Coaldale, CO Weather Warnings

WINTER STORM WATCH

Warning Issue Date:

911 PM MDT SUN MAR 21 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SPANISH PEAKS REGION...AND SOUTHERN INTERSTATE CORRIDOR INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATE TUESDAY. ABUNDANT PACIFIC MOISTURE AND COLD AIR ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND 8 TO 16 INCHES FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SPANISH PEAKS...AND SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED DUE TO ICY SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ ROSE