Heavy snow developed in the foothills of Boulder County. Snow amounts included 9 inches, 3 miles southwest of Jamestown, and 7 inches, 4 miles east northeast of Nederland.
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The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Heavy snow developed in the foothills of Boulder County. Snow amounts included 9 inches, 3 miles southwest of Jamestown, and 7 inches, 4 miles east northeast of Nederland.
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NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 9:07 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 907 PM MST WED MAR 13 2002 ISSUED SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZNS 31..33 AND 35 AS MDT TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF THESE ZNS. ELY UPSLOPE FLOW IS ENHANCING PCPN IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY. LATEST SHORT RANGE MODEL DATA SHOWS PCPN REMAINING IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA THRU 12Z. RPK .DEN...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ZNS 31..33 AND 35.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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