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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 28, 20149 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 28, 2014, 3:14 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 29, 2014, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2014, 3:14 AM MST (10:14 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 28, 2014, 3:36 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Jan 28, 3:04 AM MST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:04 AM MST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 8:19 PM MST, 6 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 3:36 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BOU	Grand, Jackson, Summit	14 hr
Jan 28, 3:36 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 12 more	61 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.