Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1046 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011

...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOUNTAINS AND ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE FRONT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO
TODAY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING INTO
WESTERN KANSAS BY THURSDAY. DEEPENING NORTHEASTERLY FLOW INTO TO
THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS
ON EAST FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW THE SNOW MAY CONTINUE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY AS WELL WITH SEVERAL MORE
INCHES POSSIBLE. MEANWHILE...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL COULD ALSO
OCCUR OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

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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
1046 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011

...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 THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON....GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 7500 FEET.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY AND ICY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 7500
FEET. THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DAMAGE TENDER
BUDDING VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
114 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011

...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AND ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE AND SOUTH PARK
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS
SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY
TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING INTO WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY. DEEPENING
NORTHEAST FLOW INTO TO THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS ON EAST FACING SLOPES THROUGH THURSDAY
AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS SOUTH PARK THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

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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
114 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON....GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 7500 FEET.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY AND ICY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 7500
FEET. THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DAMAGE
TENDER BUDDING VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A good 10 inches in Bailey, I hope this helps the dry conditions we've had up here.It is wet and heavy.