Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 7, 2014, 5:06 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 7, 2014, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 20 hr. 30 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2014, 5:06 AM MST (12:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2014, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2014, 2:20 AM MST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:50 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Nne Bailey, CO | |
| Mar 7, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Mar 7, 3:19 PM MST | SNOW 3.7 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 7, 3:40 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 7, 4:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nw Grand Lake, CO | |
| Mar 7, 4:10 PM MST | SNOW 4.8 | 4 Ene Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 7, 4:38 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 7, 5:07 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 Nne Bailey, CO | |
| Mar 7, 5:10 PM MST | SNOW 1.4 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER NOAA |
| Mar 7, 5:40 PM MST | SNOW 5.1 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 7, 5:40 PM MST | SNOW 5.8 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 7, 5:47 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 E Antero Junction, CO | |
| Mar 7, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Fraser, CO | |
| Mar 7, 6:04 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Mar 7, 6:11 PM MST | SNOW 4.6 | Ken Caryl, CO | |
| Mar 7, 6:29 PM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Sw Westminster, CO | |
| Mar 7, 6:59 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER NOAA |
| Mar 7, 7:01 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | |
| Mar 7, 7:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 7, 8:08 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 2 Ese Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 7, 9:04 PM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Mar 7, 9:23 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 7, 9:28 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 7, 9:44 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 7, 10:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 7, 10:30 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 1 Nw Superior, CO | |
| Mar 7, 10:35 PM MST | SNOW 5 | S Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Mar 7, 11:58 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 8, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 5 Ssw Grand Lake, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011 WWUS45 KBOU 071206 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...MORE SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .PACIFIC MOISTURE AND AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY...SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE IN THE DAY AND THIS EVENING. COZ033-072015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.140307T1300Z-140308T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT OVER THE RIDGES AND HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ034-072015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.140307T1300Z-140308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.140307T1300Z-140308T1200Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN BECOMING HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 13 INCHES...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TONIGHT OVER THE RIDGES AND HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS...INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR...WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-072015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.140307T1800Z-140308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.140307T1500Z-140308T0900Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * WIND/VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ035-072015- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.140307T1500Z-140308T0900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-072015- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.140307T1900Z-140308T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ039-040-072015- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.140307T2200Z-140308T0900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...TURNING TO MOSTLY ALL SNOW BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH DENVER AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ037-072015- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.140307T1900Z-140308T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH OF TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ031-072015- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0700Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 506 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY LATER THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
890 WWUS45 KBOU 071939 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...STORM SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY...SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE IN THE DAY. COZ033-034-080345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ 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 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN DECREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TONIGHT OVER THE RIDGES AND HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS...INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR...WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ035-036-080345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-080345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0700Z/ 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 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ041-080345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW DURING AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ039-040-080345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.140307T2200Z-140308T0900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH DENVER AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ037-080345- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1239 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCE TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
088 WWUS45 KBOU 072356 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...STORM SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT. DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY...SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTH EARLY THIS EVENING AND COME TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. COZ033-034-080800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ 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 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND END BY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES...HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE. * VISIBILITY...WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS...INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR...WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND CHECK FOR ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ COZ035-036-080800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND END BY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-080700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0700Z/ 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 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ041-080800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND END BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND ICY WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN PLACES BY EARLY EVENING. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ039-040-080800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH DENVER AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY IN PLACES WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY EARLY EVENING. IF TRAVELING EXPECT SLOW TRAFFIC AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ037-080800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 456 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES BY SATURDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
911 WWUS45 KBOU 080418 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND COME TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. COZ035-080530- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ COZ031-080530- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0700Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ COZ040-080530- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ COZ037-080530- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ COZ033-034-081200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ 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 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND END BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS...INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR...WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND CHECK FOR ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ COZ036-080900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND END BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-081200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND END BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND ICY WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN PLACES BY EARLY EVENING. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ039-080900- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 918 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY IN PLACES WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY EARLY EVENING. IF TRAVELING EXPECT SLOW TRAFFIC AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
