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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
729 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC037-045-097-271515-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0005.240227T1429Z-240227T1515Z/
EAGLE CO-PITKIN CO-GARFIELD CO-
729 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...
NORTHWESTERN PITKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 815 AM MST.
* AT 728 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF BASALT
TO 7 MILES WEST OF CARBONDALE, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 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 AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 171.
COLORADO 82 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 33.
COLORADO 133 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 68.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE, AVON, CARBONDALE, BASALT, MINTURN, SNOWMASS, EDWARDS, SNOWMASS
VILLAGE, MERIDITH, WOLCOTT, WOODY CREEK, CATTLE CREEK, EAGLE-VAIL,
DOWD, EL JEBEL, 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 3939 10636 3919 10723 3943 10741 3977 10651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 023DEG 12KT 3971 10663 3950 10705 3939 10736
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
15
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