Winter Storm Warning for Park Co, Fairplay, Breckenridge

03 Feb 2015 21:21 #1 by MountainTownAlerts

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
611 PM MST TUE FEB 3 2015

...SNOW DELAYED UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS...

. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATER THIS
EVENING WITH SNOW DEVELOPING AND GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF BERTHOUD PASS.

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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
611 PM MST TUE FEB 3 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY.


* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES WITH UP TO 20 INCHES NEAR
THE WYOMING BORDER.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES OVER THE HIGHER PASSES.

* IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND
ICY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND ABOVE
TIMBERLINE WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. CONSIDER ALTERING YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS TO AVOID THE WORST CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.
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