Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2015, 1:38 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 30 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2015, 1:38 PM MST (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2015, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.2 | 1 N Estes Park, CO | 0.18 OF WATER |
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 Ne Ward, CO | |
| Feb 15, 4:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Nw Berthoud Pass, CO | BERTHOUD SUMMIT SNOTEL WATER EQUIVALENT 0.2 INCH |
| Feb 15, 4:50 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 15, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 0.4 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 15, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 0.4 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 15, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | 2 INCHES PAST 1.5 HOURS |
| Feb 15, 6:15 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Sse Brookvale, CO | |
| Feb 15, 6:40 PM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Feb 15, 7:22 PM MST | SNOW 1.3 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Feb 15, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 15, 8:02 PM MST | SNOW 4.7 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Feb 15, 8:32 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Perry Park, CO | |
| Feb 15, 8:35 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 15, 8:55 PM MST | SNOW 4.9 | Central City, CO | |
| Feb 15, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Nw Idledale, CO | |
| Feb 15, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 6.4 | 4 Sse Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Feb 15, 9:15 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 W Conifer, CO | |
| Feb 15, 9:41 PM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Feb 15, 9:54 PM MST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | NWS OFFICE |
| Feb 15, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 5.9 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Feb 15, 10:05 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 15, 10:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.3 | 1 Sse Bergen Park, CO | |
| Feb 15, 10:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Wnw Floyd Hill, CO | |
| Feb 15, 10:30 PM MST | SNOW 6.5 | 4 Sse Brookvale, CO | |
| Feb 15, 10:46 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Feb 15, 11:30 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 4 Sse Pinecliffe, CO | SNOW/WATER EQUIVALENT 0.45 |
| Feb 15, 11:59 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 16, 1:15 AM MST | SNOW 11 | 4 Ne Ward, CO | |
| Feb 16, 1:29 AM MST | SNOW 6.4 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Feb 16, 4:35 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Sw Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.6 | 4 E Fort Collins, CO | |
| Feb 16, 5:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 6 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Feb 16, 5:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 3 Ssw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER NOAA |
| Feb 16, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.4 | 2 N Loveland, CO | |
| Feb 16, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 4 E Parker, CO | |
| Feb 16, 6:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Genesee, CO | |
| Feb 16, 6:42 AM MST | SNOW 3.6 | 3 Sse Silver Plume, CO | |
| Feb 16, 6:50 AM MST | SNOW 5.8 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Feb 16, 6:55 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Wnw Wellington, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.1 | 5 Sse Fort Collins, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 E Loveland, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | 4 Wsw Berthoud, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Wheat Ridge, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 W Bellvue, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 1 Sse Estes Park, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | 2 S Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 5 W Evergreen, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 12 Nw Golden, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 3 Wnw Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Empire, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 Wnw Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:01 AM MST | SNOW 2.1 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Sse Bergen Park, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:20 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 E Pinecliffe, CO | GROSS RESERVIOR |
| Feb 16, 7:22 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | Niwot, CO | |
| Feb 16, 7:24 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 3 S Evergreen, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
384 WWUS45 KBOU 152038 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 138 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...COLD AND SNOW RETURN TO NORTHEAST COLORADO... .SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WHILE THE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ANOTHER DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW FOR MONDAY. COZ035-036-160445- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0003.150215T2038Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 138 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ031-160445- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 138 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ033-034-160445- /O.EXT.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ 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 138 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ038>041-160445- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 138 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
8 follow-up statements
701 WWUS45 KBOU 152303 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 403 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...COLD AND SNOW RETURN TO NORTHEAST COLORADO... .SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WHILE THE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ANOTHER DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW FOR MONDAY. COZ035-036-160715- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 403 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ031-033-034-160715- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 403 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A GRADUAL DECREASE IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038>041-160715- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 403 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER...JEFFERSON...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKED LATER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
498 WWUS45 KBOU 160545 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1045 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...SNOW CONTINUING INTO MONDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. SOME DECREASE IS EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING. COZ035-036-161400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1045 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM BOULDER COUNTY SOUTHWARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-161400- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1045 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A GRADUAL DECREASE IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ038>041-161400- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 1045 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE INTENSITY WILL VARY...BUT THERE WILL BE A GENERAL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER...JEFFERSON...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF ICY ROADS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
