Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Apr 12, 2014, 3:51 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 12, 2014, 11:21 PM MDT. It was in force for 25 hr. 41 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
- Apr 12, 2014, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2014, 11:21 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.7 | Ese Estes Park, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 7 W Rustic, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:35 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:35 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 7 E Virginia Dale, CO | |
| Apr 13, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | 10 Ne Kutch, CO | |
| Apr 13, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.7 | 1 N Walden, CO | |
| Apr 13, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Se Gould, CO | |
| Apr 13, 9:40 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 5 Wsw Nederland, CO | |
| Apr 13, 12:09 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Apr 13, 1:30 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Wsw Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 2:04 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Apr 13, 2:30 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Apr 13, 2:47 PM MDT | SNOW 3.8 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Apr 13, 2:51 PM MDT | SNOW 5.8 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Apr 13, 2:56 PM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Wsw Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 3:00 PM MDT | SNOW 0.5 | Fraser, CO | |
| Apr 13, 3:00 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | Fraser, CO | |
| Apr 13, 3:25 PM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 3:42 PM MDT | SNOW 5.1 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | |
| Apr 13, 4:00 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Grand Lake, CO | |
| Apr 13, 4:05 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| Apr 13, 4:05 PM MDT | SNOW 4.3 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 13, 5:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3.4 | 2 W Boulder, CO | |
| Apr 13, 5:46 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Wsw Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 5:46 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 3 Wsw Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 5:48 PM MDT | SNOW 5.1 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 5:52 PM MDT | SNOW 1.7 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Apr 13, 6:03 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 13, 6:12 PM MDT | SNOW 5.1 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:15 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Niwot, CO | |
| Apr 13, 7:23 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Apr 13, 8:01 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 8:01 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.2 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Apr 13, 8:01 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Apr 13, 8:09 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Gold Hill, CO | |
| Apr 13, 9:01 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Apr 13, 9:03 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Genesee, CO | |
| Apr 13, 9:59 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.6 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | |
| Apr 13, 10:41 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.3 | 13 Nw Golden, CO | |
| Apr 13, 11:54 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Apr 13, 11:58 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.8 | 3 N Conifer, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 3765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653 WWUS45 KBOU 122151 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 COZ035-036-130600- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0008.140413T0900Z-140414T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS IN THE PREDAWN HOURS SUNDAY. SOME RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME AT LEAST SLUSH AND POSSIBLY SNOW COVERED. BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY STRESS TREE LIMBS. && $$ COZ041-130600- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0008.140413T0900Z-140414T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SUNDAY MORNING CHANGING TO WET SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON ANY TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-130600- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0008.140413T0900Z-140414T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ030-032-130600- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0008.140413T0900Z-140414T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND MIDDLE PARKS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SUNDAY. INITIALLY THERE MAY BE SOME RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS LIKELY BECOME SLUSH AND PERHAPS SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ037-130600- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0008.140413T0900Z-140414T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME AT LEAST SLUSH IF NOT SNOW COVERED DURING THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038>040-130600- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0008.140413T0900Z-140414T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 351 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. AREAS CLOSEST TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL SEE THE HIGHER TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON ANY TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROAD CONDITIONS COULD RANGE FROM WET TO SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED BY LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE CHANGING CONDITIONS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
