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Town of Center, CO
Saturday January 13th, 2024 :: 04:52 p.m. MST

Alert

Avalanche Warning until 07:00PM Monday

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. ...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT 5 PM SATURDAY UNTIL 5 PM MONDAY...

* WHAT...The Avalanche Danger is HIGH (Level 4 of 5) on Sunday and Monday.

* WHERE...The Park Range, Flat Top Mountains, Medicine Bow Mountains, Never Summer Mountains, Front Range, Gore Range, Elk Mountains, Ruby Range, Mosquito Range, Sawatch Range, Grand Mesa, northwest San Juan Mountains

* WHEN...In effect from 5 PM Saturday, January 13 until 5 PM Monday, January 15.

* IMPACTS...Heavy snow and strong winds have created very dangerous avalanche conditions. Large and dangerous avalanches will be very easy to trigger. Avalanches will run naturally.

* PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Travel in backcountry avalanche terrain is not recommended. Avoid travel on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche

* AFFECTED AREAS: ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS ... GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS ... GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ... WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ... FLAT TOPS ... UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE ... NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 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 ... WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT ... EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT

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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