Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 22, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 22, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 1:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:15 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Mar 23, 2:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Ese Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 23, 2:40 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 3 Se Pinecliffe, CO | FELL SINCE 2330 LAST NIGHT. 2IN/HR RATE |
| Mar 23, 3:15 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | FELL IN 30 MINUTES |
| Mar 23, 4:15 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Nw Broomfield, CO | FELL IN 90 MINUTES |
| Mar 23, 4:28 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 2 Ese Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 23, 4:50 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | 3 Se Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Mar 23, 5:14 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 W Boulder, CO | |
| Mar 23, 6:18 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Sw Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4.8 | 1 Sse Estes Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Wsw Roxborough Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Wnw Pingree Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:05 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 1 E Buckhorn Mountain, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Nw Grant, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Sse Wellington, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 9 Wsw Rustic, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Hygiene, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 W Mead, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 N Westminster, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Nnw Cheesman Reservoi, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Nw Niwot, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 Wnw Conifer, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 6 Sw Brookvale, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Kassler, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 7 E Virginia Dale, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 3 S Gold Hill, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:45 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | 1 Sw Westminster, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:49 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 23, 7:56 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.7 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | 13 Nw Golden, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 3 Ene White Ranch Open, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Ese Perry Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 8 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13.2 | 2 Ese Allenspark, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:22 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 3 Wnw Loveland, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:28 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 S Parker, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:29 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.3 | Genesee, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:36 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Ne Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:40 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 3 W Fort Collins, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:43 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:45 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Mar 23, 8:59 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 2 S Tiny Town, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2.1 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 S Loveland, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16.5 | 2 S Kittredge, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 19 | Crescent Village, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:01 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 1 Sw Kittredge, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:03 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:03 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Sw Fort Collins, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 N Estes Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 9:42 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 23, 10:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 3 Ese Perry Park, CO | |
| Mar 23, 10:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 1 Se Frederick, CO | |
| Mar 23, 10:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Erie, CO | |
| Mar 23, 10:43 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Broomfield, CO | |
| Mar 23, 11:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Firestone, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
410 WWUS45 KBOU 230130 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 730 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...FAST MOVING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A FAST MOVING BUT POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS STARTING THIS EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARM WEATHER ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTER PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW IN TIME FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE. COZ035-038-039-231200- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0005.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 730 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ042-043-231200- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 730 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ040-041-044>046-048>051-231200- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 730 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM DURING THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ031-033-034-231200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 730 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ036-231200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ 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 730 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
507 WWUS45 KBOU 230657 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...FAST MOVING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A FAST MOVING BUT POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS STARTING THIS EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARM WEATHER ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTER PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW IN TIME FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE. COZ035-231500- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0005.160323T0700Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES ABOVE 7500 FEET. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ040-041-044>046-048>051-231500- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM DURING THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ042-043-231500- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ038-039-231500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-231500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ036-231500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ 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 1257 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
661 WWUS45 KBOU 230949 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...FAST MOVING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO COLORADO TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL COLORADO BY LATER THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS MORNING. POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE. COZ038-231800- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.W.0005.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ036-231800- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ 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 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ040-041-044>046-048>051-231800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SHIFT EAST OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM DURING THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ042-043-231800- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS WELD COUNTY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-231800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.160323T1000Z-160324T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-231800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-231800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 349 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
016 WWUS45 KBOU 231435 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 835 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL COLORADO BY LATER THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS SHIFTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH OF DENVER AND ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE BY LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ON THE PLAINS. POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ARE LIKELY TODAY. COZ040-041-044>046-048>051-232245- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 835 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SHIFT EAST OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM DURING THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ038-042-043-232245- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 835 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-232245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 835 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-036-232245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 835 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 28 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-232245- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ 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 835 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...HIGHEST ON EAST SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
