Winter Storm Watch Issued

We have a Winter Storm Watch issued for Laramie County through early Weds. Please adjust travel plans accordingly. 

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
831 PM MST MON FEB 2 2015

...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA
MADRE RANGES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...

...WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

.A MOIST FLOW OF AIR WILL COMBINE WITH SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES TO
PRODUCE PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE
RANGES BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY. MOST OF THE SNOW
SHOULD FALL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD
MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
ALLIANCE TO WHEATLAND TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST.

NEZ003-019>021-054-055-096-WYZ106>108-118-119-031215-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WS.A.0001.150204T0300Z-150204T2100Z/
BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
SOUTH SIOUX-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING...
HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...AGATE...
BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...
TORRINGTON...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
831 PM MST MON FEB 2 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...EARLY TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS IN CONVECTIVE BANDS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT OF 15 TO 25
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IS POSSIBLE...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING
  SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...MAINLY TO TRAVEL. COMMUTERS ON INTERSTATE 25 FROM THE
  COLORADO STATE LINE TO WHEATLAND AND INTERSTATE 80 FROM
  LODGEPOLE NEBRASKA TO CHEYENNE WYOMING MAY ENCOUNTER
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING
  SNOW. ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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