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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 10, 201417 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at May 10, 2014, 6:00 AM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 10, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 39 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2014, 6:00 AM MDT (12:00 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 12, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 6:00 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 118 Ne Four Corners, CO
May 11, 6:15 AM MDTSNOW 14 E Masonville, CO
May 11, 6:16 AM MDTSNOW 0.64 E Fort Collins, CO
May 11, 7:00 AM MDTSNOW 4.11 Sse Estes Park, CO
May 11, 7:00 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 12.61 E Buckhorn Mountain, CO
May 11, 7:15 AM MDTSNOW 34 Ene Nederland, CO
May 11, 7:27 AM MDTSNOW 44 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO
May 11, 7:30 AM MDTSNOW 1.55 N Bailey, CO
May 11, 7:30 AM MDTSNOW 3.5Aspen Springs, CO
May 11, 7:30 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 93 Wnw Pingree Park, CO
May 11, 8:15 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 12Livermore, COOVER 2 INCHES OF LIQUID
May 11, 8:30 AM MDTSNOW 1.3Bellvue, CO
May 11, 8:45 AM MDTSNOW 3.63 Nw Black Hawk, CO
May 11, 9:00 AM MDTSNOW 149 Ssw Livermore, CO
May 11, 9:26 AM MDTSNOW 23 W Conifer, CO
May 11, 9:30 AM MDTSNOW 1.23 N Conifer, CO
May 11, 9:30 AM MDTSNOW 1.8Bellvue, CO
May 11, 9:30 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 117 N Glen Haven, CO
May 11, 9:30 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 12.5Red Feather Lakes, CO
May 11, 10:15 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 168 Ne Four Corners, CO
May 11, 10:30 AM MDTSNOW 2Genesee, CO
May 11, 10:40 AM MDTHEAVY SNOW 128 Ne Four Corners, CO
May 11, 11:10 AM MDTSNOW 1.72 Ssw Boulder, CODAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER
May 11, 11:26 AM MDTSNOW 23 Wsw Greeley, CO
May 11, 11:35 AM MDTSNOW 3.51 Ne Superior, CO
May 11, 11:54 AM MDTSNOW 3.5Bellvue, CO
May 11, 12:11 PM MDTSNOW 3.82 W Fort Collins, CO
May 11, 12:13 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 6.23 N Black Hawk, CO
May 11, 12:27 PM MDTSNOW 4.6Genesee, CO2.3 INCHES PAST 2 HOURS
May 11, 12:30 PM MDTSNOW 41 Se Fort Collins, CO
May 11, 12:30 PM MDTSNOW 5.51 N Estes Park, CO
May 11, 12:45 PM MDTSNOW 11 Nnw Castle Rock, CO
May 11, 12:50 PM MDTSNOW 3.64 Ene Conifer, CO
May 11, 1:00 PM MDTSNOW 3.33 N Conifer, CO
May 11, 1:00 PM MDTSNOW 53 Wsw Conifer, CO
May 11, 1:00 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 7.22 Sse Breckenridge, CO
May 11, 1:30 PM MDTSNOW 3.21 Nnw Evergreen, CO
May 11, 2:22 PM MDTSNOW 3.1Fort Collins, CO
May 11, 3:03 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 198 Ne Four Corners, CO
May 11, 3:17 PM MDTSNOW 5.5Copper Mountain, CO
May 11, 3:31 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 187 Ene Red Feather Lakes, CO
May 11, 3:42 PM MDTSNOW 4Fairplay, CO
May 11, 3:44 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 7Copper Mountain, CO
May 11, 3:58 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 133 S Estes Park, CO
May 11, 4:04 PM MDTSNOW 22 Ne Aurora, CO
May 11, 4:04 PM MDTSNOW 2.61 Sw Westminster, CO
May 11, 4:42 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 6.5Genesee, CO
May 11, 4:48 PM MDTSNOW 24 Nw Elizabeth, CO
May 11, 5:00 PM MDTSNOW 1.72 W Boulder, CO
May 11, 5:03 PM MDTSNOW 41 Nnw Evergreen, CO
May 11, 5:15 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 7.43 N Bailey, CO
May 11, 5:15 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 122 E Allenspark, CO
May 11, 5:18 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 94 Ene Nederland, CO
May 11, 5:45 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 6.24 Ene Conifer, CO
May 11, 5:59 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 63 N Conifer, CO
May 11, 6:00 PM MDTSNOW 0.8Frederick, CO
May 11, 6:15 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 75 W Evergreen, CO
May 11, 6:15 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 93 N Black Hawk, CO
May 11, 6:20 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 83 Wsw Conifer, CO
May 11, 6:20 PM MDTHEAVY SNOW 8.1Genesee, 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

