Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2014, 10:12 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 21, 2014, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 36 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
- Dec 20, 2014, 10:12 AM MST (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2014, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 12:00 AM MST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | SINCE 8AM 12/21, 8.9 INCHES SINCE 8AM 12/20 |
| Dec 21, 8:01 PM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | SINCE 2PM TODAY, 12.7 IN SINCE 8AM 12/20 |
| Dec 21, 8:36 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ese Allenspark, CO | 2 IN/HR SNOWFALL RATE |
| Dec 21, 9:34 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Dec 21, 9:55 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Dec 21, 10:35 PM MST | SNOW 5 | N Fairplay, CO | HARD TO MEASURE, WINDS 25G42MPH |
| Dec 22, 12:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.9 | 3 Sw Golden, CO | |
| Dec 22, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 12 Ssw Georgetown, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 7 W Arvada, CO | RALSTON RESERVOIR |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 8 Sw Lake George, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 5 Nw Rustic, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Sse Estes Park, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 E Dillon, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:15 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Lakewood, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:15 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 E Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Antero Reservoir, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 9 Se Weston Pass, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 S Brainard Lake, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Sw Meeker Park, CO | COPELAND LAKE |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 6 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Nnw Cameron Pass, CO | JOE WRIGHT RESERVOIR |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 Nne Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Nnw Longs Peak, CO | BEAR LAKE |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 S Longs Peak, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 6 N Trail Ridge, CO | LONG DRAW RESERVOIR |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 4 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | LAKE IRENE |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 1 Nnw Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 5 Ssw Blue River, CO | HOOSIER PASS |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 1 Wnw Loveland Pass, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 1 W Copper Mountain, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:33 AM MST | SNOW 5.2 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Dec 22, 7:45 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 5 N Bailey, CO | |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Williams Fork Reservoir, CO | |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Winter Park, CO | |
| Dec 22, 8:01 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 18.6 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | |
| Dec 22, 8:23 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | Georgetown, CO | |
| Dec 22, 8:33 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Dec 22, 8:49 AM MST | SNOW 5.1 | Black Hawk, CO | |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.4 | Walden, CO | |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.6 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Wnw Pingree Park, CO | HOURGLASS LAKE SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 6 Nw Silverthorne, CO | SUMMIT RANCH SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 9 Ese Four Corners, CO | DEADMAN HILL SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 S Brainard Lake, CO | UNIVERSITY CAMP SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Nnw Longs Peak, CO | BEAR LAKE SNOTEL IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Wsw Guanella Pass, CO | JACKWHACKER GULCH SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 6 N Trail Ridge, CO | LONG DRAW RESERVOIR. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 4 S Longs Peak, CO | WILD BASIN SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 9 Ssw Cameron Pass, CO | NEVER SUMMER SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Sw Eldora, CO | LAKE ELDORA SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 4 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | LAKE IRENE SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 5 W Green Mountain Rese, CO | ELLIOT RIDGE SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 1 Nnw Cameron Pass, CO | JOE WRIGHT SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 5 Ssw Blue River, CO | HOOSIER PASS SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 7 E Blue River, CO | MICHIGAN CREEK SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 1 W Copper Mountain, CO | COPPER MOUNTAIN SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19 | 1 Nw Climax, CO | FREMONT PASS SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19 | 1 Sse Loveland Pass, CO | GRIZZLY PEAK SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 19 | Berthoud Pass, CO | BERTHOUD PASS SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
| Dec 22, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 22 | 11 S Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | BUFFALO PARK SNOTEL. SNOWFALL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ESTIMATED USING 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WWUS45 KBOU 201712 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1012 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.... .A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF COLORADO BRINGING SNOW AND WIND TO MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. COLD TEMPERATURES...INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW. HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER ALTERING TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. COZ031-033-034-210300- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 1012 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING INCREASING IN INTENSITY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...MOUNTAIN TOP WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINS PASSES MAY FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...SLOW TRAVEL...SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN SPOTS. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR SEMI-TRAILERS AND BUSES TO TRAVEL OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ COZ030-032-210300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1012 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW AND ICE PACKED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
472 WWUS45 KBOU 202206 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 306 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.... .A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF COLORADO BRINGING SNOW AND WIND TO MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. COLD TEMPERATURES...INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW. HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER ALTERING TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. COZ032-211100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 306 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW AND ICE PACKED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN 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. && $$ COZ031-033-034-211100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 306 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING INCREASING IN INTENSITY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...MOUNTAIN TOP WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINS PASSES MAY FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... SLOW TRAVEL...SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN SPOTS. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR SEMI-TRAILERS AND BUSES TO TRAVEL OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ COZ030-211100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 306 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW AND ICE PACKED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN 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. && $$
