WINTER STORM WARNING

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
433 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011

...SNOW AND COLD TO HIT COLORADO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH COLORADO THIS EVENING. LARGE
SCALE LIFT FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW COMBINED WITH A MOIST UPSLOPE
FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO
20 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE
25. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA
433 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR
EARLY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8
INCHES... WITH UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY CAUSING
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION
THURSDAY MORNING. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. WHEN
DRIVING SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE
VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

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