482 WWUS45 KBOU 130521 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...SPRING STORM MOVING INTO COLORADO... .SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY MORNING SUNDAY...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS SUNDAY MORNING. AT FIRST THERE WILL BE RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN DURING THE MORNING AND BY AFTERNOON THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOSTLY SNOW. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT THE IMPACT OF THE SNOW AS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MELTING ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. SOME SLUSHY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND AS TEMPERATURES COOL LATER ON SUNDAY. IN THE MOUNTAINS SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE TO TREES THAT HAVE ALREADY LEAFED OUT FROM THE HEAVY WET SNOW. COZ031-033-034-131200- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T0521Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ035-036-131200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY STRESS TREE LIMBS. && $$ COZ041-131200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SUNDAY MORNING CHANGING TO WET SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON ANY TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. && $$ COZ030-032-131200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND MIDDLE PARKS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SUNDAY. INITIALLY THERE MAY BE SOME RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ037-131200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038>040-131200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 1121 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE SNOW SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. AREAS CLOSEST TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL SEE THE HIGHER TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON ANY TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROAD CONDITIONS COULD RANGE FROM WET TO SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED BY LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE CHANGING CONDITIONS. && $$ GIMMESTAD
077 WWUS45 KBOU 131146 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...SPRING STORM MOVING INTO COLORADO... .AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. IN THE MOUNTAINS THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. ON THE PLAINS RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING IN MOST AREAS. THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON THE PLAINS AS WELL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT THE IMPACT OF THE SNOW AS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MELTING ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. SOME SLUSHY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND SLUSH WILL BECOME MORE COMMON AS TEMPERATURES COOL LATER ON SUNDAY. IN THE MOUNTAINS SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES ON THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS GUST IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. ALSO...DUE TO THE LATE DATE AND THE EXPECTED WEIGHT OF THE SNOW...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE TO TREES THAT HAVE ALREADY LEAFED OUT... AND THERE COULD BE SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED OR SAGGING TREE LIMBS. COZ035-036-132100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY STRESS TREE LIMBS. && $$ COZ041-132100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON ANY TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-132100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FRONT RANGE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ043-045-132100- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN EXPOSED AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIFTING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM ON RURAL ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ046-047-132100- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ030-032-132100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IT WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ037-132100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038>040-132100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.140413T1200Z-140414T0600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER 546 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DENVER METRO AREA WILL LIKELY SEE THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON ANY TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROAD CONDITIONS COULD RANGE FROM WET TO SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED BY LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE CHANGING CONDITIONS. && $$ GIMMESTAD
915 WWUS45 KBOU 131912 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...MORE SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN OUT ONTO THE PLAINS BY MID-AFTERNOON. AS THE SNOW INCREASES OVER THE MOUNTAINS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND THEN SNOW-PACKED. ON THE PLAINS...THE FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE STANDING WATER OR SLUSHY ROAD CONDITIONS. ON THE EASTERN PLAINS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON SNOW INTENSITY. EMBEDDED SHOWERS WITH INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE SLUSHY AND SNOW-PACKED CONDITIONS. THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREE BRANCHES DROOPING ONTO POWER LINES. COZ035-036-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY STRESS TREE LIMBS. && $$ COZ041-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BECOME SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ030-032-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IT WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ037-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038>040-043-045-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN EXPOSED AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIFTING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM ON RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ046-047-140315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 112 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$
485 WWUS45 KBOU 132217 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...SNOW CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING... .SNOW THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MOVING OUT ONTO THE PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN COOLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE FROM WYOMING. AS THE SUN GOES DOWN AND SNOW CONTINUES FALLING...ROADWAYS MAY BECOME MORE SLUSHY AND SNOW-PACKED...RATHER THAN JUST WET. ON THE EASTERN PLAINS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN SUMMIT COUNTY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FORCED THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF I-70 BETWEEN VAIL PASS AND GEORGETOWN. SNOW INTENSITIES HAVE DECREASED IN THE MOUNTAINS ALLOWING THE HIGHWAY TO BE RE-OPENED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON SNOW INTENSITY. EMBEDDED SHOWERS WITH INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE SLUSHY AND SNOW-PACKED CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREE BRANCHES DROOPING ONTO POWER LINES. COZ035-036-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY STRESS TREE LIMBS. && $$ COZ041-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON TREES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO LEAF OUT TO BREAK TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED BRIEF POWER OUTAGES COULD BE POSSIBLE. SOME SNOW AND SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BECOME SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ030-032-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ037-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ038>040-043-045-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN EXPOSED AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIFTING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM ON RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ046-047-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 417 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$
