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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

March 16, 2016Larimer County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 16, 2016, 3:02 PM MDT for Larimer County, Morgan County, Weld County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 17, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2016, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 3:55 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Larimer County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Mar 16, 2:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 2:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 1:57 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2016Every winter storm watch in 2016

Sources

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