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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 29, 201414 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 29, 2014, 3:22 PM MST for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 30, 2014, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2014, 3:22 PM MST (22:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2014, 3:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 30, 2014, 5:38 AM MST
In force
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, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 29, 12:45 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 12:45 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 11:30 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1130 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014

COZ030>051-301830-
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-
1130 AM MST WED JAN 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY
IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER
THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON THE HIGHER PASSES OVERNIGHT.
HIGH COUNTRY ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 14
INCHES WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WEST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY MORNING.

ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING 70 MPH IN AREAS PRONE TO HIGH WINDS SUCH AS IN THE
FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND BOULDER COUNTIES. BY THIS EVENING HIGH
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE FRONT RANGE
AND IN FOOTHILLS WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH UNTIL
AROUND 3 AM MST TONIGHT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW CAUSING NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. NEAR THE BASE OF
THE FOOTHILLS...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH THIS EVENING WILL ALSO
PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS SUCH
AS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGH VALLEYS ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...WITH 7 TO 14
MORE INCHES OF SNOW. WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY...
ALTHOUGH INTENSITIES WILL BE LIGHTER. ACROSS THE PLAINS SNOW WILL
BE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY
THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THE WEEKEND
WITH TEMPERATURES MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR ALL THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT SNOW
REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

BAKER/D_L

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 3:45 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more9 hr
Jan 29, 12:31 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more16 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2014Every winter storm watch in 2014

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.