Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2014, 12:41 PM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 12, 2014, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 40 hr. 13 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2014, 12:41 PM MST (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2014, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2014, 4:06 PM MST
- In force
- 40 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 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.9 | Georgetown, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 12 Ssw Georgetown, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 Se Gould, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Wsw Silverthorne, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Grand Lake, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 10 Nw Kremmling, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Ene Tabernash, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 8 Wnw Kremmling, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.1 | Breckenridge, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | Williams Fork Reservoir, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | 11 Nw Kremmling, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Fraser, CO | FOUR DAY SNOW TOTAL |
| Jan 12, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Se Breckenridge, 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442 WWUS45 KBOU 111941 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1241 PM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... .A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL REMAIN OVER COLORADO TODAY PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS. WEST WINDS GUSTING IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS. SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING...BUT THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM EMBEDDED IN THE STRONG FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE DUE TO OROGRAPHIC LIFT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY AS THE AIRMASS STARTS TO DRY OUT. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. COZ031-033-034-120345- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.140112T0700Z-140113T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0002.140112T0700Z-140114T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140112T0700Z/ 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 1241 PM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...SLOW TRAVEL...SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN SPOTS. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR SEMI- TRAILERS AND BUSES TRAVELING OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HODANISH
9 follow-up statements
260 WWUS45 KBOU 120046 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 546 PM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE STATE THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SNOW AND WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. HE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE DUE TO OROGRAPHIC LIFT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE MONDAY AS THE AIRMASS STARTS TO DRY OUT. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. COZ031-033-034-120900- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140112T0700Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.140112T0700Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 546 PM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT AS WELL WITH SNOW AND WIND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. && $$
218 WWUS45 KBOU 120639 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1139 PM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 COZ031-033-034-121445- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.140112T0700Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 1139 PM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN START TO TAPER OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$
857 WWUS45 KBOU 121022 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 322 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 COZ031-033-034-121830- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 322 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN START TO TAPER OFF MIDDAY MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$ COZ030-032-121830- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0003.140112T1500Z-140113T0300Z/ 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 322 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE SNOW AND WIND WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BRIEFLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
818 WWUS45 KBOU 121626 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 926 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 COZ031-033-034-130030- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 926 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING OVER THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR AND HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. THE SNOW WILL THEN START TO TAPER OFF MIDDAY MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$ COZ030-032-130030- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140113T0300Z/ 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 926 AM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE SNOW AND WIND WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BRIEFLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
378 WWUS45 KBOU 130011 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 511 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 COZ031-033-034-130815- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 511 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR AND HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. THE SNOW WILL THEN START TO TAPER OFF MIDDAY MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$ COZ030-032-130300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140113T0300Z/ 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 511 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BRIEFLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
296 WWUS45 KBOU 130312 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 812 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 COZ030-032-130415- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140113T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 812 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UNDER AN INCH. $$ COZ031-033-034-131115- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 812 PM MST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR AND HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. THE SNOW WILL THEN START TO TAPER OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$
611 WWUS45 KBOU 131003 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 303 AM MST MON JAN 13 2014 COZ031-033-034-131815- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 303 AM MST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR AND HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. THE SNOW WILL THEN START TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS 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. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$
089 WWUS45 KBOU 131740 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1040 AM MST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN A SLOW DECREASE LATER TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AS THE AIRMASS STABILIZES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY A MINOR IMPROVEMENT TONIGHT. COZ031-033-034-140000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ 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 1040 AM MST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR THROUGH SUMMIT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SNOW INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. IF YOU TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$ BARJENBRUCH/D-L
226 WWUS45 KBOU 132306 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 406 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SNOW DECREASING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .THE SNOWFALL OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...HOWEVER IT WILL NOT TOTALLY STOP. PRETTY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. COZ031-140715- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0004.140114T0000Z-140114T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 406 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PARK AND GORE MOUNTAINS RANGES OVER WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AS WELL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...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. CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BY CALLING 511 OR VISITING WWW.COTRIP.ORG BEFORE YOU TRAVEL. && $$ COZ033-034-140015- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T0000Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 406 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT DECREASING TO A CHANCE OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER 3 INCHES. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 11, 10:11 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 10:11 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1011 AM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON EXCEPT 00Z MON FOR KDEN) ISSUED AT 959 AM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 3 TAF SITES...KBJC...KAPA AND KDEN ARE EXPECTED TO BE VFR NEXT 24-30 HOURS. MAIN CONCERN DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE WINDS. IN THE NEXT 6 HOURS OR SO...LATEST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT WINDS AT KDEN AND KAPA SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY SOUTHWESTERLY TO SOUTHERLY AT 10 TO 15 KNTS. LATEST HRRR HAS WEAK SFC LOW IN VICINITY OF DIA...SO WINDS MAY BE A BIT TRICKY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IF ATMOS MIXES OUT...THEN DIA MAY SHIFT TO A MORE WEST- NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AND COULD BECOME GUSTY FOR AWHILE. KBJC WILL REMAIN GUSTY FROM THE WNW THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING AND EXPECT GUSTY NW WINDS AT ALL TAF SITES BY LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. \/HODANISH && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ035-036. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ031- 033-034. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR COZ031-033-034. && AVIATION...HODANISH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 11:42 AM MST, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1142 AM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 COZ030>051-121845- 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- 1142 AM MST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS IN THE 65 TO 75 MPH RANGE WILL BE COMMON IN THESE AREAS...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN HIGHER MOUNTAIN AREAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE DRY AND MILD TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 50S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOW PACKED INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WHERE 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FRONT RANGE...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PLAINS SUNDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SPOTTER REPORTS STRONG WINDS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 4:08 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
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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.