WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT 8PM FRI to 5PM SAT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO...

.THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA THIS
EVENING AND THEN TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE TONIGHT.
THE STORM WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO
BORDER SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING INTO
WESTERN KANSAS BY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INTENSIFYING LATER TONIGHT AND
THEN CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. ON THE PLAINS...A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE
TONIGHT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS
BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTS FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR SATURDAY MORNING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DANGEROUS WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO WITH THIS STORM...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY EAST OF
I-25.

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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER
1130 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM MST
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND
SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25. VISIBILITIES
COULD DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PLAGUE
DRIVERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

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.

DSV posted one earlier today from the wee hours of the morning that begins at 8pm tonight for the higher elevations, including Jeffco and Park Co above 6,000 ft and the areas of Bailey, Kenosha Mountains, and Mt Evans. Thanks to them for posting that info!
Read the details here:
http://www.disastersupportvolunteers.co ... -warning-0