508 WWUS45 KBOU 161259 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 559 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 COZ035-036-162100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 559 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM BOULDER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-162100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 559 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A GRADUAL DECREASE IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038>041-162100- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 559 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE INTENSITY WILL VARY...BUT THERE WILL BE A GENERAL INCREASE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER...JEFFERSON...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED THIS MORNING. EXPECT SOME IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$
108 WWUS45 KBOU 161449 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 749 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SNOW ENDING NORTHERN BORDER AREA... SNOW HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED IN THE FORT COLLINS AREA AND MUCH OF EASTERN LARIMER COUNTY THIS MORNING. ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THERE. MEANWHILE...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING IN THE FOOTHILLS...FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...AND DENVER METRO AREA. WHILE THE SNOW MAY DECREASE TOWARD LATE MORNING...SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS IN THE REMAINING ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS WERE SNOW COVERED...ICY...AND SLICK. IF TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ038-161600- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 749 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ COZ035-036-162300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 749 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING... THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-162300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 749 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL DECREASE IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES... HEAVIEST ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ039>041-162200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 749 AM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE INTENSITY WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THERE SHOULD BE A DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER...JEFFERSON...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED THIS MORNING. EXPECT SOME IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
954 WWUS45 KBOU 162014 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 114 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON... MOST OF THE STEADY SNOW HAD PUSHED INTO THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...BUT MORE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. COZ035-036-170300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 114 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND COMING TO AN END LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-170300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 114 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ039>041-162200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 114 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SHOWERS PRODUCING BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY SNOW. THERE SHOULD BE A DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER...JEFFERSON...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
622 WWUS45 KBOU 162204 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 304 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS DECREASING THIS EVENING... SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL STILL PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. COZ039-040-162315- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150216T2200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 304 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ COZ035-036-170300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 304 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS...A FEW HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND COMING TO AN END LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL UP TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-170000- /O.EXT.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 304 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES ADDITIONAL. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$ COZ031-033-034-170300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 304 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
148 WWUS45 KBOU 162353 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 453 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS DECREASING THIS EVENING... SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL STILL PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. COZ041-170100- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 453 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ035-036-170300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 453 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS...A FEW HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND COMING TO AN END LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL UP TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-170300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 453 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...VARIABLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. SOME AREAS MAY SEE JUST WET ROADS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN SLICK CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 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. && $$
623 WWUS45 KBOU 170253 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 753 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 COZ035-036-170400- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 753 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION... THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ031-033-034-170400- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150217T0300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 753 PM MST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THE REST OF THE EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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 Feb 15, 10:09 AM MST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 10:09 AM MST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1009 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1009 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND STRATUS DECK QUICKLY FILLING IN BEHIND IT. RADAR SHOWS ONE BAND OF SNOW...MAINLY VIRGA SO FAR ON THE PLAINS...STRETCHING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS SINKING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WYOMING AND IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE I-70 CORRIDOR AROUND 2-3 PM. FIRST BAND MAY TRY TO FILL IN AS UPSLOPE COMPONENT DEEPENS THROUGH THE NOON HOUR...BUT MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IN LOWER ELEVATIONS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL DEEPER MOISTURE AND BETTER INSTABILITY ARRIVE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. LATEST 12Z MODEL RUNS ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH POTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND MANY FAVORABLE PARAMETERS APPEAR IN PLACE FOR A LONGER DURATION INCLUDING THE UPSLOPE...Q-G FORCING...INSTABILITY...AND POTENTIAL EMBEDDED CONVECTION. WILL NUDGE SNOW AMOUNTS UP A BIT WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR UPGRADING TO A WARNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST THREAT WOULD BE IN/RIGHT NEXT TO FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ) ISSUED AT 425 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED NEAR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WILL DIVE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST TODAY. