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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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