793 
WWUS45 KBOU 101200
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
600 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A STRONG COLD LATE SPRING STORM STILL EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND
MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER NORTHERN COLORADO AND
WYOMING TONIGHT AS THE STORM APPROACHES COLORADO. A SURGE OF
COLDER AIR IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY
MORNING...BRINGING SNOW LEVELS FROM THE HIGHER FOOTHILL LOCATIONS
DOWN TO THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR. ON THE PLAINS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
MAY GREATLY VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. AT
THIS TIME THE CHANGEOVER WILL MOST LIKELY BY MIDDAY SUNDAY ALONG
THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE EASTERN PLAINS.

COZ034-036-102000-
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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
600 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6
AM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
  TONIGHT WITH RAIN INITIALLY FALLING AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000
  FEET. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT IN
  THE FOOTHILLS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE FOOTHILLS...AND 12
  TO 24 INCHES FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  TRAVELING SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT SLUSHY AND SNOW
  COVERED ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SOME ROADS IN THE
  FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY CLOSE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

COZ030>033-035-102000-
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/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T0300Z-140512T1200Z/
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-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
600 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN
  MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING WITH MAINLY RAIN AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000
  FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUNDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE SUNDAY
  NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH 10 TO
  20 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS BELOW 9000 FEET...AND 14 TO 28 INCHES
  ABOVE 9000 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...IF TRAVELING SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT SLUSHY
  AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. SOME ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
  MOUNTAINS MAY CLOSE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW
  WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES POSSIBLY CAUSING
  SOME TO BREAK.

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.

&&

$$

COZ037>041-043-102000-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140511T1200Z-140512T1200Z/
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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...
BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
600 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW BY
  MIDDAY ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
  PALMER DIVIDE AND IN PARK COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET...ACCUMULATIONS
  ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8
  INCHES WITH UP TO 12 INCHES WEST OF I-25.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
387 
WWUS45 KBOU 101733
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A STRONG COLD LATE SPRING STORM STILL EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND
MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN
COLORADO AND WYOMING TONIGHT AS THE STORM APPROACHES COLORADO. A
SURGE OF COLDER AIR IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING SNOW LEVELS FROM THE HIGHER
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS DOWN TO THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR. ON THE
PLAINS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY GREATLY VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE
RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME THE CHANGEOVER WILL MOST LIKELY
OCCUR BY MID TO LATE MORNING ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND
THEN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING ON THE EASTERN PLAINS.

COZ038>040-110400-
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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
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON MDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON
MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO ALL SNOW
  FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR BY MID
  TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT
  BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30
  MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY
  ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING.

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES. 

&&

$$

COZ037-041-110400-
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON MDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON
MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND
  THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY
  NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE MONDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON LEAFED OUT
  TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF TRAVELING
  SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY AND SNOW
  COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING.

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES. 

&&

$$

COZ030>033-035-110400-
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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-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS
  EVENING WITH MAINLY RAIN AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET. RAIN
  WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUNDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE
  SUNDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH 12 TO
  24 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
  LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS
  OF LARIMER COUNTY.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...SOME ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME
  IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL
  ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME
  TO BREAK.

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.

&&

$$

COZ034-036-110400-
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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
6 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
  TONIGHT WITH RAIN INITIALLY FALLING AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000
  FEET. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BECOME MORE
  WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH HAZARDOUS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND
  MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE
  HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES
  POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME TO BREAK.

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.