483 WWUS45 KBOU 140206 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 COZ031-035-140315- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. $$ COZ030-032-038-039-043-140315- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. HOWEVER WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES ROADS WILL BECOME ICY DUE TO WATER FREEZING ON THE ROADWAYS. $$ COZ036-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BUT THEN END AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY OR SNOW COVERED. BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ041-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY. && $$ COZ033-034-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ037-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY OR SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ040-045-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS. * WIND/VISBILITY...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN EXPOSED AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME ICY OR SNOW COVERED. DRIFTING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM ON RURAL ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$ COZ046-047-140600- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 806 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME ICY OR SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS. && $$
422 WWUS45 KBOU 140547 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 COZ036-140700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. $$ COZ041-140700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. $$ COZ033-034-140700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ 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 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 3 AM BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER 2 INCHES. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. $$ COZ037-140700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. $$ COZ040-045-140700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. $$ COZ046-047-140700- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1147 PM MDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. $$
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 Apr 12, 2:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 2:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 243 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 .SHORT TERM...FORECAST IS PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK. MAIN CHANGES WERE TO BACK OFF A BIT ON PRECIPITATION DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND DELAY THE ONSET OF SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS UNTIL AT LEAST MIDDAY ON SUNDAY (CHANGING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BEHIND THE COLD PUSH). THIS DELAY IN PRECIPITATION TYPE CHANGEOVER IS BASED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS FROM 12Z RUNS AND WILL OF COURSE IMPACT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE CHANGED THE WATCH TO THE HIGHLIGHTS SHOWN BELOW. ASIDE FROM THAT THE OVERALL QG VERTICAL VELOCITIES AND FLOW PATTERNS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN THE CASE THE LAST FEW RUNS AND ARE CONSISTENT AMONGST THE MODELS...ALL POINTING TO A SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR THE CWA AND WELCOME WATER FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. .LONG TERM...STILL DEALING WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SLIGHT SLOWING FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. STILL WILL HAVE HIGH POPS WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW SUNDAY EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE CWA...THEN A DECREASING TREND FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STILL COULD BE SOME HEAVY SNOW INTO SUNDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE. DRY WITH A WARMING TREND MONDAY FOR LATER MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS TEMPS CLIMB BACK INTO THE 60S BY TUESDAY. THE GFS IS NOW SHOWING ANOTHER MAJOR TROF TO MOVE OVER COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. HOWEVER THIS WAS A BIG CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY'S GFS RUN WITH A MORE ZONAL FLOW PATTERN. LATEST DIP/IT OF GFS SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF VARIANCE IN THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. THE EUROPEAN MODEL IS ALSO MUCH WEAKER WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM. WILL KEEP THE LOW POPS FOR NOW AND WAIT FOR BETTER CONSISTENCY. DRY AGAIN BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH A WARMING TREND. && .AVIATION...THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS FLOATING ABOUT THAT COULD IMPACT THE AREA TERMINALS DURING THE EVENING BUT VIRGA AND GUSTY WINDS THE MOST PROBABLE IMPACTS FROM THESE. MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED TO GET UNDERWAY AFTER 09Z. LIQUID PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH AROUND MID MORNING WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW THEREAFTER AND ALL SNOW EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES SHOULD BE IN THE MVFR RANGE BY 12Z WITH WORSENING CONDITIONS BY MID TO LATE MORNING. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR COZ030-032-037>040. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR COZ031-033>036-041. && SHORT TERM...ET LONG TERM....ENTREKIN AVIATION...ET
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 10:41 AM MDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1041 AM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 COZ030>051-131645- 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- 1041 AM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TODAY WILL BE A MILD AND GENERALLY DRY SPRINGTIME DAY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF FORECAST AREA BY DAY BREAK SUNDAY BUT PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT PRECIPITATION MAY REMAIN LIQUID ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...INCLUDING ALL OF THE PLAINS...THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE NEXT STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SUNDAY MIDNIGHT. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO MOSTLY ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND 5 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE 30 TO 40 DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAYS EXPECTED HIGHS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOK DRY. ANOTHER STORM MAY MOVE IN FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY SOME RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX TO THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:51 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 9 more | 32 hr |
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