10 to 18" in Denver
Posted by JAC on 10/28/2009, 8:48 am
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Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 456 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR NORTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THURSDAY...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS WILL MOVE SLOWLY ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY WET SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...THE FRONT RANGE CITIES...AND ONTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR A LONG DURATION OF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
COZ038>043-281700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-091030T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 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- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA... BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 456 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 24 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE ADDED WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON POWER LINES. SOME TREE BRANCHES MAY ALSO SNAP DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON THEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT WINTER STORM CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY OR THURSDAY...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
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