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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
657 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2018
COZ003-006>009-013-030700-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-FLAT TOPS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RIO BLANCO, GRAND JUNCTION, FRUITA,
PALISADE, COLLBRAN, DE BEQUE, NEW CASTLE, MESA, PARACHUTE, RIFLE,
SILT, EAGLE, EDWARDS, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CARBONDALE, BASALT,
SKYWAY, BUFORD, AND TRAPPERS LAKE
657 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2018
LIGHT SNOW HAS PERSISTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WEST-CENTRAL
COLORADO THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR FROM
FRUITA AND GRAND JUNCTION TO DEBEQUE, RIFLE, AND GLENWOOD SPRINGS.
WHILE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 3 INCHES, LIGHT
SNOW COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S WILL RESULT IN
SLICK SPOTS ON MANY ROADWAYS ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPE. THERE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, AND
THIS THREAT WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT, HOWEVER SLICK
ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE THROUGH SUNRISE ON MONDAY MORNING.
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