&&

$$

COZ044>046-049-110400-
/O.EXB.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...
LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND MIX WITH AND
  EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR
  EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY
  DECREASING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS
  AND POSSIBLE BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

COZ043-110400-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
1133 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID
  DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE
  GRADUALLY DECREASING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS
  AND POSSIBLE BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
505 
WWUS45 KBOU 110336
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A STRONG STORM IS STILL ON THE WAY FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND
MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN
COLORADO AND WYOMING TONIGHT AS THE STORM APPROACHES COLORADO. A
SURGE OF COLDER AIR IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING SNOW LEVELS FROM THE HIGHER
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS DOWN TO THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR. ON THE
PLAINS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY GREATLY VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE
RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME THE CHANGEOVER WILL MOST
LIKELY OCCUR BY MID TO LATE MORNING ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR
AND THEN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING ON THE EASTERN PLAINS.

COZ030>033-035-111145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1200Z/
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-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS 
  EVENING WITH MAINLY RAIN AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET. RAIN 
  WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW IS 
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUNDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE 
  SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH 12 
  TO 24 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND 
  FOOTHILLS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY. 

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...SOME ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME 
  IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES POSSIBLY CAUSING 
  SOME TO BREAK. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ034-036-111145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1200Z-140512T1200Z/
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
6 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 
  TONIGHT WITH RAIN INITIALLY FALLING AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 
  FEET. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BECOME MORE 
  WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING IN THE FOOTHILLS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND 
  MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE 
  HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES 
  POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME TO BREAK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

COZ038>040-111145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
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
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO ALL SNOW 
  FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR BY 
  MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE SUNDAY 
  NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 
  MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON 
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 
  IF TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT 
  SLUSHY ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. 

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ037-041-111145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1800Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND 
  THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY 
  NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE 
  MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON LEAFED OUT 
  TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF 
  TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY 
  AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. 

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ043-111145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY 
  MID DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE 
  GRADUALLY DECREASING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON 
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 
  IF TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY 
  ROADS AND POSSIBLE BLOWING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

COZ044>046-049-111145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...
LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
936 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING AND MIX WITH AND 
  EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR 
  EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY 
  DECREASING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE SUFFICIENTLY ON 
  LEAFED OUT TREES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 
  IF TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY 
  ROADS AND POSSIBLE BLOWING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
882 
WWUS45 KBOU 111148
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST COLORADO INTO
EASTERN COLORADO BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHILE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS
MORNING ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR. ACROSS THE PLAINS...RAIN
WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.

COZ045-046-112200-
/O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...
AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND MIX WITH AND
  EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
  THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY
  LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO
  BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

COZ030-031-033-035-112200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...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...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN
  MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
  MONDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY MIDDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH 12 
  TO 24 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND 
  FOOTHILLS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY. 

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SOME ROADS IN THE
  FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY
  WET SNOW. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. 


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.

&&

$$

COZ041-112200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN
  BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO
  35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT
  TIMES.

* THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES AND MAY
  BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES
  DROP BELOW FREEZING.

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.

&&

$$

COZ037-112200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS SUNDAY MORNING
  AND THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE
  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES AND MAY
  BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES
  DROP BELOW FREEZING.

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.

&&

$$

COZ034-036-112200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1200Z-140512T1500Z/
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME
  HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THEN
  GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THE
  FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY
  WET SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

COZ032-112200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY
  DECREASE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO
  25 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT
  TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IN ADDITION...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND
  SNOWPACKED LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

COZ038>040-112200-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
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
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO ALL SNOW
  FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR BY MID
  MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 
  MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW
  FREEZING.

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ043-112200-
/O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140511T1200Z-140512T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.140511T1800Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON MDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE
  MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY
  DECREASING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

COZ044-049-112200-
/O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0010.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
MORGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND MIX WITH AND
  EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
  THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY
  LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER
  MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY ROADS AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

COZ042-048-112200-
/O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND MIX WITH AND
  EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
  THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY
  LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER
  MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. 

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.

&&

$$
535 
WWUS45 KBOU 111758
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AREA SLOWLY
EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND I-25 CORRIDOR...
WHILE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED...AS WELL
AS HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

COZ030-031-033-035-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...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...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN 
  MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO 
  MONDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY MIDDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH 12 
  TO 24 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND 
  FOOTHILLS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY. 

