Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Nov 16, 2015, 5:57 AM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 16, 2015, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 21 hr. 59 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
- Nov 16, 2015, 5:57 AM MST (12:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2015, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2015, 8:00 AM MST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2:34 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Wnw Larkspur, CO | 3.5 INCHES BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM. |
| Nov 16, 3:16 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ese Perry Park, CO | SNOW FELL IN LAST 2 HOURS, 15 MINUTES. |
| Nov 16, 5:20 PM MST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Nov 16, 6:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Franktown, CO | |
| Nov 16, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Castle Rock, CO | |
| Nov 16, 7:06 PM MST | SNOW 1.2 | 1 Ese Castle Pines, CO | |
| Nov 16, 7:06 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 4 Nne Parker, CO | |
| Nov 16, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | |
| Nov 16, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Nov 16, 9:30 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Nov 16, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Nov 16, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Nov 16, 10:30 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Sse Tabernash, CO | |
| Nov 16, 11:40 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 2 S Parker, CO | |
| Nov 17, 12:01 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Nov 17, 12:59 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 12 Nw Golden, CO | |
| Nov 17, 2:09 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | 3 N Conifer, CO | CURRENTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL. |
| Nov 17, 3:39 AM MST | SNOW 0 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | TRACE |
| Nov 17, 4:25 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 4 Sse Brookvale, CO | |
| Nov 17, 5:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 4 Nw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Nov 17, 5:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Nov 17, 5:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 Ese Perry Park, CO | |
| Nov 17, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Nov 17, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Sse Silver Plume, CO | |
| Nov 17, 6:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 1 Sse Bergen Park, CO | |
| Nov 17, 6:20 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 Nne Parker, CO | |
| Nov 17, 6:50 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 1 E Buckhorn Mountain, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 4 E Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ene Dillon, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Wsw Roxborough Park, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 1 Sw Kittredge, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Genesee, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 3 W Conifer, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:20 AM MST | SNOW 1.1 | 7 E Virginia Dale, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:25 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 1 Nw Grant, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:25 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Wnw Pingree Park, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:25 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 3 Sse Larkspur, CO | VERY WINDY WITH HEAVY SNOW. 14.0 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN WITH 4 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Lakewood, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ene 11-Mile Canyon Re, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 6 N Westminster, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 5.7 | 7 N Bailey, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Ne Parker, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 3 Sse Morrison, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 N Bailey, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 1 Ne Castle Rock, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Nnw Cheesman Reservoi, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Pine Junction, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 3 E Franktown, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Nov 17, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 4 Wnw Conifer, CO | |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ene White Ranch Open, CO | |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | N Williams Fork Reservo, CO | |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3.4 | 2 E Antero Junction, CO | |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 8 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Ene Winter Park, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WWUS45 KBOU 161257 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SNOW...AND VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE PLAINS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 LATE TONIGHT...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND AKRON. IN THESE AREAS ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW. SOME PLACES MAY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76 THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHTER...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ040-041-044>046-048>051-162100- /O.UPG.KBOU.BZ.A.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HEAVY SNOW MAY LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN THE DENVER AREA...WHILE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO THE SNOW MAY LAST UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH UP TO 14 INCHES IN A BAND FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY TO BETWEEN LIMON AND AKRON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS EAST OF DENVER. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL LIKELY BLOCK SOME ROADS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN URBAN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ043-162100- /O.NEW.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING BUT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN FAR SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL LIKELY BLOCK SOME ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033-034-162100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0011.151116T1500Z-151117T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0014.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$ COZ036-162100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0011.151117T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0014.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW COVERED... POSSIBLY MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-162100- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0011.151116T1500Z-151117T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$ COZ035-162100- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-039-042-162100- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING BUT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN NORTHERN PARTS OF WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. 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. && $$ COZ047-162100- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 557 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING LOW VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
