WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 519 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.
* LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA
COUNTY.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE
WINDOW FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE
WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS
SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN MORE OR LESS SNOWFALL.
* WIND...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AT 15 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IMPACT...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS
COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND POSSIBLE ROAD
CLOSURES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING
THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.
WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN
THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE
WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST
WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY
ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
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