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE EARLY MORNING. UPSLOPE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL FORM BEHIND THE FRONT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES OVER COLORADO AND COMBINES WITH THE UPSLOPE FLOW...SNOW WILL FORM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO ENTER NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BECAUSE OF THE COLDER AIRMASS AND CLOUD COVER...EXPECT HIGHS TO BE MUCH COLDER TODAY WITH READINGS IN THE 30S. ALSO...ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS SHOULD BE SNOW. JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN WHEN PRECIPITATION BEGINS. THE MAIN AREA SNOW WILL SLIDE SOUTH THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN TROUGH. HOWEVER UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...SO WILL KEEP A GOOD CHANCE FOR SNOW IN THE FORECAST THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT. MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS THE NEXT SYSTEM NEARS NORTHERN COLORADO. WILL GO WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS WEST OF I-25 TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. WILL BEGIN IT LATE THIS MORNING AND RUN IT THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT A LULL OR BREAK IN THE SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THEN SNOW PICKS UP AGAIN MONDAY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 425 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 FORECAST CONTINUES TO UNDERGO CHANGES AS THE 00Z AND 06Z MODEL RUNS GAIN A BETTER HANDLE ON THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER APPROACHING FROM IDAHO AND WRN WYOMING. MODELS SHOW AN AMPLIFYING SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND COLD FRONT SWINGING SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF WYOMING AND OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA SOMETIME MONDAY MORNING. MODELS DIFFER AS TO WHEN THIS WILL EXACTLY OCCUR. THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A SFC COLD FRONT RACING SOUTH THROUGH THE DENVER AREA BY AROUND 12Z WITH SNOWFALL DEVELOPING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WHEREAS THE NAM SHOWS A 750-550MB TROUGH AXIS AND SFC COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE FORT COLLINS AREA AT ABOUT THAT TIME...AND NOT LONG AFTER THAT PASSING THROUGH THE DENVER METRO AREA. NAM ALSO INDICATES A NW-TO-SE BAND OF MODERATE SNOWFALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE JET STREAM KNIFING OUT OF WYOMING ALONG ALONG A FT COLLINS TO GREELEY AXIS. COULD SEE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THIS AREA DURING THE MORNING...BUT A QUICK DROP OFF WITH THE JET...THE UPPER TROUGH AND SFC COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH OF THERE. GFS AND ECMWF ON THE OTHER HAND...SHOW SNOWFALL ALREADY UNDERWAY IN THE DENVER AREA BY AROUND 12Z WITH DEEPENING POST- FRONTAL ANTICYCLONIC UPSLOPE FLOW. BASED ON A BLEND OF THESE MODELS...WILL GO WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL SPREADING SOUTH ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DECREASING FROM NORTH-TO-SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. SAME GOES FOR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ITS POSSIBLE THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER COULD SEE 1-3 INCH PER HR SNOWFALL RATES FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE MORNING. THESE INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SRN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS BY AFTERNOON. AND AS THAT HAPPENS SHOULD SEE SNOWFALL DECREASING ACRS ERN LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES WITH DRIER AIR DOWNSLOPING OFF THE CHEYENNE RIDGE. ALSO EXPECT SNOWFALL TO DECREASE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA SUCH AS DIA DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS...WITH NELY UPSLOPE FLOW BECOMING THE MAIN FORCING MECHANISM FOR SNOW PRODUCTION ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. BY THEN THE MAIN BAND OF JET LIFT SHOULD BE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. BY MONDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP FROM NORTH-TO-SOUTH WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS BY 6 PM LST RANGING FROM 1-3 INCHES WITHIN THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND FROM 2-5 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE COULD RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM 3-7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BY LATE MONDAY EVENING WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND HIGH PASSES. FARTHER OUT ON THE PLAINS SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD DROP OFF QUICKLY WITH HARDLY ANY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. ON TUESDAY...AS COLD ADVECTION AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT PRODUCED BY MODERATE NWLY FLOW CONTINUES TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...ANOTHER JET BISECTING THE NERN CORNER OF THE STATE COULD GENERATE SOME BANDED LIGHT SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WITH LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE SHOULD DRY CONDITIONS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH THE BNDRY LAYER FLOW BECOMING NWLY WHICH IS A DRIER WIND COMPONENT FOR THE AREA. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...THINGS DRY OUT AND GRADUALLY WARM UP AS THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OUT WEST BEGINS TO SHIFT EASTWARD. AS THE MTN TOP FLOW TURNS WESTERLY...COULD SEE PERIODS OF STG AND GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY WHICH WILL HELP TO WARM THINGS UP. BY LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY SATURDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOW YET ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES POSSIBLY RETURNING COLD AND SNOW TO THE FCST AREA. WE'RE ENTERING INTO AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. STAY TUNE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 1009 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 STRATUS DECK AND IFR/MVFR CEILINGS ARE QUICKLY FILLING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THESE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME SNOW NEAR THE FRONT RANGE AIRPORTS AS EARLY AS 19Z...BUT MAIN SNOW SHOULD HOLD OFF TIL 20Z-22Z PER LATEST RADAR TRENDS. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL TO 1/2-1 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT AND AT THIS TIME SEE LITTLE BREAK BEFORE NEXT SYSTEM BRINGS MORE SNOW FOR MONDAY. MOST LIKELY TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3-6 INCHES AT KDEN WITH 4-8 AT KBJC AND KAPA...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GIVEN INSTABILITY AND POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM MST MONDAY FOR COZ038>041. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MST MONDAY FOR COZ033>036. && UPDATE...BARJENBRUCH SHORT TERM...MEIER LONG TERM...BAKER AVIATION...BARJENBRUCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 11:02 AM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1102 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 COZ030>051-161815- 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- 1102 AM MST SUN FEB 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW COVERED IN AREAS THAT SEE HEAVIER SNOWFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. IF TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 14 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. SNOW WILL STILL BE LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS INTO TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY SUNSET. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...THEN THE NEXT POTENTIAL STORM MOVES IN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS TUESDAY...THEN WARM UP A BIT WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. COLD AIR RETURNS NEXT SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. BARJENBRUCH/RJK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:56 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 10 more | 40 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.