URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 255 AM MDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...POTENT EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...BLUSTERY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. AFTER MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. WYZ101-102-106>108-115>119-040000- /O.UPG.KCYS.WS.A.0011.131004T0600Z-131005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.WS.W.0012.131004T0600Z-131005T0000Z/ CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-LARAMIE VALLEY- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...BORDEAUX... GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON... LARAMIE...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK... HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN... PINE BLUFFS 255 AM MDT THU OCT 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGH VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE LOWEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LOCATED IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY FROM GLENDO TO TORRINGTON * WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE DAMAGE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THE COLD AND WET WEATHER MAY BE HAZARDOUS FOR UNPREPARED HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. &&
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