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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

430 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001



...A STRONG SPRING STORM TO APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT...



.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHERN 

UTAH...IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH DOWN INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA 

TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE DEEP...PROLONGED UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE 

REGION TODAY AND THURSDAY...AND WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF 

THE STATE. ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS 

WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING...AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS 

TO AROUND 7000 FEET. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS 

COLORADO ON FRIDAY...EXITING THE STATE BY LATE SATURDAY.



DIAL 1/877/315/7623 FOR COLORADO ROAD CONDITIONS. THE WEB SITE FOR 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/PUB



COZ067-021630-

TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-

430 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001



...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...



SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE 

THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.  THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 

SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS 

WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH.



A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE

POSSIBLE...CAUSING POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE

PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WATCH AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER FORECAST AND CHECK ON ALTERNATE TIMETABLES OR ROUTES. THERE

IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE WEATHER SYSTEM'S STRENGTH

AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...AND AVAILABILITY OF MOISTURE...WHICH

WOULD AFFECT THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF THE SNOW.



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