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SOME ROADS IN THE
  FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE DEPTH
  OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE
  ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER
  OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

COZ032-034-036-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...EXCEPT 5 TO 10 INCHES IN
  THE VALLEYS OF GRAND COUNTY.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SOME ROADS IN THE
  FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE DEPTH
  OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE
  ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER
  OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

COZ038>041-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
  CORRIDOR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN DECREASE FROM NORTH
  TO SOUTH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 
  MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID WALKING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES
  DROP BELOW FREEZING.

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ037-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY
  DECREASE MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH
  THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP 
  TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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. 

&&

$$

COZ045-046-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...
AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE
  TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE
  GRADUALLY DECREASING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...
  EXPECT SLUSH AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE
  TO BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

COZ043-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.140511T1800Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND
  THEN DECREASE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH MAY PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCE
  VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
  AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
  POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
  COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXPECT
  SLUSHY ROADS AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

COZ042-044-048-049-120100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.140512T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS
1158 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
  FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY
  DECREASING BY NOON MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
  MORNING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
487 
WWUS45 KBOU 120018
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
618 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AREA
SLOWLY EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. IN
DENVER AND OTHER AREAS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF
HEAVIER SNOW OVERNIGHT AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW MORE
ACCUMULATION. ON THE EASTERN PLAINS SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD
THIS EVENING WITH SOME ACCUMULATION LATER TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS
WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE PLAINS LATER
TONIGHT.

DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED...AS WELL
AS HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AS OF LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAD BEEN IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY AND THE AREA NORTH OF RABBIT EARS
PASS...WHERE 10 TO 20 INCHES HAD FALLEN. THE MOUNTAINS FURTHER
SOUTH HAD RECEIVED 6 TO 12 INCHES...WHILE THE FRONT RANGE CITIES
HAD 2 TO 4 INCHES. FURTHER EAST ON THE PLAINS THERE WAS STILL A
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.

COZ037-121100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
618 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN DECREASE
  MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITY
  MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED AT TIMES.
  THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND MAY BREAK
  SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

COZ030>036-121100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
618 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. FURTHER WEST THE
  SNOW WILL BE MORE SHOWERY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SOME
  BREAKS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES...WITH UP TO 30 INCHES IN
  THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY. LIGHTER SNOW IN THE VALLEYS OF
  GRAND COUNTY WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. HEAVY SNOW
  MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED IN THE AREAS OF
  HEAVY SNOW. LESS TRAVELED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE
  HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME
  TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

COZ038>041-045-046-121100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON
618 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN 
  CORRIDOR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN DECREASE FROM 
  NORTH TO SOUTH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
  EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE
  VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT 
  TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 
  IF POSSIBLE...AVOID WALKING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE 
  SNOW COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES 
  DROP BELOW FREEZING. 

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ042>044-048-049-121100-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...
STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
618 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE
  ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY NOON MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO MONDAY 
  MORNING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

GIMMESTAD
498 
WWUS45 KBOU 120343
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SHIFT
FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ONTO THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS...WITH SNOW DECREASING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
PLAINS MONDAY MORNING. IN THE MOUNTAINS THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST
ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE AND IN THE INTERSTATE 70
CORRIDOR...WITH LESS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER. FOR DENVER...
BOULDER...AND DOUGLAS COUNTY SNOW WILL INCREASE FOR A WHILE LATER
TONIGHT AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW MORE ACCUMULATION. ON
THE EASTERN PLAINS SNOW THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST LATE TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING IN A BAND FROM SOUTH OF DENVER TOWARD AKRON.
SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AS TEMPERATURES DROP...AND NORTH WINDS WILL
ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AREA OF HEAVIER
SNOW LATER TONIGHT.

DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED...AS WELL
AS HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AS OF SUNDAY EVENING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAD BEEN IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY AND THE AREA NORTH OF RABBIT EARS
PASS...WHERE 12 TO 22 INCHES HAD FALLEN. THE MOUNTAINS FURTHER
SOUTH HAD RECEIVED 8 TO 16 INCHES...WHILE THE FRONT RANGE CITIES
HAD 2 TO 5 INCHES. FURTHER EAST ON THE PLAINS THERE WAS STILL A
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.

