Blizzard Watch Posted for Parts of SE CO

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
352 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2015

LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING…LA JUNTA…ROCKY FORD…LAS ANIMAS…LAMAR
352 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2015

…BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* LOCATION…PROWERS…AND SOUTHERN OTERO AND BENT COUNTIES.

* CAUSE AND TIMING…A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF WEST   TEXAS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS   WILL SPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH   SUNDAY EVENING…WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY   ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION…2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED DRIFTS UP TO A   FOOT.

* WIND…NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACT…HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS…ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH…LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.