Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
955 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010

...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A WINTER STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO TODAY IS EXPECTED
TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE NORTHERN
COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LIGHT
SNOWFALL THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INCREASE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. ALONG WITH THE
SNOWFALL... WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND OTHER OPEN
AREAS.

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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...WINTER PARK
955 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010

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

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 SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...THEN TAPERING OFF LATER SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BETWEEN ABOUT 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 15 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. WESTERLY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
65 MPH OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE WINTRY DRIVING
CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PASSES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 AM MST SAT DEC 11 2010

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY THIS
MORNING BEFORE DECREASING BY MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMLATIONS WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND
OTHER OPEN AREAS.

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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...WINTER PARK
350 AM MST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BUT THEN DECREASE BY
MIDDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM
6 TO 12 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE HIGHER WEST
FACING SLOPES. WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS
UP TO 55 MPH OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE WINTRY DRIVING
CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PASSES IN THE
MOUNTAINS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.