WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.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.
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