Park Co: Winter Storm Warning; Jeffco/Park Co: Flash Flood Watch

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
822 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY...

.ANOTHER MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN IN MOST
AREAS BELOW 9000 FEET. HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER PASSES MAY BE IMPACTED DUE TO
THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...WHILE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WARMER ROADS WILL
LIMIT THE IMPACT.

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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
822 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
FALL FROM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH MOST OF THE HEAVY
SNOW ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND ON HIGHEST EAST SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE
HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY
OR SNOWPACKED. LOW VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.

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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Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
541 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE FOOTHILLS...

.AN APPROACHING TROUGH WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. RAINFALL
RATES UP TO AN INCH IN A HALF HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND THE
THREAT OF FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE 4MILE AND HIGH PARK BURN
AREAS. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THESE BURNS SHOULD BE VERY VIGILANT
OF ANY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

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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
541 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
COLORADO...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000
FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES
BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES.

* BURN AREAS MAY SEE QUICK RUNOFF OF ANY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BURN
AREAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE VERY VIGILANT OF THUNDERSTORMS
DROPPING HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been added to the remainder of Park County until noon today and the Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 6pm.



Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
710 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS TODAY...

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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
710 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY...

* TIMING...SNOW THIS MORNING...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DECREASE BY
NOON. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY ABOVE 9000 FEET.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET...LOWER
ELEVATIONS IN PARK COUNTY WILL SEE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WHICH
WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR
SNOWPACKED. LOW VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN
THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.

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.