Winter Storm Warning for Park, Clear Creek, & Summit Counties

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
515 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST ARIZONA WILL
MOVE TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH THIS MORNING AND
THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. STRONG FORCING ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH
COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. STORM
TOTALS WILL VARY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS AS THERE
WILL ALSO BE SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSNOW. EIGHT TO 16 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
FALLING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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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
515 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM MDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6
AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED AS THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS DEVELOP. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY.

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.