 Issued by the National Weather Service | |||
For Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500 Ft/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft, Colorado | |||
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6PM MDT WED UNTIL 6AM MDT FRI …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT… * WHAT…HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET WITH SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AT TIMES BELOW 8000 FEET. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. * WHERE…LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET INCLUDING LEADVILLE, WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET, WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET, NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET, SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET, NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET, WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FEET AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET AND PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET. * WHEN…FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. |
