Winter Storm Watch for Jeffco, Park, Clear Creek, Summit Counties Fri-Mon

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
226 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL
MONDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF NE COLORADO...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE...COOLER AIR
AS WELL AS INCREASED UPSLOPE FLOW FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS STARTING FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY
AND RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE STORMS
DEVELOPMENT.

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 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-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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
226 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY MORNING FRIDAY IN THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SATURDAY WITH WESTERN SLOPES GETTING
UPSLOPE FLOW INTO SATURDAY BEFORE EASTERLY FLOW MOVES IN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL STEADILY IMPROVE MONDAY
MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
MOST OVER THE MEDICINE AND GORE RANGES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10
TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BUT SWITCH MORE EASTERLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER PASSES WILL
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY BY SATURDAY MORNING. PERSISTENT SNOW
THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
226 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL
MONDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF NE COLORADO...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE...COOLER AIR
AS WELL AS INCREASED UPSLOPE FLOW FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS STARTING FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY
AND RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE STORMS
DEVELOPMENT.

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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...
DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...
KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS
226 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE BUT WILL QUICKLY TURN OVER TO SNOW BY
SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA AND
PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND
WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
FOR THE PLAINS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND
NEAR THE PALMER DIVIDE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS ON THE PLAINS OF 10 TO 15 WITH
GUSTING UP TO 25 WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES DURING THE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY STARTING
SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PERSISTENT SNOW OVER THE
WEEKEND WILL KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.