COZ030>032-120445-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO
6 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN GORE AND PARK RANGES.

$$

COZ038-120445-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AN INCH OR TWO.

$$

COZ037-121145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN
  DECREASE MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
  OVERNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITY 
  MAY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED AT TIMES. 
  THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND MAY BREAK 
  SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ033>036-121145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
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-
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY 
  AT TIMES OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. FURTHER WEST 
  THE SNOW WILL BE MORE SHOWERY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND 
  SOME BREAKS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES...WITH UP TO 30 INCHES IN 
  THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY. LIGHTER SNOW IN THE VALLEYS 
  OF GRAND COUNTY WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES. 

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. HEAVY SNOW 
  MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED IN THE AREAS OF 
  HEAVY SNOW. LESS TRAVELED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE 
  HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND MAY BREAK 
  SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ039>041-045-046-121145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...
MATHESON
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER AREAS FROM DENVER AND BOULDER
  SOUTHWARD FOR A PERIOD DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN
  DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 
  MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT 
  TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 
  IF POSSIBLE...AVOID WALKING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE 
  SNOW COVERED TREE LIMBS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING...EXPECT SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES 
  DROP BELOW FREEZING. 

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ042>044-048-049-121145-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...
STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
943 PM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS
  AS TEMPERATURES DROP TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
  BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY NOON MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO MONDAY 
  MORNING DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS. BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

GIMMESTAD
762 
WWUS45 KBOU 121149
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
549 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

COZ037-121800-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
549 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN 2
  INCHES. 

* IMPACTS...ROADS ARE SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED IN PLACES. THE HEAVY
  WET SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS.

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.

&&

$$

COZ033>036-121500-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
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-
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
549 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE UP TO 2 INCHES
  THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS....ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED IN PLACES. THE HEAVY WET SNOW
  HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS.

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.

&&

$$

COZ039>041-045-046-121800-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...
MATHESON
549 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN 2
  INCHES.

* IMPACTS....ROADS ARE SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED IN PLACES...MAINLY
  ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THE HEAVY WET
  SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS.

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

COZ042>044-048-049-121800-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...
STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
549 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASING BY NOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE UP TO 2
  INCHES.

* IMPACTS....ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY IN PLACES. THE HEAVY WET SNOW
  WILL ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS.

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.

&&

$$
326 
WWUS45 KBOU 121458
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
858 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...SPRING SNOWSTORM WINDING DOWN THIS MORNING...

COZ037-039-040-045-046-121600-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK 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 EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...
AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...
LIMON...MATHESON
858 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

SNOW HAS ENDED FROM BOULDER AND THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER
NORTHWARD TO THE WYOMING BORDER. LINGERING SNOW MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-70 WILL BE ENDING BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM WITH LESS THAN 1
INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THERE.

$$

COZ033>035-121600-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
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-
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
858 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE
AN INCH OR LESS.

$$

COZ042>044-048-049-121600-
/O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...
STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
858 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND COME TO AN END BY NOON.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. 

$$

COZ036-121800-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
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
858 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL UP TO 2 INCHES CAN
  STILL BE EXPECTED...MAINLY IN THE FOOTHILLS FROM I-70
  SOUTHWARD.

* IMPACTS....ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED IN PLACES. THE HEAVY WET 
  SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ041-121800-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
858 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL
  BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-25 IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

* IMPACTS....ROADS ARE SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED IN PLACES...
  MAINLY ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THE 
  HEAVY WET SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND MAY BREAK SOME 
  TREE LIMBS. 

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 MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

$$

BARJENBRUCH
340 
WWUS45 KBOU 121802
WSWBOU

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1202 PM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

COZ036-041-121915-
/O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1800Z/
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
1202 PM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH ON THE PALMER
DIVIDE...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH A FEW HEAVIER
SHOWERS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY AREA. 

$$

BARJENBRUCH

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 May 10, 3:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
339 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT )
ISSUED AT 339 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL DROP
SOUTHEAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND BE CENTERED OVER
SOUTHWEST UTAH AT 12Z SUNDAY. WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER COLORADO THIS
MORNING WILL BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TODAY AND MORE SOUTHERLY TONIGHT
AS THE LOW DIGS OVER UTAH. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT
WITH THIS PATTERN.

