Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
418 AM MST WED FEB 25 2015
...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN
AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ONCE SNOW BEGINS...A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED WITH DRY ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOWPACKED
AND ICY...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW.
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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
418 AM MST WED FEB 25 2015
...
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM MST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. SOME LIGHT
SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY.
*
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. HEAVIEST
TOTALS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES
UNDER A QUARTER MILE CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON
DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES.
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.
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
418 AM MST WED FEB 25 2015
...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVY SNOW WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN
AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ONCE SNOW BEGINS...A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED WITH DRY ROADS QUICKLY BECOME SNOWPACKED
AND ICY...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POOR IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW.
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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...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
418 AM MST WED FEB 25 2015
...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM MST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MST THURSDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS
MORNING...ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT...BUT
SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY.
*
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 10 INCHES...HEAVIEST IN THE FRONT
RANGE MOUNTAINS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK THROUGH THE
INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 20
MPH. VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN HEAVIER
SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL
LEAD TO HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING I-70
AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL.
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.