5 follow-up statements
766 WWUS45 KBOU 161727 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE HIGH COUNTRY AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SNOW...AND VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE PLAINS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 TONIGHT...WITH CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND ON THE HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND AKRON. IN THESE AREAS ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW. SOME PLACES MAY RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76 SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHTER...BUT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ041-170130- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0100Z-151117T2100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY EASE UP AROUND MID-EVENING ONLY TO BECOME HEAVY AGAIN LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENTUALLY END DURING THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 14 INCHES IN A BAND FROM NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY ACROSS CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL LIKELY BLOCK SOME ROADS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN URBAN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ040-043>046-048>051-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD 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-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK...MERINO... STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE MODERATE SNOWFALL MAY LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER AREA AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS. SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTH WINDS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO MAY LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH UP TO 14 INCHES IN A BAND FROM EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE EAST TO LIMON AND AKRON. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL LIKELY BLOCK SOME ROADS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN URBAN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033-034-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN MOUNTAIN AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PASSES MAY CLOSE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL... POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BE DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW COVERED... POSSIBLY MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ037-170130- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL SHOULD DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN OPEN AREAS...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$ COZ031-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AFTERNOON THROUGH OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ035-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151116T1800Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL SHOULD DIMINISH BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$ COZ038-039-042-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING BUT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW MAY LINGER UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE DENVER AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH IN NORTHERN PARTS OF WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ047-170130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ BAKER
433 WWUS45 KBOU 162223 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD OVER MOST OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... ...TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON THE PLAINS... ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SNOW...AND VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE PLAINS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER A MAJORITY OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AS WINDS STRENGTHEN. THE BLIZZARD WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH LATE EVENING. SLOW IMPROVEMENT FROM WEST TO EAST WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND AKRON. IN THESE AREAS ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW. SOME PLACES WILL RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76 SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHTER...BUT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ039-170630- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0014.151117T0100Z-151117T1500Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 14 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. 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. && $$ COZ042-170630- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING BUT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW MAY LINGER UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND ZERO VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE THIS EVENING...TONIGHT...AND TUESDAY WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ047-170630- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND ZERO VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS THE FARTHER NORTH ONE TRAVELS THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE THIS EVENING...TONIGHT...AND TUESDAY WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0100Z-151117T2100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY DECREASE EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. * IMPACTS...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...YOU MAY VERY WELL BECOME STRANDED. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY BLOCK NUMEROUS ROADS. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ043-044-048-050-051-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY FROM WEST TO EAST...IN THE WELD COUNTY AREA DURING THE MORNING AND ON THE EASTERN PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL LIKELY BLOCK SOME ROADS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN URBAN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ040-045-046-049-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.151117T0300Z-151117T2100Z/ 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-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST DENVER SUBURBS TOWARD DEER TRAIL AND LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF DENVER WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN RURAL AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY BLOCK NUMEROUS ROADS. MAJOR ROADS INCLUDING I-70 EAST OF DENVER WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033-034-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PASSES MAY CLOSE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL... POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ACCIDENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ 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 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY TONIGHT...AND THEN DECREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 22 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME CLOSED DUE TO THE DEPTH OF THE NEW 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. && $$ COZ031-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ035-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL SHOULD DIMINISH BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$ COZ038-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0300Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL END BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH IN NORTHERN PARTS OF WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ037-170630- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.151117T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 323 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN OPEN AREAS...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$