HIGHS TO WILL BE WARMER TODAY OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WHERE
MORNING SUN WILL PROVIDE HEATING. ELSEWHERE...HIGHS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE CLOSE TO YESTERDAY'S READINGS.

THERE WILL BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING DUE
TO LIFT FROM THE JET AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT. DOWNSLOPE FLOW EAST OF THE
DIVIDE WILL CONTINUE TO KILL OFF THE SHOWERS THIS MORNING. SHOWERS
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LAPSE RATES INCREASE.
MAY SEE A FEW WEAK THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NOT ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FORM TONIGHT
UNDER THE FRONT LEFT QUADRANT OF THE JET. QG LIFT...DIFFLUENT FLOW
ALOFT AND UPSLOPE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL ALSO PRODUCE
LIFT ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS SHOWING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
OVERNIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND 76. SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN
HIGH...AROUND 9000-10000 FEET...THIS EVENING AND FALL RAPIDLY LATE
TONIGHT. BY 12Z SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW SHOULD BE FALLING IN THE LOWER
FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY AS THE COLD AIR SINKS SOUTH.  MODELS
SHOWING A HALF TO UP TO AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT OVER
LARIMER AND JACKSON COUNTIES. THIS COULD LEAD TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW OR
MORE FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS BY SUNRISE SUNDAY
MORNING.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 339 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

A VERY LATE SEASON SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.  THERE IS GOOD CONSENSUS THAT A DECENT UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL DVLP OVER SWRN COLORADO ON SUN AND THEN MOVE ENE INTO
ERN COLORADO BY MON MORNING WHILE GRADUALLY WEAKENING.  MEANWHILE AT
THE SFC LOW PRES WILL WILL BE OVER SERN CO WHILE SFC HIGH PRES
BUILDS SOUTH FROM THE NRN ROCKIES INTO NERN CO.  THIS WILL LEAD TO A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF UPSLOPE FLOW WITH THE BEST ENHANCEMENT FM MIDDAY
THRU MIDNIGHT SUN NIGHT.  MEANWHILE FAVORABLE MID LVL QG ASCENT WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 12Z SUN AND CONTINUE INTO SUN EVENING AS WELL.
IN ADDITION SOUNDINGS ARE MOIST ADIABATIC FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDED PCPN AS WELL.  THUS SHOULD SEE VERY
HEAVY SNOWS IN THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2
FEET WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 FEET IN A FEW MTN LOCATIONS EAST OF THE
DIVIDE.  ALONG THE FRONT RANGE MAIN QUESTION IS HOW MUCH SNOW WILL
FALL.  SOUNDINGS SHOW PCPN COULD CHANGE ALL OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN 15Z
AND 18Z ON SUN AND THEN REMAIN ALL SNOW THROUGH SUN NIGHT.  HOWEVER
WITH WARM GROUND TEMPS AND HIGH SUN ANGLE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS
WILL LIKELY NOT BE A PROBLEM THRU EARLY SUN EVENING HOWEVER TREES
AND POWER LINES COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.  AT THIS POINT WITH
TIMING OF CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AND INITIAL FOCUS AREA STILL A BIG
QUESTION MARK WILL KEEP CURRENT WATCH IN PLACE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.

