Winter Storm Warning 1/29-2/1/14

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
336 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW LIKELY FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS
336 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 14
TO 24 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 30 INCHES ON WIND FAVORED WEST
FACING SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...PARTICULARLY ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS PASSES.
VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN EXPOSED
AREAS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY.

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
336 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW LIKELY FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FOR THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

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-
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
336 PM MST TUE JAN 28 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES AND BLOWING SNOW
ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 12
TO 22 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 27 INCHES ON HIGHER WEST FACING
SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
65 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN EXPOSED AREAS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE
TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY.

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.