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Freezing Rain Advisory 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 23, 2016Elbert County, Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this freezing rain advisory at Dec 23, 2016, 4:39 AM MST for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2016, 4:39 AM MST (11:39 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2016, 9:00 AM MST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Dec 23, 4:08 AM MST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 4:08 AM MST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 11:14 AM MST, 17 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 2:35 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BOU	Grand, Jackson	25 hr
Dec 23, 2:38 PM MST	High Wind Watch	BOU	Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson and 3 more	24 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Colorado, 2016 Every freezing rain advisory in 2016

Sources

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