Winter Storm Warning Jeffco/Park Co/Summit/Clear Creek Counties thru Sunday

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1253 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2015

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS... ...A WINTER STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER VALLEYS... FOOTHILLS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO ALL OF THE FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF SNOW
THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE BEST CHANCE OF
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THEN BY LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE HIGHER VALLEYS
...FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. RESIDENTS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE STORMS DEVELOPMENT.

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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-
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-WASHINGTON 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...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...AKRON...COPE...
LAST CHANCE...OTIS
1253 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY
TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST
CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 20
MPH TONIGHT AND THEN MORE EASTERLY ON SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...ROADS...WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY TONIGHT.
PERSISTENT SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL KEEP TRAVEL
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. 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
1253 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2015

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS... ...A WINTER STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER VALLEYS... FOOTHILLS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO ALL OF THE FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF SNOW
THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE BEST CHANCE OF
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THEN BY LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE HIGHER VALLEYS
...FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. RESIDENTS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE STORMS DEVELOPMENT.

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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
1253 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

* 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 THIS 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. PERSISTENT SNOW THROUGH THE
WEEKEND WILL KEEP TRAVEL 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.