942 FPUS75 KPUB 032253 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 COZ058-059-068-069-040100- LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY- WESTERN FREMONT/NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY- WESTERN LAKE/WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEADVILLE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... WESTCLIFFE...TEXAS CREEK...HOWARD 453 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT... BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 285 FROM PONCHA PASS NORTH THROUGH SALIDA TO BUENA VISTA. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 50 AS WELL...ESPECIALLY FROM TEXAS CREEK INTO SALIDA. $$ PETERSEN  942 FPUS75 KPUB 032253 NOWPUB SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 COZ058-059-068-069-040100- LEADVILLE AND VICINITY-UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY- WESTERN FREMONT/NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTY- WESTERN LAKE/WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEADVILLE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... WESTCLIFFE...TEXAS CREEK...HOWARD 453 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT... BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 285 FROM PONCHA PASS NORTH THROUGH SALIDA TO BUENA VISTA. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 50 AS WELL...ESPECIALLY FROM TEXAS CREEK INTO SALIDA. $$ PETERSEN