Winter Storm Warning Western Park Co, Sunday 12pm to Monday 12am

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
306 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT....

.A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT PARTS OF COLORADO BRINGING SNOW AND
WIND TO MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. COLD
TEMPERATURES...INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW. HIGH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO REDUCE
VISIBILITIES OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO
USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER ALTERING TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY.

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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
306 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MST MONDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING INCREASING
IN INTENSITY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...MOUNTAIN TOP WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINS PASSES MAY FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO HIGH
COUNTRY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...
SLOW TRAVEL...SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN
SPOTS. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR SEMI-TRAILERS
AND BUSES TO TRAVEL OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. HIGH MOUNTAIN
PASSES COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS.

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.