Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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FLUS45 KGJT 131032
HWOGJT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
432 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014

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LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-
UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
432 AM MDT SUN APR 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
COLORADO...NORTHWEST COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHWEST COLORADO...WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...UT...EAST CENTRAL
UTAH...NORTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHEAST UTAH.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS STORM AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH...WITH SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING AND LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT
POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS. TRAVEL THROUGH THE COLORADO
MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FROM SNOWPACKED AND SLUSHY ROADS.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL APPROACH OR DROP BELOW FREEZING IN
MANY OF THE LOWER VALLEYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL COME TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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