Winter Storm Warning In Effect 12am Tue to 12am Wed

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1212 PM MDT TUE APR 30 2013

...ANOTHER LATE SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO COLORADO LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING OVER
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BEFORE SLOWLY SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST OVER
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATER THIS
EVENING BECOMING ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT ON THE PLAINS.
STRENGTHENING UPSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL BRING MORE SNOW ACCUMULATION
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. GOOD MOISTURE AND LIFT WITH
THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING NEAR 25
DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT... SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LIGHTER AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST OVER THE PLAINS.

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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1212 PM MDT TUE APR 30 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* VISIBILITY...BANDED SNOW WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOW PER HOUR AT TIMES IN RELATIVELY SMALL AREAS...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY LATER TONIGHT THEN ICY AND
SNOWPACKED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.

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.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1212 PM MDT TUE APR 30 2013

...ANOTHER LATE SPRING SNOW STORM TO AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO COLORADO LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING OVER
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BEFORE SLOWLY SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST OVER
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATER THIS
EVENING BECOMING ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT ON THE PLAINS.
STRENGTHENING UPSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL BRING MORE SNOW ACCUMULATION
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. GOOD MOISTURE AND LIFT WITH
THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING NEAR 25
DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT... SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LIGHTER AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST OVER THE PLAINS.

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BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT
1212 PM MDT TUE APR 30 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING THEN
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* VISIBILITY...BANDED SNOW WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOW PER HOUR AT TIMES IN RELATIVELY SMALL AREAS...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.

* IMPACTS...RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE PAVED SURFACES
TO BEGIN WET THIS EVENING. BY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS MUCH COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN...
THOSE ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY...SNOWPACKED AND SLICK.

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.