Just for the record, here’s the latest blizzard warning from the National Weather Service:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006
…DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO INTO THURSDAY MORNING…
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STORM PRODUCING
THIS WEATHER IS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WILL SLOWLY
MOVE EASTWARD ON THURSDAY. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING.
AT 10 PM MST…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PLAINS HAVE RANGED FROM 8
TO 16 INCHES. MEANWHILE OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR AMOUNTS HAVE
RANGED FROM 14 TO 22 INCHES SO FAR. THE FOOTHILL AND PALMER RIDGE
AREAS… INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GREAT DENVER AREA
HAVE HAD 18 TO 30 INCHES THUS FAR. THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE
DIVIDE HAVE HAD 12 TO 24 INCHES. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WITH SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 6
FEET IN SOME PLACES.
TRAVEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING…FORT COLLINS…HEREFORD…LOVELAND…NUNN…ARVADA…
BOULDER…GOLDEN…LAKEWOOD…LONGMONT…AURORA…BRIGHTON…
CITY OF DENVER…DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…HIGHLANDS RANCH…
LITTLETON…PARKER…CASTLE ROCK…ELBERT…FONDIS…KIOWA…
LARKSPUR
1031 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY…
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16
TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING.
AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN METRO DENVER SUBURBS AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA.
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
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