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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
746 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC037-271530-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0007.240227T1446Z-240227T1530Z/
EAGLE CO-
746 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EAGLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 AM MST.
* AT 746 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SILVERTHORNE TO NEAR MINTURN, MOVING EAST AT 40
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 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND
189.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AVON, VAIL, MINTURN, REDCLIFF, EDWARDS, RED CLIFF, GILMAN,
EAGLE-VAIL, AND DOWD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3960 10621 3956 10621 3956 10620 3953 10621
3955 10624 3953 10626 3942 10623 3938 10640
3967 10659 3974 10633 3970 10628 3970 10626
3968 10626 3968 10624 3966 10624 3965 10619
3961 10618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 288DEG 34KT 3966 10604 3953 10647
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
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