URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1235 AM MDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
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JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...ARVADA...BOULDER...
GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
1235 AM MDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND DECREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
*
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW
IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE.
* VISIBILITY...WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN THE
HEAVY SNOW BANDS.
* IMPACTS...SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MORNING COMMUTE...CREATING HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
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.