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. $$
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 22, 6:01 AM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 6:01 AM MDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 601 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 .UPDATE... && .AVIATION...A LOWER STRATUS DECK HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND HAS SLOWLY SHIFTED FURTHER NORTH INTO THE DENVER AREA... INCLUDING THE LOCAL TERMINALS. NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST BUT WITH INCREASING ASCENT MOVING IN AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROF MAY HAVE A LOWER CLOUD DECK FOR MOST OF THE DAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ SHORT TERM...AS USUAL ANOTHER COMPLICATED FORECAST WITH THE NEXT INCOMING STORM GATHERING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. MAIN CONCERN THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE SNOWFALL POTENTIAL OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AND HOW TO HANDLE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH HILITES IN PLACE. CURRENTLY THE STORM DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH BUT CERTAINLY QUITE A BIT OF COLD AIR GIVEN THE IR SATELLITE CU FIELDS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THERE IS ALSO A 120KT JET STREAK DIVING DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROF OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE DEVELOPING LOW IS EXPECTED TO SHOW SOME AMPLIFICATION AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT WITH IMPRESSIVE QG ASCENT WITH THE MAX LIFT GOING RIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO. ALSO WITH THE COLD AIR...LAPSE RATES STEEPEN THROUGH THE PERIOD. THERE IS STILL THE QUESTION ON HOW MUCH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS WITH THIS RATHER PROGRESSIVE MOVING SYSTEM. TYPICALLY WITH THIS KIND OF SYSTEM THERE IS A SHORT PERIOD OF POSSIBLE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND THEN QUICKLY MOVES OUT. MODELS ARE REALLY PUTTING OUT SOME HIGH QPF NUMBERS SO GIVEN THE MOISTURE SOURCE AND QUICKNESS HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THE QPF WILL BE THAT HIGH. AS WITH THE LAST STORM HERE...QPF NUMBERS FROM THE MODELS WERE WAY OVERDONE. MORE CONFIDENT ON HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE PLAINS WHERE CURRENT WATCH IS IN PLACE AND PLAN TO UPGRADE THIS TO A WARNING. HAVE ALSO MOVED UP THE TIMING TO START AT 03Z INSTEAD OF 06Z TONIGHT. STILL A QUESTION ON WHAT TO DO FURTHER WEST ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND URBAN CORRIDOR. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT POSSIBLE ADVISORY TYPE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE BOULDER AND DENVER AREA AND LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH ACROSS LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES. CONSIDERING THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW WILL OPT TO CARRY NO HILITES AT THIS TIME. THIS WILL ALLOW LATER SHIFT TO MAKE A DECISION IF ADVISORY IS MORE PRUDENT OR UPGRADE TO A WARNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TO BE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. LONG TERM...THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE PASSING OVERHEAD SATURDAY MORNING AS HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE MAKES A PUSH FROM THE NORTH. QG VERTICAL VELOCITY VALUES ARE BEING PROGGED AROUND 40 MB/HR UPWARD DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THIS COMBINED WITH UPSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD SNOWFALL RATES...POSSIBLY AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. MOST MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS FROM THE SURFACE UP TO ABOUT 700 MB...COMPARED TO THEIR AGREEMENT ON TONIGHTS WINDS. AS THE SURFACE HIGH PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTH...NORTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE PLAINS UP TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY TO ELBERT. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. MAY REACH BLIZZARD CRITERIA IN CERTAIN AREAS EAST OF THIS LINE...BUT DID NOT WANT TO CONFUSE HIGHLIGHTS BY PUTTING A BLIZZARD WARNING ON TOP OF A WINTER STORM WARNING. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE INCREASE IN WINDS SATURDAY. BY THE AFTERNOON...THE BEST DYNAMICS MOVE EAST AND MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS BEGIN TO BECOME OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER TIMING AND STRENGTH ARE UNCERTAIN WHICH WILL AFFECT HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MAY RESULT IN ADVISORY OR BELOW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. FOR NOW WILL NOT ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY STEADY THROUGH THE DAY WITH HARDLY ANY WARMING...READINGS WILL LIKELY STAY IN THE LOW 20S OVER THE PLAINS AND IN THE LOW TEENS FOR THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS AROUND A FOOT OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN FALLING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE QUICKLY MOVES INTO COLORADO SUNDAY TO BRING A FEW MORE INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS AND A CHANCE TO SEE SOME SNOW OVER THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD...NEARLY 30 DEGREES COLDER THAN AVERAGE FOR LATE MARCH. ZONAL FLOW TO SLIGHT RIDGING NEXT WEEK FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL ALLOW FOR A SLOW MODERATION OF THE COOL TEMPERATURES AND DRIER WEATHER. AVIATION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AT LOCAL TERMINALS THIS EVENING WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH IFR CONDITIONS FOR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES AND WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL CERTAINLY SEE ACCUMULATIONS ON RUNWAY SURFACES. SURFACE WINDS TONIGHT WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10-20KT. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR COZ042-044>046-048>051. && SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM....KRIEDERMAN AVIATION...ENTREKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 5:01 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 501 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 COZ030>051-231115- 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- 501 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS FROM 9 PM MDT THROUGH 6 PM MDT SATURDAY.... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST COLORADO BY LATER TONIGHT WHICH WILL BRING THE SNOW AND COLDER TEMPERATURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF LATER IN THE DAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE PLAINS EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY DOWN TO ELBERT WILL BE 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES WEST OF THIS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE A TOTAL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ALMOST 30 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LESS ACCUMULATION. THE WEATHER WILL THEN BEGIN DRYING OUT WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED AS SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT. ENTREKIN/KRIEDERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:28 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 11 more | 26 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.