057 WWUS45 KPUB 040543 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SPRING STORM STALLED 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 CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND SALIDA HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 FEET AS OF 9 PM...WITH OVER 1 FOOT OF SNOW IN BUENA VISTA. 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 COZ068-069-041000- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...SALIDA 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... LOOK FOR SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING A STORM TOTAL OF 3 FEET OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA... LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ058>061-041000- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LAGARITA MOUNTAINS-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY- 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA AND COLLEIGATE MOUNTAINS. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE COLLEIGATE RANGE FROM WEST OF SALIDA TO NORTHWEST OF LEADVILLE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 2 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ065>067-070-041000- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... SNOWFALL THIS EVENING HAS BEEN LIGHT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WHERE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER 2 AM. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. $$ COZ071-072-041000- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ONLY LIGHT SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS EVENING OVER EL PASO COUNTY...WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION. SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA FROM NEW MEXICO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MORNING. $$ PETERSEN  057 WWUS45 KPUB 040543 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SPRING STORM STALLED 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 CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND SALIDA HAVE ALREADY REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 FEET AS OF 9 PM...WITH OVER 1 FOOT OF SNOW IN BUENA VISTA. 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 COZ068-069-041000- UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY/SALIDA AND VICINITY-WESTERN FREMONT AND NORTHERN CUSTER COUNTIES- INCLUDING...SALIDA 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... LOOK FOR SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING A STORM TOTAL OF 3 FEET OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA... LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ058>061-041000- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING WESTERN LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE CO-LAGARITA MOUNTAINS-LEADVILLE AND VICINITY- 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA AND COLLEIGATE MOUNTAINS. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE COLLEIGATE RANGE FROM WEST OF SALIDA TO NORTHWEST OF LEADVILLE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 2 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE TIMETABLE OR ROUTE. $$ COZ065>067-070-041000- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE/PIKE'S PEAK-WET MOUNTAINS- 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... SNOWFALL THIS EVENING HAS BEEN LIGHT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WHERE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER 2 AM. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. $$ COZ071-072-041000- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 1126 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ONLY LIGHT SNOW HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS EVENING OVER EL PASO COUNTY...WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION. SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA FROM NEW MEXICO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MORNING. $$ PETERSEN