UPDATED- WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE as of 5pm Sunday
Russ Baldwin | Jan 30, 2016 | Comments 0
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO Up-dated Sunday Night
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
535 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING…WALSENBURG…TRINIDAD…LA JUNTA…ROCKY FORD… BRANSON…KIM…LAS ANIMAS…LAMAR
535 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY…
* LOCATION…THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR FROM WALSENBURG TO
TRINIDAD…OTERO…EASTERN LAS ANIMAS…BENT…AND PROWERS
COUNTIES.
* CAUSE AND TIMING…A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW. INITIALLY SNOW WILL COME IN WAVES TONIGHT BEFORE THE STEADIER AND HEAVIER SNOW SETS IN LATER MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT WIND DRIVEN SNOW WILL BECOME THE FOCUS OF CONCERN ESPECIALLY
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION…6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE RATON RIDGE.
* WIND…EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH…BECOMING NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT…TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW…BLOWING SNOW…REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS.
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