Winter Storm Warning 10/25-27/10

24 Oct 2010 10:46 #1 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

COZ031-033-034-241815-
/O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0005.101025T0600Z-101026T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0008.101025T0900Z-101026T1200Z/
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...WINTER PARK
403 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM MDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3
AM MONDAY TO 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.


* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY DURING
THE DAY ON MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY
NIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY WITH WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY PASSES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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24 Oct 2010 11:58 #2 by Wayne Harrison
High Wind Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
SUN OCT 24 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS COLORADO IN
ADVANCE OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THESE ARE PREFRONTAL OR
CHINOOK WINDS THAT WILL PRECEDE A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO ON MONDAY.

COZ035-036-241800-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0002.101025T0000Z-101025T1200Z/
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
350 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL BLOW 25-40 MPH AND SOME GUSTS ABOVE 70
MPH ARE POSSIBLE EXPECIALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER AVOIDING NORTH-SOUTH ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS
TONIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

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24 Oct 2010 13:13 #3 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1216 PM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

COZ031-033-034-250215-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0008.101025T0900Z-101026T1200Z/
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...WINTER PARK
1216 PM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM MDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
MDT TUESDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON
MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY
NIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 70 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES AND QUITE A
BIT OF DRIFTING SNOW DESPITE THE SHALLOW SNOW PACK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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24 Oct 2010 16:47 #4 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
427 PM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

COZ033-034-250630-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0008.101025T0900Z-101026T1200Z/
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
427 PM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM MDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
MDT TUESDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL
INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 22
INCHES BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT...WITH NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES AND QUITE
A BIT OF DRIFTING SNOW DESPITE THE SHALLOW SNOW PACK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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25 Oct 2010 06:38 #5 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
416 AM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

COZ033-034-251830-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101026T1200Z/
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
416 AM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 22
INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS MORNING...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES AND QUITE A BIT OF DRIFTING
SNOW DESPITE THE SHALLOW SNOW PACK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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25 Oct 2010 10:09 #6 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1002 AM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

COZ033-034-260015-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101026T1200Z/
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
1002 AM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 22
INCHES. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE.

* IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD LOW
VISIBILITIES AND QUITE A BIT OF DRIFTING SNOW DESPITE THE
SHALLOW SNOW PACK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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25 Oct 2010 16:04 #7 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

COZ033-034-260500-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101026T2200Z/
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
255 PM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 24
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE.

* IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD LOW
VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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26 Oct 2010 06:48 #8 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010

COZ033-034-261800-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101026T2200Z/
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
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
AFTEROON.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 24
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE.

* IMPACTS...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD LOW
VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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27 Oct 2010 06:55 #9 by jf1acai
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
345 AM MDT WED OCT 27 2010

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING...

.PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS
MORNING AS MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REMAIN ACROSS COLORADO. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9500
FEET...WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. IN
ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ABOVE TIMBERLINE
PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW AT THE
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...WHILE MOST OTHER MOUNTAIN AREAS HAVE RECEIVED
BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES.

TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. CHAIN LAWS MAY BE IN
PLACE FOR THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL
PASS...AS WELL AS FOR BERTHOUD PASS. LOVELAND PASS WAS CLOSED DUE
TO THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

COZ031-033-034-271500-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101027T1500Z/
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...WINTER PARK
345 AM MDT WED OCT 27 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS
MORNING.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW IS
THEN EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BRING STORM
TOTALS INTO THE 12 TO 24 INCH RANGE... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ABOVE TIMBERLINE. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ABOVE TIMBERLINE.

* IMPACTS...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN
OPEN AREAS AND ABOVE TIMBERLINE. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND IN AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW. SLOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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