790 WWUS45 KBOU 170319 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... ...TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE ON THE PLAINS... ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PLAINS WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOW FALLS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ON THE PLAINS AS WINDS STRENGTHEN AND SNOW SPREADS EAST OVERNIGHT. SLOW IMPROVEMENT FROM WEST TO EAST WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE PALMER DIVIDE AND EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND AKRON. IN THESE AREAS ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW. SOME PLACES WILL RECEIVE WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76 SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHTER...BUT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ041-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY DECREASE BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. * IMPACTS...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY BLOCK NUMEROUS ROADS. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ042>044-047-048-050-051-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY FROM WEST TO EAST...IN THE WELD COUNTY AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND ON THE EASTERN PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WITH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING MAY BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ040-045-046-049-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM THE SOUTHEAST DENVER SUBURBS TOWARD DEER TRAIL AND LIMON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED EAST OF DENVER. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY BLOCK NUMEROUS ROADS. MAJOR ROADS INCLUDING I-70 EAST OF DENVER WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033-034-036-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ 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- 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...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PASSES MAY CLOSE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL... POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND ACCIDENTS. 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. && $$ COZ039-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING....SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE SOUTHWEST DENVER SUBURBS AND LIGHTEST AROUND LONGMONT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-035-037-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN 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. && $$ COZ038-171130- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 819 PM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL END BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN NORTHERN PARTS OF WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FURTHER EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
221 WWUS45 KBOU 171052 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SPREADING ACROSS THE PLAINS EAST OF DENVER... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW HAS MOVED FROM THE MOUNTAINS ONTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS...AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. WITH VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH ALREADY IN PLACE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES. THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. IN AREAS FURTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE MUCH LESS SNOW BUT STILL VERY STRONG WINDS. SNOW OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA WILL END BY MID MORNING...AND IN THE CASTLE ROCK AND KIOWA AREAS BY LATE MORNING. UNTIL THEN...THERE WILL BE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH THE BLIZZARD CONTINUING IN ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM ELBERT COUNTY EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND AKRON. SOME ROADS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED...AND ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW. SOME PLACES WILL RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. COZ042-043-171200- /O.CAN.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS BEEN LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76. THERE WILL STILL BE AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 3 INCHES. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS THAT DO HAVE SNOW COVER. $$ COZ039-171200- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH IN BOULDER COUNTY WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS OF DENVER. $$ COZ031-038-171200- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. $$ COZ041-171800- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES TODAY...HEAVIEST IN ELBERT COUNTY. THIS WILL GIVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN ELBERT COUNTY THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON IMPROVED VISIBILITIES BUT SOME DRIFTING CONTINUING. * IMPACTS...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BLOCK NUMEROUS ROADS. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ040-171500- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY TO 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SUBURBS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN THE EASTERN SUBURBS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL EAST AND SOUTH FROM DENVER IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING. CHECK FOR ROAD CONDITIONS AS THERE IS A SHARP GRADIENT FROM DRY CONDITIONS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CITY TO VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE ARE MAJOR ROAD CLOSURES IN AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ044-045-171800- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1800Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. FURTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE LIGHTER SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76...WITH LIGHTER SNOW FURTHER NORTH. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046>051-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO... STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 76 AND INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING MAY BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ033-034-036-171500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THE REST OF THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS IN AREAS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-037-171500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 352 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. 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. && $$ GIMMESTAD