416 WWUS45 KBOU 210333 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 833 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON THE WAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .WIDESPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A POWERFUL AND MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM PLOWS INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE WORST STORM CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO REACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES BY SUNDAY EVENING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. COZ031-033-034-211300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 833 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THEN...SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY NOON SUNDAY AND BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...MOUNTAIN TOP WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER PASSES MAY FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR SEMI-TRAILERS AND BUSES TO TRAVEL OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR 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. && $$ COZ032-211300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 833 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY MID DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ COZ030-211300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 833 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY MID DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
145 WWUS45 KBOU 211252 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 552 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A POWERFUL AND MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM PLOWS INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE WORST STORM CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO REACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND EXPOSED AREAS BY THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 AND LOVELAND...BERTHOUD...AND RABBIT EARS PASSES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. COZ031-033-034-212200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 552 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN WINDIER AREAS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...AND CHAINS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER THE PASSES. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF TRAVELERS BEING STRANDED FOR AN EXTENDED TIME WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ032-212200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 552 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS BY THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030-212200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.141221T1900Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 552 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LIGHTER AGAIN ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO 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. CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ GIMMESTAD/RJK
918 WWUS45 KBOU 212103 AAA WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 203 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. CURRENT OBSERVATIONS HAVE 5 INCHES AT MOST SKI RESORTS IN THE MOUNTAINS IN ROUGHLY 4 HOURS. THE WORST STORM CONDITIONS WILL REACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR BY 4 PM. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND EXPOSED AREAS BY THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 AND LOVELAND...BERTHOUD...AND RABBIT EARS PASSES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. COZ031-033-034-220515- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 203 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL QUICKLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN WINDIER AREAS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...AND CHAINS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER THE PASSES. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF TRAVELERS BEING STRANDED FOR AN EXTENDED TIME WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ032-220515- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 203 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS BY THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030-220515- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 203 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN LIGHTER AGAIN ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS. && $$
264 WWUS45 KBOU 212230 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 330 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS HAVE 5 INCHES AT MOST SKI RESORTS IN THE MOUNTAINS IN ROUGHLY 4 HOURS. THE WORST STORM CONDITIONS WILL REACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR BY 4 PM. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND EXPOSED AREAS BY THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 AND LOVELAND...BERTHOUD... AND RABBIT EARS PASSES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING. COZ031-033-034-220630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 330 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. OVER HIGHER EXPOSED PASSES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN WINDIER AREAS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...AND CHAINS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER THE PASSES. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF TRAVELERS BEING STRANDED FOR AN EXTENDED TIME WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ032-220630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 330 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY THIS AFTEROON THROUGH THE NIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN OPEN AREAS BY THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030-220630- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 330 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...EVENING...AND THROUGH THE NIGHT...DECREASING IN INTENSITY ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY THIS EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO 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. CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS. && $$
251 WWUS45 KBOU 220414 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 914 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS OF LATE SUNDAY EVENING IN THE HIGH COUNTRY RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...WITH OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM RABBIT EARS PASS AREA NORTHWARD TO THE WYOMING BORDER...AND AROUND A FOOT NEAR COPPER MOUNTAIN AND BRECKENRIDGE. THE WORST STORM CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN SNOW INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. COZ031-033-034-221300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. THERE WILL STILL BE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 MPH OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE DANGEROUS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN WINDIER AREAS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...AND CHAINS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER THE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ032-221300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 914 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE INTO MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS STORM TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER AVOIDING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA AS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR BECOMING STRANDED. CARRY WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ030-221300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 914 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL BUT MAINLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BY THIS EVENING. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL PLANS. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
