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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
359 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC045-103-107-271130-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0001.240227T1059Z-240227T1130Z/
ROUTT CO-GARFIELD CO-RIO BLANCO CO-
359 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ROUTT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 AM MST.
* AT 359 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF YAMPA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MEEKER, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
COLORADO 13 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 26.
COLORADO 131 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 43.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YAMPA AND BUFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3972 10772 3974 10821 4014 10728 4019 10663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 267DEG 29KT 4011 10730 3978 10807
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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