Winter Storm Warning Park, Clear Creek, and Summit County Dec 10-11

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
458 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016

...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A VERY MOIST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL, HEAVY AT TIMES IN
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW PARTICULARLY ON THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP
AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE HIGH
COUNTRY MAY WANT TO LEAVE BEFORE THIS STORM ARRIVES AS ROAD
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY ONCE THE SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPS.

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WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
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 EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE
RANGES, GORE PASS, RABBIT EARS PASS, 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,
AND WINTER PARK
458 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM MST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 24 INCHES POSSIBLE MOUNTAIN
AREAS...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS IN THE PARK AND GORE RANGES
AROUND RABBIT EARS PASS.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH NEAR AND ABOVE
TIMBERLINE...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR MORE ON THE HIGH PASSES.
VISIBILITY MAY LOWER TO A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES ON THE
PASSES...AND AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ON LOWER SLOPES.

* IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND
SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WORST TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

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.