Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2016, 11:43 AM MST for 22 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 31, 2016, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 31, 2016, 11:43 AM MST (18:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
All 22 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 4 Sse Brookvale, CO | |
| Jan 31, 9:45 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Jan 31, 10:32 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Fraser, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:43 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Feb 1, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.3 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 1, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 0 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | |
| Feb 1, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 1 S Loveland, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Feb 1, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 4 Se Gould, CO | |
| Feb 1, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nne Estes Park, CO | 0.19 SWE |
| Feb 1, 11:10 AM MST | SNOW 1.1 | 1 S Greeley, CO | |
| Feb 1, 11:10 AM MST | SNOW 3.2 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Feb 1, 12:10 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 1, 12:45 PM MST | SNOW 2.2 | 8 Se Watkins, CO | 2.2 INCHES IN 90 MINUTES |
| Feb 1, 1:04 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 1, 1:04 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ssw Denver, CO | |
| Feb 1, 2:40 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Feb 1, 3:50 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Iliff, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 S Fort Collins, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:00 PM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 Nne Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:30 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 N Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Nw Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:45 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 Nnw Castle Rock, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:45 PM MST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 Sse Bennett, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.1 | Denver Intl Airport, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Federal Heights, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 5.4 | Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 5.9 | 2 Sse Loveland, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:13 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Longmont, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:28 PM MST | SNOW 3.8 | Niwot, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:30 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sse Aurora, CO | |
| Feb 1, 5:36 PM MST | SNOW 3.1 | 3 W Greeley, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:08 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:10 PM MST | SNOW 4.8 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:24 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Wnw Loveland, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 S Loveland, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 3.1 | Greeley, CO | UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO |
| Feb 1, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 5.9 | Fort Collins, CO | COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY |
| Feb 1, 7:13 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 E Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 1, 7:25 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Feb 1, 7:55 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | Mead, CO | |
| Feb 1, 7:56 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Sterling, CO | EAST WINDS ESTIMATED AT 25MPH CAUSING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. DRIFTS TO 3 AND 4 FEET. A FEW ROAD CLOSURES IN THE VICINITY. |
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Se Denver, CO | |
| Feb 1, 8:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.4 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Feb 1, 8:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 N Strasburg, CO | |
| Feb 1, 8:37 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 1 N Estes Park, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Northglenn, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Lyons, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.2 | Genesee, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:23 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 1 Sse Wiggins, CO | VISIBILTY 5 TO 10 FEET. HEAVY SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTS GREATER THAN 3 FEET ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 1, 9:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Nw Fort Collins, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:29 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 3 S Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:35 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 5 E Boulder, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Wsw Conifer, CO | |
| Feb 1, 9:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | 13 Nw Golden, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
259 WWUS45 KBOU 311843 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1143 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...PROLONGED WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT TO JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA MONDAY...AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER IN MOST LOCATIONS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE FINALLY DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY MAY NOT BE HIGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME...THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THAT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE HIGH PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033>037-010400- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0002.160201T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 1143 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ038>041-043-045>047-010400- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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- 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1143 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ COZ048-050-051-010400- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T1200Z-160202T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1143 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ042-044-049-010400- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1143 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BE CLOSED BY THE DEPTH OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
9 follow-up statements
547 WWUS45 KBOU 010330 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 830 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...PROLONGED WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY MIDDAY MONDAY...AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO MONDAY EVENING. BANDS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER IN MOST LOCATIONS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE FINALLY DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY MAY NOT BE HIGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME...THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. THAT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE HIGH PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033>037-011130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 830 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ038>041-043-045>047-011130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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- 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY... ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 830 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS. 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. && $$ COZ042-044-048>051-011130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 830 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$
495 WWUS45 KBOU 011125 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 425 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...PROLONGED WINTER STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... .A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TODAY AND THEN STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING. DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE LACK OF SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL INCREASE MID MORNING AND BY LATE MORNING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ROADS CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IF COMMUTING THIS MORNING...EXPECT MUCH WORSE CONDITIONS FOR YOUR RETURN TRIP HOME. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 POSSIBLE STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE HIGH PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033>037-012100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 425 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY NOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ038>051-012100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 425 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY NOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THOUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL NOT BE TREACHEROUS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW ACCUMULATES ON ROAD WAYS. EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLY VERY LONG DELAYS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. 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. && $$
930 WWUS45 KBOU 011724 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1024 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...SNOW INTENSIFYING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ALONG THE NEW MEXICO/COLORADO BORDER AND INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO MOST OF COLORADO. SNOW IS INCREASING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE WITH THE ONSET OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL...SO BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 POSSIBLE STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033>037-020130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 1024 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 22 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW INTENSIFIES THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ038>051-020130- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1024 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 13 INCHES. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL FAVOR LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA EASTWARD INTO LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW INTENSIFIES AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO THE DEPTH OF FALLEN SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. 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. && $$
