Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011

...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...

.A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE
PACIFIC WILL REACH COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND
SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM AND STRONG
WINDS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE
EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO
HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

COZ033-034-161900-
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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
350 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH TODAY. THE SNOW IS
THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE
POSSIBLE. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH
ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES.

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
404 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011

...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE
PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND
PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE APPROACHES TO THE
EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER
BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO
HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO
MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS
AND SLOW TRAVEL.

COZ033-034-171915-
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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
404 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT
TIMES.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 24 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES
AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING
EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1134 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011

...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
TO CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE
PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH
TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 80 MPH
ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE
HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE
APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS
U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS.

THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AS OF LATE THIS MORNING...LOVELAND PASS IS
CLOSED. CHAIN LAWS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM VAIL
PASS TO COPPER MOUNTAIN AND FROM SILVERTHORNE TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING
TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL.

COZ033-034-180245-
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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
1134 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 24 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING
EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
352 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011

...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO
CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE
PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE
APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS
U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS.

THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BOTH LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD
PASSES ARE CLOSED. CHAIN LAWS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG INTERSTATE 70
FROM VAIL PASS TO COPPER MOUNTAIN...FROM SILVERTHORNE TO THE
EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND WESTBOUND FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE TUNNEL.
RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO
TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL.

COZ033-034-180700-
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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
352 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST WINDS
OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED
TONIGHT.

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. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING
EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
449 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011

...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO
CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS
MORNING...

.SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MID MORNING HOURS...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN
EXTENDED THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING.

BOTH LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD PASSES REMAIN CLOSED...WHILE
INTERSTATE 70 IS ALSO NOW CLOSED FROM GEORGETOWN TO SILVERTHORNE.
RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO
TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL...AND CONSIDER DELAYING
TRAVEL UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET FROM
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD...
WITH 8 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND BERTHOUD PASS AND
SUMMIT COUNTY. THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL REPORTED 15 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW...WHILE A SPOTTER IN THE TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE HAD REPORTED 17
INCHES OF NEW SNOW AS OF 11 PM LAST EVENING.

COZ033-034-181700-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/
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
449 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS
MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN
DIMINISHING BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. BERTHOUD AND LOVELAND PASS
AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 MAY REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING
EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS.