499 WWUS45 KPUB 040000 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SPRING STORM NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER EASTERN UTAH TONIGHT...AND THEN VERY SLOWLY MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...DEEP MOISTURE...AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY ...INCLUDING SALIDA AND BUENA VISTA. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD DROP TO BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND SALIDA HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 1 FOOT AS OF EARLY THIS EVENING. 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 COZ068-069-040300- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...SALIDA 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT... LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING 2 FEET OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ058>061-040300- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LAGARITA MOUNTAINS-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY- 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT... LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA AND COLLEIGATE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE COLLEIGATE RANGE FROM WEST OF SALIDA TO NORTHWEST OF LEADVILLE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 2 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ065>067-070-040300- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH 8 PM...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. $$ COZ071-072-040300- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVIER AFTER 8 PM...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ PETERSEN  499 WWUS45 KPUB 040000 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SPRING STORM NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER EASTERN UTAH TONIGHT...AND THEN VERY SLOWLY MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY...DEEP MOISTURE...AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY ...INCLUDING SALIDA AND BUENA VISTA. BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD DROP TO BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND SALIDA HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 1 FOOT AS OF EARLY THIS EVENING. 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 COZ068-069-040300- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...SALIDA 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT... LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING 2 FEET OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ058>061-040300- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LAGARITA MOUNTAINS-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY- 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT... LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA AND COLLEIGATE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE COLLEIGATE RANGE FROM WEST OF SALIDA TO NORTHWEST OF LEADVILLE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 2 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ065>067-070-040300- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH 8 PM...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. $$ COZ071-072-040300- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 600 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVIER AFTER 8 PM...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ PETERSEN