676 WWUS45 KBOU 221213 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 513 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 COZ031-033-034-222015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 513 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN MOST HIGH COUNTRY LOCALES THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING...DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...AREAS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WINDS WILL OCCUR...MAINLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE HIGHEST EXPOSED AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP WELL BELOW A MILE IN THE WORST CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE SLOW AND DIFFICULT TODAY AS ROADS REMAIN SNOW PACKED. $$ COZ032-222015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 513 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...OFF AND ON SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...20 TO 30 MPH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL GROUND BLIZZARDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. $$ COZ030-222015- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 513 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AT TIMES THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. $$
075 WWUS45 KBOU 221919 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1219 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 COZ031-033-034-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1219 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN MOST HIGH COUNTRY LOCALES THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING...DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...AREAS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WINDS WILL OCCUR... MAINLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE HIGHEST EXPOSED AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP WELL BELOW A MILE IN THE WORST CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE SLOW AND DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING AS ROADS REMAIN SNOW PACKED. $$ COZ032-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1219 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...OFF AND ON SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...20 TO 30 MPH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL GROUND BLIZZARDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. $$ COZ030-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 1219 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AT TIMES THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. $$
826 WWUS45 KBOU 222330 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 430 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THIS EVENING... .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. UNTIL THEN...SOME OF THE SHOWERS WILL STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO JUST A HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES. AS THE SNOW INTENSITY DECREASES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PASSES. TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY IS SLOW AND TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STILL DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A SHOVEL. COZ031-033-034-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 430 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 26 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...AREAS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WINDS WILL OCCUR... MAINLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN THE HIGHEST EXPOSED AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP WELL BELOW A MILE IN THE WORST CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE SLOW AND DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR EXTREMELY SLOW TRAVEL. TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ COZ032-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 430 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...OFF AND ON SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...15 TO 25 MPH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL GROUND BLIZZARDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES OR EXTREMELY SLOW TRAVEL. TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ COZ030-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 430 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AT TIMES THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. $$ BARJENBRUCH
556 WWUS45 KBOU 230457 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 957 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS IS WINDING DOWN... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM VARIED GREATLY FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT IN THE MOUNTAINS. MOST AREAS SAW BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES...WHILE A FEW SPOTS SAW AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES. COZ031-033-034-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 957 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL CONTINUE. VISIBILITIES IN EXPOSED AREAS WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY WILL REMAIN SLOW AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING CONDITIONS. TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ COZ032-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 957 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH. * WIND/VISIBILITY...15 TO 25 MPH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS AND SLOW DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...EXTRA FOOD AND WATER...A FULL GAS TANK...AND A SHOVEL IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ COZ030-230700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 957 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 1 INCH. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN OPEN AREAS. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS MAY STILL OCCUR. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. $$ BARJENBRUCH
626 WWUS45 KBOU 230656 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1156 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 COZ031-033-034-230800- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ 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 1156 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE HIGHER AREAS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE OVER. CARE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXERCISED WHILE TRAVELING IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. $$ COZ032-230800- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1156 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... SNOW AND WINDS HAVE ENDED IN THE WARNING AREA. TRAVEL WITH CARE OVERNIGHT. $$ COZ030-230800- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T0700Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN 1156 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME AREAS OF WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 OR 30 MPH BUT THE WORST CONDITIONS HAVE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AROUND NORTH PARK TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:06 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Jackson | 57 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.