021 WWUS45 KBOU 231934 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO EXIT COLORADO THIS EVENING... .A POTENT WINTER STORM OVER COLORADO WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PERSIST UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW. SNOW WILL DECREASE AND END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE PLAINS WITH WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. NO TRAVEL IS ADVISED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSURED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. COZ046-048>051-240400- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0400Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND THE SNOW WILL END MID TO LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-044-045-240200- /O.EXT.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT... BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE SNOW WILL END EARLY TO MID EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ038-040-042-043-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SNOW ENDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES. A FEW AREAS WILL EXCEED 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ039-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SNOW ENDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES. A FEW AREAS WILL EXCEED 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035-036-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 28 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A QUARTER AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-240000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ 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 134 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...HIGHEST ON EAST SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
506 WWUS45 KBOU 232344 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM EXITING COLORADO THIS EVENING... COZ038-040-042-043-240045- /O.EXP.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HAVE ENDED. LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ039-240045- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE ENDED. LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ035-036-240045- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE ENDED. LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ031-033-034-240045- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160324T0000Z/ 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 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE $$ COZ046-048>051-240400- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0400Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND END MID TO LATE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ COZ041-044-045-240200- /O.CON.KBOU.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT... BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 544 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE AND END EARLY TO MID EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 22, 3:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 322 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 322 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 AND AWAY WE GO. FIRST OFF...THE RED FLAG WARNING ON THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. GENERALLY SPEAKING...THE STRONG WINTER STORM IS STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MIDNIGHT. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL ALSO HAVE GUSTY WEST WINDS AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH. MOUNTAIN SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE ADVISORY RANGE...5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE STORM QUICKLY EXITING THE STATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE DIMINISHING TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER THE STATE TONIGHT IT IS FORECAST TO FORM A CUT-OFF LOW OVER EAST- CENTRAL COLORADO THAT MOVES INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY MIDDAY. AT THE SURFACE...STRONG CYCLOGENESIS WILL CAUSE WIND SPEEDS TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE WIND WILL ACCOMPANY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE PLAINS TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...BUT WILL STRETCH FROM THE WYOMING BORDER DOWN TO THE PALMER DIVIDE. ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR...LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL HAVE A BIT OF A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT WHICH WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT FALLS. WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE PLAINS AREAS NOT COVERED BY A BLIZZARD WARNING. CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS...THE LOWEST LEVEL WINDS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR WILL HAVE A DOWNSLOPE EFFECT THAT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES. WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE THE MAIN JUSTIFICATION FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR ZONES. SNOW AMOUNTS ON THE PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE THE SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ZONE WHERE STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN STORY...SO WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THAT ZONE. SNOW WILL BE LESS OF A PROBLEM IN THAT ZONE DUE TO DOWNSLOPING EFFECTS OVER THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DIVIDE. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 322 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 THE WINTER STORM THAT IMPACTS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS RIDGING BUILDS IN AND SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVER. SNOW WILL END FROM THE NW TO THE SE WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEAVING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WINDS CONTINUING TO GUST ON THE PLAINS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE EMBEDDED IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL KEEP LIGHT SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THURSDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS ON THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 50S AND POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH SNOW COVER AND WINDS THURSDAY. FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY A DISTURBANCE IN THE NW FLOW WILL BRING INCREASED SNOWFALL TO THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE ON THE PLAINS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BOTH THE GFS AND EC HAVE THE UPPER LOW MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE BEFORE EXITING TO THE SE BY EARLY SUNDAY. THERE IS DECENT QG BY SATURDAY WITH A WINDOW OF FAVORABLE UPSLOPE SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. THIS WILL INCREASE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SATURDAY BEFORE DRYING OUT BY EARLY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER WITH HIGHS STAYING IN THE 30S WITH 20S EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HIGHS WILL REBOUND SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S WITH SOME POSSIBLE FOG FORMING DUE TO CLEARING SKIES AND HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE NEAR THE GROUND. AFTER THAT SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL TAKE OVER BRINGING TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS. BY MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CHANGES WITH THE ONSET OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL BRING SW FLOW ALOFT OVER THE STATE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 322 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT AND A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY ABOUT 4 AM WITH SNOW BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE DURING THE MORNING RUSH. IFR CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PREVAIL BY 6 AM OR 7 AM AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM ACCUMULATIONS AT KDEN COULD BE 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH OTHER DENVER AREA AIRPORTS RECEIVING 3 TO 5 INCHES. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR COZ040-041- 044>046-048>051. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR COZ035-036-038-039-042-043. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR COZ031-033-034. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR COZ047. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ247. && SHORT TERM...DANKERS LONG TERM...BOWEN AVIATION...DANKERS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 11:11 AM MDT, 8 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1111 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ030>051-231715- 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- 1111 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE IN THE 70S TODAY ACROSS THE PLAINS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO LATER TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN BECOME ALL SNOW TOWARDS DAWN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE PLAINS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WHILE SNOW CONTINUES IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE BETWEEN A HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH MAY PRODUCE LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25. SNOW AND WINDS WILL BE DECREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT CONDITIONS MAY STILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL. OVERALL EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...2 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND 5 TO 10 INCHES FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...BUT SNOW WILL END BY EVENING ACROSS THE PLAINS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY BEFORE A DISTURBANCE PUSHES ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 2:53 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
253 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016
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0228 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 NE CHAPPELL 39.84N 104.97W
03/22/2016 ADAMS CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE DUST DEVIL DESTROYED A SMALL STORAGE SHED,
LIFTED UP A TRAMPOLINE AND KNOCKED DOWN A POWER POLE.
0225 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG WESTMINSTER 39.88N 105.05W
03/22/2016 JEFFERSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH A DUST DEVIL
KNOCKED DOWN A COUPLE OF POWER POLES.
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FCOOPERNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every winter storm warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.