WINTER STROM WARNING: FOR PARTS OF UTAH AND COLORADO
Posted: (October 05, 2008 06:10 pm)


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
204 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008

...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF
THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO...GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE STORM WILL BEGIN MOVING EAST OF THE AREA
TONIGHT WITH SNOW ENDING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH...BUT
CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO.

THIS IS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER SNOW EVENT OF THE SEASON AND
IT WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ALL HIGH MOUNTAIN
PASSES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOWPACKED...ICY AND SLUSHY MOUNTAIN
ROADS OVER THE WEEKEND. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...GRAND
JUNCTION...WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT.

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NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...
SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
204 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 9000 FEET THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
9000 FEET BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.