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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
854 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC033-085-113-UTC037-271630-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0008.240227T1554Z-240227T1630Z/
DOLORES CO-SAN MIGUEL CO-MONTROSE CO-SAN JUAN UT-
854 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DOLORES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 930 AM MST.
* AT 850 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORWOOD TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SLICK ROCK TO
8 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO, MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS. 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...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 191 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 66.
U.S. HIGHWAY 491 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 69.
U.S. HIGHWAY 491 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 17.
COLORADO 141 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11, NEAR MILE MARKER 33, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 47.
COLORADO 145 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 108.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVE CREEK, NORWOOD, EASTLAND, UCOLO, AND EGNAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY FREEZE. BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE ROADS,
BRIDGES, AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. SLOW DOWN AND
BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3789 10835 3764 10901 3750 10945 3777 10940
3799 10878 3824 10824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1550Z 018DEG 21KT 3817 10833 3793 10881 3774 10935
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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