ON MON THE SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.
THE ECMWF AND GEM ARE A BIT SLOWER IN MOVING THIS SYSTEM EAST OF THE
AREA ON MON AS THEY BOTH WOULD STILL HAVE SOME LINGERING SNOW
THROUGH MON MORNING IN THE MTNS...FOOTHILLS AND FM DENVER SOUTH TO
THE PALMER DIVIDE.  FOR NOW WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN PLACE BUT THEY MAY
NEED TO BE BUMPED UP HIGHER IF SYSTEM IS SLOWER THAN FCST.  AS FOR
HIGHS ON MON IT WILL BE COLD FOR MAY AS READINGS STAY IN THE 40S
OVER NERN CO.  BY MON NIGHT INTO TUE DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA IN NLY FLOW ALOFT.  IF SKIES CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS COULD
SEE A HARD FREEZE BY TUE MORNING OVER MUCH OF NERN CO.  AS FOR HIGHS
ON TUE THERE ARE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND THE GFS.
THE ECMWF KEEPS READINGS IN THE 45 TO 50 DEGREE RANGE OVER NERN CO
WHILE THE GFS HAS READINGS FM 55 TO 60.  FOR NOW WILL SPLIT THE
DIFFERENCE AND KEEP HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE LOWER TO  MID 50S.

FOR WED NW FLOW ALOFT IS OVER THE AREA WITH SOME MOISTURE EMBEDDED
IN THE FLOW.  THUS WITH AFTN HEATING COULD SEE A SLIGHT CHC OF
SHOWERS IN THE MTNS AND ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO EARLY WED EVENING.
ONCE AGAIN THERE IS ROUGHLY A 10-15 DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGHS
IN THE ECMWF AND GFS.  FOR NOW WILL KEEP READINGS IN THE UPPER 50S
TO LOWER 60S OVER NERN CO.  BY THU NWLY FLOW ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE
AREA WITH MORE MOISTURE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW.  BOTH THE ECMWF AND
GFS SHOW A FNT MOVING INTO NERN CO THU AFTN OR EVENING WITH SOME
UPSLOPE DEVELOPING.  THUS COULD SEE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHC OF SHOWERS
OVER NERN CO THU INTO THU NIGHT WITH A CHC OF SNOW IN THE MTNS.  AS
FOR HIGHS WILL KEEP READINGS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S OVER NERN CO
ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE COOLER IF FNT COMES IN FASTER THAN FCST.

BY FRI THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO SHOW MOISTURE IN NW FLOW ALOFT
AFFECTING THE AREA AS ANOTHER POSSIBLE SURGE OF COOLER AIR AFFECTS
NERN CO.  MEANWHILE THE GFS SHOWS A RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE AREA
WITH A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS.  FOR NOW WILL JUST MENTIONS A SLIGHT CHC
OF SHOWERS.  AS FOR TEMPS THERE IS A ROUGHLY 20 DEGREE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS AS THE ECMWF KEEPS READINGS INTO THE 55 TO
60 DEGREE RANGE WHILE THE GFS HAS HIGHS IN THE 75 TO 80 OVER NERN
CO. AT THIS POINT WILL KEEP READINGS NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 339 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AROUND THE DENVER AREA...WINDS
WILL SHIFT NORTHERLY BETWEEN 23Z AND 02Z AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 6000
FEET THROUGH 06Z. AS THE STORM NEARS...RAIN WILL SPREAD SOUTH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING AND CEILINGS WILL LOWER. BY 12Z SUNDAY...CEILINGS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 2000 FEET. HEAVY SNOW BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS DENVER AREA.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR COZ037>041-043.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY FOR
COZ034-036.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT MONDAY
FOR COZ030>033-035.

&&

SHORT TERM...MEIER
LONG TERM...RPK
AVIATION...MEIER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 10:53 AM MDT, 19 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1053 AM MDT FRI MAY 9 2014

COZ030>051-101700-
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-
1053 AM MDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND I-25
URBAN CORRIDOR...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN SHOWERS...SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING
SLOPES...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS WELL. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES
SATURDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE ANYWHERE
FROM 9 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
OCCURRING ON THE EASTERN SLOPE.  IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
INCLUDING THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND EASTERN PLAINS...THE
FORECAST IS MORE UNCERTAIN WITH REGARD TO POTENTIAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS TIME...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TURN
COLD ENOUGH FOR RAIN TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW ALONG THE I-25
URBAN CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY...AND THEN ON THE EASTERN PLAINS SUNDAY
NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY WHICH MAY WEIGH
DOWN AND BREAK ALREADY LEAFED OUT TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY VARY
GREATLY DEPENDING ON WHEN THE RAIN TURNS TO SNOW...SO STAY TUNED
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

KRIEDERMAN/BARJENBRUCH

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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.