Winter Weather Advisory
Posted: 10/06/2012
Last Updated:
226 days ago
Issued At: Saturday, 06 Oct 2012, 4:13 AM MDT
Expires At: Saturday, 06 Oct 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012
...MORE SNOW HEADED FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH ANOTHER PUSH OF COLD
AIR FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING SNOW TO THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
FALL FROM NORTHEASTERN WELD AND LOGAN COUNTIES THROUGH MORGAN AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES WHERE UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.
LIGHTER AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ELSEWHERE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF
AN INCH OR LESS.
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS
413 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY...
* TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES
MAY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND FOG.
* IMPACTS...THE WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES RESULTING IN SOME
BROKEN TREE LIMBS IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATION.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE WEATHER
RELATED DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. WHILE LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED ON PAVED SURFACES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED AT
TIMES SO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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