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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
535 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC045-103-271300-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0002.240227T1235Z-240227T1300Z/
GARFIELD CO-RIO BLANCO CO-
535 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 AM MST.
* AT 535 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST OF MEEKER TO 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RANGELY TO 35 MILES NORTH OF FRUITA, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 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 29 AND 52.
COLORADO 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 73.
COLORADO 139 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 43.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEEKER.
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 4019 10752 3988 10796 3959 10853 3959 10902
3984 10853 4010 10816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1235Z 264DEG 29KT 4006 10821 3985 10852 3963 10893
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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