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Blizzard Warning

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
343 PM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

....MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

..VERY MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL TRACK OVERHEAD AND BRING WIDESPREAD
SNOW AND WIND TO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT
LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER VALLEYS AS WELL. MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND
SOUTHWEST COLORADO. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING EAST OUT OF
OUR AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING.

COZ019-010630-
/O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
343 PM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

....BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY.

SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY ABOVE 8500 TO 9000 FEET. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES...WHERE LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5
FEET ARE POSSIBLE.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING THIS TONIGHT...LEADING
TO INCREASING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND NOON SATURDAY...WHEN WIND
GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. WINDS UP TO 70 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE ABOVE 10000 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.

FOLKS PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
SHOULD PLAN TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL...BUT IF YOU
MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...
STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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