weather.gov     
National Weather Service

Watches, Warnings & Advisories
NWS Homepage


Special Weather Statement


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
501 PM MDT SAT SEP 20 2008

WYZ059-062>067-212355-
CONVERSE-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...HANNA...
MEDICINE BOW...CENTENNIAL...GARRETT...LARAMIE...BUFORD...
HORSE CREEK...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY
501 PM MDT SAT SEP 20 2008

...BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

TWO BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST
WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST BAND EXTENDED FROM JUST
NORTHEAST OF DOUGLAS TO NORTHWEST OF WHEATLAND...WITH THE SECOND
FROM SOUTH OF CASPER PAST HANNA AND ARLINGTON THROUGH CENTENNIAL
AND INTO NORTHERN COLORADO. AT 455 PM MDT...THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF ESTERBROOK OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS.

GUSTY WINDS NEAR 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THE STORMS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING.
ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

$$

JLH









Hazardous Weather Outlook


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
556 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

COZ030>051-211700-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
556 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS
NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER INTO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS BY THIS
AFTERNOON. ON THE PLAINS ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED...
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE MOST OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ONLY
LIGHT RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS EAST OF STERLING AND
AKRON. IN THIS AREA THERE WILL BE MORE MOISTURE AND A FAVORABLE WIND
STRUCTURE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS IN
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO WILL BE HAIL TO AROUND AN INCH IN
DIAMETER. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND THERE IS
A LOW THREAT OF TORNADOS AS WELL.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AS
DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO LATE
MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FAR EASTERN PLAINS. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$
GIMMESTAD/COOPER



HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
545 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-221145-
ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-
545 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN
UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL SEE MORE ACTIVITY
THROUGH TONIGHT.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN
COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH ON MONDAY. THEN DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$

TGJT





HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
503 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-221115-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-
SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-
PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
503 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE
SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

$$





HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
500 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

WYZ001>020-022>030-221100-
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS-
EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE-
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-
NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-
ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES-
SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-
SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY-
TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-
UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-
WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-
500 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON.  BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL
ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS.  BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE
FRONT. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL APPROACH WYOMING LATE TONIGHT WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER PACIFIC TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH.  SNOW WILL FALL IN ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS
8000 FEET.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH.  THANK
YOU.

$$

TEAM RIVERTON





HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
432 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-221300-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
432 AM MDT (532 AM CDT) SUN SEP 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...
BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. SOUTH
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY WITH
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LEMMON TO
PINE RIDGE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

$$




HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
735 AM MDT SAT SEP 20 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-211215-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
735 AM MDT SAT SEP 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH...AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM
PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG...AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY...BRINGING
AN END TO THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED
FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)







Short Term Forecast


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
504 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

COZ030>037-211315-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...EAST
SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS
PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR
SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW
MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES
MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER
TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS
FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
504 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

.NOW...
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH 7 AM. THE SHOWERS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS
OVER GRAND...JACKSON...AND LARIMER COUNTIES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FALL
ABOVE TIMBERLINE.

$$
GIMMESTAD



SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
504 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

COZ038-043-211315-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND
SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...EATON...FORT
LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
504 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

.NOW...
ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE OFF THE LARIMER COUNTY
FOOTHILLS INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WELD COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM.

$$


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
504 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

COZ042-048-211315-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-
INCLUDING BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ
504 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN WELD COUNTY
INTO LOGAN COUNTY BY 7 AM.

$$


U.S. Dept. of Commerce
NOAA National Weather Service
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
E-mail: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Page last modified: May 16, 2007
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: for Safety, for Work, for Fun - FOR LIFE