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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
912 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
COC051-053-085-091-271700-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SQ.W.0009.240227T1612Z-240227T1700Z/
OURAY CO-MONTROSE CO-HINSDALE CO-GUNNISON CO-
912 AM MST TUE FEB 27 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OURAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN HINSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN GUNNISON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1000 AM MST.
* AT 912 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MONTROSE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LOGHILL VILLAGE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 550 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 121.
COLORADO 62 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 23.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIDGWAY, LOGHILL VILLAGE, AND COLONA.
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 3815 10750 3808 10781 3834 10800 3843 10766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 313DEG 25KT 3842 10759 3826 10794
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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