Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1027 AM MST MON NOV 16 2015
.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND INTO
WESTERN KANSAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE
HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SNOW...AND VERY STRONG WINDS
ON THE PLAINS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN AREAS ROUGHLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76 TONIGHT...WITH CONDITIONS
SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WINTER
TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE IN THE
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND ON THE HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING.
THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA EAST TOWARDS LIMON AND
AKRON. IN THESE AREAS ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY DUE TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING OF HEAVY SNOW.
SOME PLACES MAY RECEIVE
OVER A FOOT OF SNOW ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH. IN
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76 SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHTER...BUT STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL STILL LIKELY PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM MST TUESDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE MODERATE SNOWFALL MAY LAST INTO TUESDAY
MORNING FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DENVER AREA AND EASTWARD
ACROSS THE PLAINS. SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTH WINDS ON THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO MAY LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10
INCHES...WITH UP TO 14 INCHES IN A BAND FROM EASTERN ELBERT
COUNTY ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH
BY LATE EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT...
WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE EAST TO LIMON
AND AKRON. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN
AREAS.
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