ParkCo: Winter Storm Warning Until 5p; Jeffco: High Wind Watch Until Tues

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1223 PM MST MON NOV 24 2014

...SNOW WILL DIMINISH BUT STILL WINDY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...

.SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY AND LESS INTENSE THIS AFTERNOON
AS AN AREA OF MOISTURE MOVES PAST THE MOUNTAINS. IT WILL REMAIN
WINDY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

AT NOON ROAD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PASSES WERE GENERALLY
SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. LOVELAND PASS
WAS CLOSED. ONLY SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BEFORE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

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WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
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...
EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...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
1223 PM MST MON NOV 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN HIGHER AREAS. VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER
MILE IN AREAS.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH AREAS OF POOR
VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AND HAZARDOUS.

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. CARRY A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS...A FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CHECK
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS BEFORE DEPARTING.

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High Wind Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1159 AM MST MON NOV 24 2014

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS ON TUESDAY...

.NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER COLORADO ON TUESDAY
WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG WINDS IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS BY TUESDAY MORNING WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON.

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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
1159 AM MST MON NOV 24 2014

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS MAY DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE ON TUESDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE
AFFECTED BY THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. DRIVERS ALONG NORTH-SOUTH
ROADWAYS SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY AND ALONG HIGHWAY
93 SOUTH OF BOULDER SHOULD CONSIDER AVOIDING THESE ROUTES OR
DELAYING TRAVEL IF THE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.