Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
328 PM MDT SAT APR 25 2015
...SNOW TO RETURN TO THE HIGH COUNTRY...
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A WET STORM SYSTEM AND EASTERLY UPSLOPE WINDS WILL BRING A
PERIOD OF WET HEAVY SNOW TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS...MAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.
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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
328 PM MDT SAT APR 25 2015
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WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...ALTHOUGH CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...MORE
WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TOMORROW MORNING WITH LOWERING
SNOW LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW LOOKS TO OCCUR ABOVE
10 THOUSAND FEET LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON THEN ABOVE 8 THOUSAND
FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STEADY BUT LIGHTER SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
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SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 19 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS.
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW
HALF A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. THE WET
HEAVY SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN TREES AND BREAK BRANCHES.
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.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
237 PM MDT SAT APR 25 2015
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WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...GRANITE...
SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...COALDALE...
COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...
SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
237 PM MDT SAT APR 25 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
* LOCATION...CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...CENTRAL AND
WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE BETWEEN 7500 AND
11000 FEET...HUERFANO...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO
MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BRINGING A PERIOD OF WET...
HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ABOVE 7000
FEET. THE BEST WINDOW OF HEAVY WET SNOWFALL WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
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SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 INCHES OR MORE FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS...WITH 8 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET.
SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT.
* WIND...NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY
SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.
WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN
THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE
WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST
WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY
ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.