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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
655 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC029-037-045-051-077-097-271430-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0004.240227T1355Z-240227T1430Z/
EAGLE CO-PITKIN CO-DELTA CO-MESA CO-GARFIELD CO-GUNNISON CO-
655 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EAGLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
WESTERN PITKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN DELTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN MESA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN GUNNISON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 AM MST.
* AT 654 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RIFLE TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF SILT TO 12 MILES
EAST OF COLLBRAN, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
COLORADO 82 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 39.
COLORADO 133 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 68.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASPEN, CARBONDALE, BASALT, MARBLE, SNOWMASS, SNOWMASS VILLAGE,
REDSTONE, CATTLE CREEK, EL JEBEL, RAGGED MTN, WOODY CREEK, AND EMMA.
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 3946 10692 3920 10684 3892 10686 3911 10762
3931 10761 3950 10766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1354Z 280DEG 48KT 3946 10776 3934 10772 3920 10773
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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