731 WWUS45 KBOU 080708 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1208 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 COZ033-080815- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 1208 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS PUSHED SOUTH AS CLEARING FROM THE NORTH PUSHES OVER THE AREA. A FEW LIGHT AREAS OF SNOW MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ACROSS THE LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ COZ039-080815- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 1208 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MAIN SNOW BAND HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND CLEARING IS EXPECTED. A FEW LIGHT AREAS OF SNOW MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...BUT OVERALL SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ COZ034-081200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ 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...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 1208 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS...INCLUDING THE I-70 CORRIDOR...WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND CHECK FOR ROAD CLOSURES. 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. && $$ COZ036-080900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1208 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE DECREASING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN MODERATE AND HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-081200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1208 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH...WITH STORM TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND ICY WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN PLACES BY EARLY EVENING. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$
162 WWUS45 KBOU 080920 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 220 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 COZ034-081030- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 220 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ COZ036-081030- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0900Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 220 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ONLY A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS THROUGH 5 AM WITH ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. $$ COZ041-081030- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 220 AM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THROUGH 5 AM WITH ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 7, 3:24 AM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:24 AM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 324 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 .SHORT TERM...COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH MAIN CONCERN SNOW POTENTIAL OVER MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE STORM IS A BIT DEEPER AND STRONGER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. THE EVOLVING PRECIP HAS BEEN SLOW TO EVOLVE BUT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING SOME HEAVIER SNOWFALL NOW DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN COLORADO. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. IN THE MEANTIME...SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD FROM MONTANA. WEAK PRESSURE RISES MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO BUT NOT A HUGE COLD FRONT TO REALLY LOWER TEMPERATURES QUICKLY. MAIN ISSUE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BE THE RAIN/SNOW LINE AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S THIS MORNING. EXPECT MUCH OF THIS PRECIP TO BE RAIN THIS AM AND THEN BECOME A MORE MIX OF RAIN/SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MORE COMPLICATED TOWARDS THE FRONT RANGE AS EXPECT HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY TURN PRECIP TO ALL SNOW AT LEAST FOR A SHORT TERM THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE FAIRLY UNSTABLE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND THIS LOOKS REASONABLE BASED ON THE LIGHTNING STRIKES REPORTED ACROSS UTAH OVERNIGHT. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVE BECOME MORE BULLISH WITH THE QPF AND SNOWFALL WITH QPF ON THE PLAINS FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH AND UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID OVER HIGHER EAST SLOPES. THIS MAY RESULT IN UPWARDS OF A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE DIVIDE. COULD SEE 2-3" OF SNOW PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL GIVEN THE LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE QG ASCENT. EVEN THE DRY NAM MODEL FROM 24 HOURS AGO IS NOW THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT HEAVY SNOWFALL. MOST OF THE MODELS NOW HAVE CONSISTENCY ABOUT SIGNIFICANT QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM. AS FOR THE HILITES HAVE UPGRADED OR ADDED THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ZONES 33..34 TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS TODAY AND TONIGHT AND ADDED ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 37..41. HAVE ALSO ADDED THE BOULDER AND DENVER AREA INTO AN ADVISORY FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AMOUNTS BE MORE MARGINAL BUT THE TIME OF HEAVIEST PRECIP MAY COINCIDE WITH THE LATE DAY RUSH HOUR AND COULD PRESENT A PROBLEM. FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR LOOKS LIKE 2-6"...HEAVIEST NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH AND EAST...AWAY FOR THE BEST UPWARDS FORCING. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATER TONIGHT WITH GRADUALY CLEARING. .LONG TERM...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL EXIST OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DRYING AND DOWNWARD QG MOTION PUSHES IT SOUTH. CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW SUN TO SHINE...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT CLIMB TOO MUCH UNDER THE POST FRONTAL AIRMASS. EXPECT READINGS IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S OVER THE PLAINS AND THE 30S TO 40S OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP OUT OF THE FRONT RANGE HIGH COUNTRY OVERNIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENS ALONG THE EASTERN STATE BORDER. THIS WILL MODERATE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT NIGHT. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE...GOOD WARM ADVECTION AND LEESIDE SURFACE TROUGHING WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BOTH DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. MAX TEMPERATURES READINGS INTO THE 70S WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DAY. MODEL TIMING DIFFERENCES STILL EXIST...BUT ARE IMPROVING. THE ECMWF HAS SLOWED ITS OUTLYING FAST PROGRESSION DURING THE LATEST MODEL CYCLE AND MATCHES BETTER WITH THE GEM. THE GFS REMAINS THE SLOWER SOLUTION...HOWEVER HAS GOOD AGREEMENT RUN TO RUN WITH ITSELF. WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THE MOUNTAINS TO LIKELY AND THE PLAINS TO CHANCE. THIS STORM SYSTEM LOOKS SIMILAR TO TODAY'S SYSTEM...BUT WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. AS THE SYSTEM GETS CLOSER IN TIME AND SPACE...WILL ASSESS THE NEED FOR ANY HIGHLIGHTS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BRING BACK WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER. && .AVIATION...CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS MORNING WITH RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. COLDER AIR WILL SLOWLY FILTER IN AS ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO COOL AND SATURATES. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH POTENTIAL HEAVIER SHOWERS...COULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OR FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW AFTER 00Z TONIGHT. SNOWFALL EXPECTED BY LATER TONIGHT TO BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE...HIGHEST AT BJC/APA AND LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR KDEN. WITH WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ANY LIGHTER SNOW WILL LIKELY JUST MELT. HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS COULD DROP A QUICK INCH OF SLUSHY SNOW ON RUNWAYS. SURFACE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT MORE NORTH AND NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND REMAIN THERE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY ON EXACT TIMING OF PRECIP TYPES AND CHANGEOVER TO SNOWFALL. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ037-041. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ039-040. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ035-036. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ033-034. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ031. && SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM....KRIEDERMAN AVIATION...ENTREKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 11:01 AM MST, 18 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1101 AM MST THU MAR 6 2014 COZ030>051-071815- 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- 1101 AM MST THU MAR 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EAST SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OVER THE PASSES AND WIND PRONE AREAS IN THE FOOTHILLS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH COLORADO LATER TODAY WITH SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND RABBIT EARS PASS AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. LOWER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. SNOW WILL START DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PARK AND GORE RANGES AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. ON THE PLAINS...RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. IN THE EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN COULD CHANGE TO SNOW AND MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL FEATURE WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED MOVE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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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.