WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 753 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 500 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009

...SNOW AND COLD TO RETURN TO NORTHEAST COLORADO...
.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO...NEBRASKA AND KANSAS EAST BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS ON WEDNESDAY. AT
THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FROM THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO INTO KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA. LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND
URBAN CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE TO THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF
THIS STORM COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.
COZ046-048>051-221100-
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NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
753 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM
TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND MAY BECOME
HEAVIER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF
THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW
COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND ROAD
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE
STRONG WINDS TO DROP WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1114 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH FAR EASTERN COLORADO TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS TODAY AND TONGING
ACROSS ALL THE FORECAST AREA.  FAIRLY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE DIVIDE...THE FOOTHILLS
...AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  THE
SPEEDS OF THE GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WILL NOT EXCEED
50 MPH...WITH 35 MPH OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS.  PRECIPITATION IS NOT
EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.  THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING
TUESDAY...AND ACROSS THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE SNOW MAY
BECOME HEAVIER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO.  NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
AND THIS COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER
THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO AS WELL.  SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND
INTENSITY OF THIS STORM.  PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS COLORADO OR
POINTS EASTWARD INTO NEBRASKA AND KANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL TURN MUCH COLDER AS WELL WITH HIGHS STRUGGLING TO
REACH THE 20 DEGREE MARK WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.  MAINLY
DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 356 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM MAY CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THE MID PART OF THIS WEEK...
.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAS VEGAS BY
TUESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS ON TUESDAY...AND THEN ONTO THE PLAINS OF EASTERN
COLORADO TUESDAY NIGHT AS UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS. SNOW MAY
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EVEN THURSDAY AS THE STORM
WINDS UP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW
AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE FAR EASTERN
PLAINS OF COLORADO. HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE TO THE TRACK AND
INTENSITY OF THIS STORM COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
COZ046-048>051-211900-
/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0011.091223T0600Z-091224T1200Z/
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
356 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND MAY
BECOME HEAVIER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW
COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE
STRONG WINDS TO DROP WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT
TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL
NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
$$
BARJENBRUCH