WSWGJT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
137 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014
..NEW YEARS EVE AND DAY STORM SET TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...
.AS AN UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE FOUR CORNERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST...
SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ROADWAYS ICY AND SNOWPACKED NEW YEARS EVE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED NEW YEARS MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
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SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
137 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM MST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 14 INCHES.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND
MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
RESULTING IN SLICK CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS...
DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO
137 PM MST TUE DEC 30 2014
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM MST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY BECOMING WIDESPREAD
BY LATE IN THE DAY...THEN CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. BEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS RESULTING
IN SLICK CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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