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Winter Storm Watch
- Central Yampa River Basin County, Colorado
- URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
- Effective: 7:30 a.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008
- Expires: 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO630 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2008...MORE SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS....A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREATHIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY SPREAD INTOTHE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND BRING HEAVY SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF THEMOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND TUESDAYBE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE ICY ANDSNOWPACKED...INCLUDING RABBIT EARS AND VAIL PASS AND HIGHWAY 550OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.COZ004-009-010-013-122100-/O.CON.KGJT.WS.A.0016.080513T0000Z-080514T0000Z/ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE630 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2008...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THISEVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENINGTHROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BY THIS EVENING ANDCONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITHSTORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 9000 FEET BYLATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANTSNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATESTFORECASTS.$$
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