Winter Storm Warning Jeffco, Park Co, Wed 8p - Thurs 9a

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1255 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER NEVADA AND UTAH WILL MOVE ACROSS
COLORADO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH
UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING ON ITS NORTH SIDE. THE AIRMASS WILL
BECOME MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH SOME SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY SNOWFALL. WHILE MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
WILL SEE AT LEAST SOME ACCUMULATION...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND
PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

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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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1255 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM MDT THURSDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING THE HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS...HEAVIER SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS WITH HAZARDOUS
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/

The Winter Weather Advisory was upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning:

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1212 AM MDT THU APR 3 2014

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO
BORDER OVERNIGHT AND THEN EAST INTO KANSAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
AT THE SAME TIME...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM
EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO KANSAS.

HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. ON THE ADJACENT PLAINS...RAIN
HAS CHANGED TO SNOW AND HAS BEGUN TO ACCUMULATE. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FIRST DECREASE OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
DENVER METRO AREA BY DAYBREAK AND EVENTUALLY THE PALMER DIVIDE
LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1212 AM MDT THU APR 3 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT
THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF
THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING THE HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS...HEAVIER SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS WITH HAZARDOUS
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS.

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.