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Town of Center, CO
Thursday March 7th, 2019 :: 06:55 a.m. MST

Alert

Avalanche Warning until 11:00AM Friday

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. Avalanche Warning in effect for the Northern, Central, and Southern Mountains.

* TIMING...Beginning Wednesday March 6. Expires at 8:00 AM MST Friday March 8.

* AFFECTED AREA...Park Range, Flat Top Mountains, Front Range, Ten Mile Range, Gore Range, Elk Mountains, West Elk Mountains, Ruby Range, Mosquito Range, Sawatch Range, Grand Mesa, San Juan Mountains

* AVALANCHE DANGER...Very dangerous avalanche conditions exist. The avalanche danger is EXTREME (Level 5) or HIGH (Level 4). Very large natural avalanches are likely. We may see avalanches of historic size. These avalanches will be very destructive and may run to the valley bottoms.

* REASON...Intense snowfall and strong winds have raised the avalanche danger to HIGH (Level 4) or EXTREME (Level 5) at multiple elevation bands. Avalanches will release naturally, and can run from high elevations to the valley floors.

* AFFECTED AREAS: WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ... ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS ... EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT ... GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS ... WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT ... LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT ... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT ... GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ... SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE ... NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... FLATTOPS ... SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT ... WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

Instructions:

terrain. Avoid travel in or below avalanche terrain. Give avalanche paths a wide berth. Avalanches may run further into the valleys than you might think. Consult www.colorado.gov/avalanche for detailed information. Logan

Address/Location
Town of Center, CO
294 S Worth St
Center, CO 81125

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 719-754-3497

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Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Unknown - Urgency not known
Certainty:
Unknown
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Avalanche Warning

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