987 WWUS45 KBOU 012132 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 232 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...SNOW INTENSIFYING THROUGH THE EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE NEW MEXICO/COLORADO BORDER AND INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO MOST OF COLORADO. SNOW IS INCREASING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE WITH THE ONSET OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL...SO BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033>037-020545- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 232 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 18 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW INTENSIFIES AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ038>051-020545- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 232 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INTO LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EVENING AS SNOW INTENSIFIES AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED. SOME RURAL ROADS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO THE DEPTH OF FALLEN SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. 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. && $$
801 WWUS45 KBOU 020438 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 938 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT...SO BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. INTERSTATE 70 HAS BEEN CLOSED EAST OF AIRPORT ROAD TO THE KANSAS STATELINE. OTHER ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 24 FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO LIMON...HIGHWAY 86 FROM KIOWA TO INTERSTATE 70...HIGHWAY 36 FROM WATKINS TO IDALIA...HIGHWAY 71 FROM BRUSH TO THE NEBRASKA STATELINE AND HIGHWAY 385 FROM JULESBURG TO WRAY. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS... WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAIN OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW DRIFTS 3 TO 4 FEET DEEP WERE REPORTED AROUND STERLING EARLIER THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL BE LIGHTER WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. COZ033>037-021245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 938 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL START TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 20 INCHES...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO 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. && $$ COZ038>051-021245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 938 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES...AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA INTO LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...FROM 2 TO 5 FEET DEEP...WILL OCCUR IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. SOME RURAL ROADS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE BLOCKED DUE TO THE DEPTH OF FALLEN SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. 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. && $$
426 WWUS45 KBOU 021236 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 536 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...NORTHEAST COLORADO STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF DEPARTING WINTER STORM... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...GUSTING WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL WEATHER THREATS. MANY ROADS IN EASTERN COLORADO SUCH AS INTERSTATE 76 FROM LOCHBUIE TO THE NEBRASKA LINE AND INTERSTATE 70 FROM JUST EAST OF AURORA TO THE KANSAS LINE REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO ADVERSE ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE STEADILY IMPROVED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. CONSEQUENTLY THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY. COZ033>035-037-038-042-043-021345- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 536 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM COLORADO. $$ COZ039>041-044>051-021900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 536 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH MID- MORNING. SOME INTENSIFICATION MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A CONTINUATION OF MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. EXPECT THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON THE HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING..WITH NUMEROUS ROAD PRESENTLY CLOSED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST. SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND CLOSED ROADWAYS WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT AND WARM CLOTHING...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-021900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 536 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT AND WARM CLOTHING...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BAKER
331 WWUS45 KBOU 021619 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 919 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...NORTHEAST COLORADO STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF DEPARTING WINTER STORM... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO THE AFTERNOON. MANY ROADS IN EASTERN COLORADO REMAIN CLOSED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 76 FROM LOCHBUIE TO THE NEBRASKA LINE AND INTERSTATE 70 FROM JUST EAST OF AURORA TO THE KANSAS LINE. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. CONDITIONS WILL ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS SNOW AND WINDS FINALLY DECREASE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE HOWEVER WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH. CLOSER TO THE I-25 CORRIDOR...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIGHTER WITH GENERALLY MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ046>051-022300- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2300Z/ 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 919 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...BRINGING MOST STORM TOTALS INTO THE 9 TO 15 INCH RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES WILL REMAIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST. SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND CLOSED ROADWAYS WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT AND WARM CLOTHING...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039>041-044-045-021900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 919 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NOON HOUR...AND FINALLY COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH...BRINGING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 9 TO 15 INCH RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH EAST OF I-25. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS OF THE PLAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON SECONDARY ROADS IS DIFFICULT. MANY ROADS EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE I-25 CORRIDOR ARE CLOSED. ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN PLOWED ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST. SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND CLOSED ROADWAYS WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT AND WARM CLOTHING...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ036-021900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ 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 919 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING...BRINGING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 8 TO 20 INCH RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE DEPTH OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT AND WARM CLOTHING...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
639 WWUS45 KBOU 021908 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1208 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF DEPARTING WINTER STORM... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO THE AFTERNOON. MANY ROADS IN EASTERN COLORADO REMAIN CLOSED...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 76 FROM LOCHBUIE TO THE NEBRASKA LINE AND INTERSTATE 70 FROM JUST EAST OF AURORA TO THE KANSAS LINE. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. CONDITIONS WILL ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS SNOW AND WINDS FINALLY DECREASE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR BY CALLING 511. CLOSER TO THE I-25 CORRIDOR...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIGHTER WITH GENERALLY MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ036-039>041-044-045-022015- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...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 1208 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGED BETWEEN 8 AND 15 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE...WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER TOTALS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. $$ COZ046>051-022300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2300Z/ 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 1208 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...BRINGING MOST STORM TOTALS INTO THE 9 TO 15 INCH RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES WILL REMAIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST. SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND CLOSED ROADWAYS WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT AND WARM CLOTHING...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
105 WWUS45 KBOU 022254 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 354 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 COZ046>051-030000- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2300Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO... STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 354 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF AND END THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED...AND THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING AS WELL. BLOWING SNOW WILL NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM. MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN THE WAKE OF THIS POWERFUL WINTER STORM. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR BY CALLING 511. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO RANGED BETWEEN 9 AND 15 INCHES. $$
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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.