840 WWUS45 KBOU 171518 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING ACROSS THE PLAINS EAST OF DENVER... .A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW REMAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. WITH VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH ALREADY IN PLACE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES. THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. IN AREAS FURTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE MUCH LESS SNOW BUT STILL VERY STRONG WINDS. SNOW OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA WILL END BY MID MORNING...AND IN THE CASTLE ROCK AND KIOWA AREAS BY LATE MORNING. UNTIL THEN...THERE WILL BE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH THE BLIZZARD CONTINUING IN ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM ELBERT COUNTY EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND AKRON. SOME ROADS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED...AND ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW. SOME PLACES WILL RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. COZ040-171630- /O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF DENVER THROUGH MID MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ033-034-036-171630- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ 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- 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...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... EXPECT ONLY ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...MAINLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. $$ COZ035-037-171630- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-151117T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED OR ENDED IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN INCH EXPECTED. $$ COZ041-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1800Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TODAY...HEAVIEST IN ELBERT COUNTY. THIS WILL GIVE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 14 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN ELBERT COUNTY THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON IMPROVED VISIBILITIES BUT SOME DRIFTING CONTINUING. * IMPACTS...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BLOCK NUMEROUS ROADS. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ047-048-050-051-172100- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...JULESBURG... OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 76 AND INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING MAY BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ044-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1800Z/ MORGAN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. FURTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE LIGHTER SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76...WITH LIGHTER SNOW FURTHER NORTH. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ046-049-172100- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T2100Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS MORNING...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 76 AND INTERSTATE 70. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING MAY BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ045-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-151117T1800Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 818 AM MST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. FURTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE LIGHTER SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76...WITH LIGHTER SNOW FURTHER NORTH. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTING WILL BLOCK SOME ROADS IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
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 Nov 16, 5:11 AM MST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 5:11 AM MST, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 511 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 511 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 MODELS CONTINUING TO TREND SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TOWARD A SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND STRONGER SYSTEM. PRETTY GOOD CONSENSUS ON THESE TRENDS...WHICH HAVE BEEN FAIRLY STEADY OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE PRETTY HIGH IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...SREF MEANS AND OPERATIONAL NAM/GFS RUNS ALL HAVE 8-18 INCHES ACROSS THE CITY OF DENVER WITH A 1-2 FOOT BAND FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY EASTWARD TOWARD LIMON...AKRON...AND HOLYOKE...WITH VARYING AMOUTS OF SHADOWING AND LESS SNOW NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...THEN A SHARP GRADIENT NORTHWARD ACROSS WELD COUNTY. HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE MAX SNOWFALL BAND IN MANY OF THE RUNS. SREF SPREAD FOR THE DENVER AREA...HIGHEST 25 PERCENT HAD AROUND 20 INCHES AT DIA AND CENTENNIAL AND 12 IN BROOMFIELD...LOWEST 25 PERCENT STILL HAD 6 INCHES OVER THE CITY WITH JUST A COUPLE INCHES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. NORTH EDGE OF THE BAND HAS ALSO CREPT NORTHWARD...AND MODELS INCREASINGLY WRAPPING THE HEAVY SNOW SOUTH ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY DESPITE THE STRONG NORTH WINDS...GFS HAD 3 FEET IN LIMON AND 2 FEET IN KARVAL AREA FOR EXAMPLE. NOT READY TO JUMP ON THE HUGE AMOUNTS...THOUGH CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IF THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SLOW A BIT MORE. MOVED OUR FORECAST ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY TOWARD THE NEW MODEL AVERAGES...WHICH IS ENOUGH GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS. WILL GO TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IN THE WATCH AREA AND ALSO INCLUDE SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY WHERE SOME AREAS WILL BE PRETTY BAD. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND ADVISORIES IN THE SHADOWED AREA FROM BOULDER TO NORTHERN WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES AS WELL AS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. ALSO SLOWED THE TIMING DOWN ABOUT 3 HOURS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. CONCERNS AT THIS POINT ARE MAINLY THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN FRINGES OF THE WARNING AREA...AND HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND. AGAIN...THE FORECAST AMOUNTS ARE ENOUGH FOR A SERIOUS STORM...BUT MODEL RANGE STILL FAIRLY LARGE WITH HALF TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNTS WE ARE THROWING OUT. WE ALSO WILL NEED TO WATCH SOUTH PARK FOR THE STRONG FORCING TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY OFFSET BY DOWNSLOPING BUT IT MAY NEED AN ADVISORY OR WARNING. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 511 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 THE MODELS HAVE THE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHWEST TO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 12Z TUESDAY MORNING. THIS IS...AGAIN...A TAD FURTHER NORTH THAN YESTERDAY'S 00Z MODEL RUNS. AT 00Z TUESDAY LATE DAY...THE UPPER LOW IS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND THERE IS A DUE NORTHERLY JET MAXIMUM OVER CENTRAL COLORADO. THE FLOW ALOFT STAYS PRETTY STRONG AND IS NORTHWESTERLY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND IS PRETTY STRONG WITH A JET MAXIMUM TRYING TO NOSE INTO COLORADO FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THERE IS STILL SOME VERY STRONG UPWARD QG VERTICAL VELOCITY OVER THE CWA TUESDAY MORNING...THEN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS STILL SOME WEAK UPWARD MOTION FOR THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER TUESDAY EVENING. DOWNWARD MOTION IS PROGGED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW IS ALL NORTH- NORTHWESTERLY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE DIVIDE ON TUESDAY. SPEEDS ARE SIGNIFICANT OVER MOST OF THE PLAINS. MORE DUE NORTHWESTERLY DOWNSLOPING IS PROGGED ALL OF TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE REST OF WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LOW LEVEL WINDS SEEM TO GO ALONG NORMAL DIURNAL TRENDS. MOISTURE IS STILL DEEP OVER THE EASTERN CWA ON TUESDAY. THERE IS SOME IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL...BUT THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PLAINS HAVE DOWNSLOPE DRYING. THERE IS SOME MORE MOISTURE AROUND...BUT MORE SHALLOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PLAINS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT DRIES OUT FOR ALL THE CWA. WITH THE SLOWER NATURE OF THE MODELS...THE QPF FIELDS SHOW MORE MEASURABLE SNOW ON TUESDAY AND EVEN A BIT INTO TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FAR EAST AND HIGH MOUNTAINS. THERE IS MINOR MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MIDNIGHT. SO FOR POPS...WILL UP THEM...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST ON TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WILL STILL NEED SOME 10-40%S FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN BORDER. NO POPS FOR THE FOOTHILLS OR PLAINS FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNEDAY NIGHT. WILL NEED CHANCES FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHORT TERM FORECASTER LOOK GOOD AS THEY ARE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY AND WILL LEAVE THEM GOING OVER THE PLAINS UNTIL MID/LATE AFTERNOON FOR NOW. A BLIZZARD IS A GOOD BET FOR PLAINS. FOR TEMPERATURES...TUESDAY'S HIGHS WILL BE 6-12 C COLDER THAN TODAY'S HIGHS. WEDNESDAY'S HIGHS WILL WARM UP 1-3 C FORM TUESDAY'S READINGS. FOR THE LATER DAYS...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MODELS SHOW WEST-NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WELL INTO FRIDAY...THEN IT BECOMES ZONAL. THE GFS BRINGS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW ALOFT THROUGH COLORADO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY ALONG WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT. THE ECMWF NEVER REALLY SHOWS THIS FEATURE. ANYWAY...THERE IS LIMITED MOISTURE...MOSTLY FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO STAY BELOW NORMALS FOR THE FOUR DAYS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 511 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 VFR TODAY WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTH THIS MORNING. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOWERING CEILINGS LIKELY REQUIRING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO KDEN BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 02Z AND 05Z...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY AT KDEN/KAPA BY 07Z. AT KBJC LESS SNOW AND WIND...BUT STILL EXPECT A PERIOD OF LIFR CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CEILINGS BETWEEN 10Z AND 15Z TUESDAY...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY STILL PRODUCE IFR VISIBILITIES AT KDEN AND POSSIBLY THE OTHER DENVER AREA AIRPORTS THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH FURTHER IMPROVEMENT BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECTED SNOW TOTALS ARE 8-16 INCHES AT KDEN WITH 10-20 INCHES AT KAPA AND 6-12 INCHES AT KBJC. THERE WILL BE HEAVY DRIFTING FROM THE WINDS...ESPECIALLY AT KDEN. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ040-041-043>046-048>051. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ031-035. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ033-034-036. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ038-039-042. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ047. && SHORT TERM...GIMMESTAD LONG TERM...RJK AVIATION...GIMMESTAD
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 5:27 AM MST, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 527 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 COZ030>051-171230- 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- 527 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...THEN INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. ON THE PLAINS THERE WILL BE SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 BY MIDNIGHT. AREAS FURTHER NORTH WILL HAVE LESS SNOW...BUT STILL STRONG WINDS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS IN MOST AREAS BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND REMAIN SO THROUGH SOMETIME ON TUESDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER GOING EARLY TO BEAT THE STORM OR WAITING UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER ON TUESDAY. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY ON THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY EAST AND SOUTH OF DENVER...AND OTHER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING OR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM BLOWING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW...WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. SNOW IN THE MORNING OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM GREELEY AND FORT COLLINS TO BOULDER. ACROSS DENVER AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS TO AS MUCH AS 16 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST. FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A BAND FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY EASTWARD TO BETWEEN LIMON AND AKRON. IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF DENVER. SNOW WILL BE DONE OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY EVENING... WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE ALPINE AREAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ELSEWHERE THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND HIGH WIND REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS WILL BE APPRECIATED. GIMMESTAD/RJK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 5:57 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 7 more | 32 hr |
| Nov 16, 5:57 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Elbert, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more | 26 hr |
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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.