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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
337 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...LATE SEASON SNOWFALL TO AFFECT THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT
AND MONDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN
THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGE MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 8000 FEET AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MONDAY.
THEREFORE...WILL SEE A LATE SEASON SNOW FALL EVENT OCCUR IN THE
MOUNTAINS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.
WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTING 30 TO 35 MPH...PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW
CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS TIME.

WYZ112-114-201200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WW.Y.0029.130520T0300Z-130521T0000Z/
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING
337 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED.

* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
  AS 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...AREA ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY AS SNOW INITIALLY MELTS
  EARLY TONIGHT. THEN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL LATER
  TONIGHT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED AND DRIVING
  WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...OUTDOOR
  ENTHUSIASTS OR HUNTERS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
  WINTER CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS AND WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

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