Winter Storm Warning In Effect 6pm Today-6pm Tomorrow

Weather Alert Winter Storm Warning Weather Alert

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013

...STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT NORTHERN
COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT AND
THEN TRACK SLOWLY EAST OR NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND
INTO EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THEN STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...WHILE ON TUESDAY THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE
WHERE MORE SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF
THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS.

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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-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...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN
SLOPES. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SUMMIT COUNTY WILL SEE LIGHTER
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE
TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE
DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BE ICY AND 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.

*****
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013

...STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT NORTHERN
COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT AND
THEN TRACK SLOWLY EAST OR NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND
INTO EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THEN STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...WHILE ON TUESDAY THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE
WHERE MORE SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF
THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS.



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013

...STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT NORTHERN
COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT AND
THEN TRACK SLOWLY EAST OR NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND
INTO EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH MUCH COLDER AIR AND UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THEN STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO FOR MOST OF TUESDAY. THE SNOW COULD LINGER OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...WHILE ON TUESDAY THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE
WHERE MORE SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF
THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS.

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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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...
GREELEY...ROGGEN
1119 AM MDT MON APR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY
CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY
HEAVY FOR A COUPLE HOURS THIS EVENING AND THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY
OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AGAIN BY
TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE
DANGEROUS AS ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES.

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.

This does look like it could be the mother of all spring snows. Rain turning to heavy, wet snow on the roads and very low high temps tomorrow combined with high winds.