URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013
...STRONG SPRING STORM TAKING AIM AT COLORADO...
.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWEST
COLORADO THIS EVENING WILL MOVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...URBAN CORRIDOR
AND NORTHEAST PLAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
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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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
941 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH...NORTH 15 TO
25 MPH ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AS A RESULT...
TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED DUE TO
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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.
