WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO

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...A SPRING STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE
FORECAST AREA AND HEAVY SNOW TO HIGH COUNTRY AND FOOTHILLS...

.A DECENT STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MUCH NEEDED PRECIPITATION TO
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE FOOTHILLS...MOUNTAINS...PARK COUNTY...AND THE PALMER RIDGE CAN
EXPECTED HEAVY WET SNOWS. THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS WILL SEE MOSTLY
RAIN. WHILE THE FRONT RANGE PLAINS WILL GET A SNOW RAIN MIX.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF ADVERSE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
MANY HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLUSHY ON THE PLAINS AND ICY AND
SNOWPACKED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. CHAINS OR
ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES MAY BE REQUIRED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES
INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WEST OF DENVER. ALL DRIVERS ARE URGED TO
EXERCISE CAUTION.

COZ041-222248-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
1148 AM MDT THU APR 22 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY
NIGHT...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

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.A SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PRECIPITATION TO
AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THROUGH TONIGHT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...AS WELL AS AREAS IN AND NEAR
THE PALMER DIVIDE. FURTHER NORTH AND EAST...LIGHTER PRECIPITATION
CONTINUED AND THE RAIN HAD CHANGED TO SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE
PLAINS.

STORM TOTALS HAVE INCLUDED: 17 INCHES 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER
...15.6 INCHES 10 MILES NORTH OF BLACK FOREST...13 INCHES 8 MILES
NORTH OF EVERGREEN...12 INCHES 6 MILES SOUTH OF ANTERO RESERVOIR
...11 INCHES AT GENESEE...WITH 6 INCHES AT GREENWOOD VILLAGE...
LOUVIERS AND PARKER. IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70
LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

THE FOOTHILLS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER AND THE PALMER RIDGE CAN
EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOWS FROM THIS STORM. THE DENVER AREA WILL BE
ON THE EDGE OF THE HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOW...WHILE ACCUMULATIONS ON
THE PLAINS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE LIGHT.

TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS IN THE DENVER AREA AND
ESPECIALLY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.