Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1055 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2011

...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...

.NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE
NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEATHER SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
PRODUCE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR.

SOUTHERN PARTS OF SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES HAVE BEEN HARD HIT IN
THE EARLY PART OF THIS STORM...WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW SINCE
LAST EVENING. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS SNOWFALL HAS RANGED FROM AROUND 3 TO 8 INCHES.

TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOWPACKED AND ICY ROADS AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE ABOUT 9000 FEET...THOUGH THE WORST CONDITIONS
WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER PASSES.

VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET DURING
THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTO THE HIGH
COUNTRY...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS AND SLOW WINTER DRIVING
CONDITIONS.

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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
1055 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WITH
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH BURSTS OF 1 TO 3 INCH PER
HOUR SNOWFALL RATES.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTALS INTO THE 8
TO 18 INCH RANGE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AROUND SUMMIT COUNTY AND THE BERTHOUD PASS AREA.

* IMPACTS...SNOWPACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED
ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITIES WILL
BE REDUCED TO JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET IN THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS WITH SLOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.