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SITUATION REPORT 2006-16b

Previous SITREPs posted at: http://dola.colorado.gov/dem/operations/sitreps/sitreps.htm

Press Releases posted at: http://dola.colorado.gov/dem/Press/press_releases.htm

Report Date: December 28, 2006

Event Type: Blizzard

Situation: As the Winter Storm hits the Front Range, the Governor has declared a statewide emergency. Some schools have announced closures for Friday (29 th). County governments that have announced closures for Friday are: Adams County, Arapahoe County, Arvada, Aurora, Boulder City and County, Centennial, and Douglas County.

CDOT continues to deploy snow plows across the State to deal with the falling and blowing snow. Highways will be icy and snow packed. Travel will be difficult if not impossible in and near the Front Range foothills tonight due to heavy accumulating snowfall. People are urged to avoid unnecessary travel until early next week when weather conditions improve.

A request was made to the State patrol to allow Commercial vehicles to exit North bound I-25 at Academy Blvd if the Interstate is closed. Vehicles will be parked on Kelly Johnson Blvd. Approved by CSP, in the event the interstate is closed (still open at this point).

Denver International Airport cancellations: Frontier Airlines has canceled about 60 of its flights on December 28th and an additional eight flights for the 29th. United Airlines has canceled some of its flights.

RTD reports that they are operating on normal schedule through rush hour. They report minor delays system-wide. Colorado Springs City Transit will stop operations at 2000 and will resume tomorrow at 1000.

Retail fuel supplies looking good most retail outlets were able to be resupplied this week.

Grocery distribution centers are well stocked and available to send emergency supplies as necessary. They are having some difficulties keeping retail establishments stocked.

A decision will be made later tonight regarding the closure of State offices. State employees should check www.colorado.gov/dpa .

Highway Closure: I-70 [from mile markers 228 (west of Idaho Springs)] to Eisenhower Tunnel has reopened, as well as Loveland Pass.

Highway 86 is closed from Castle Rock to Franktown.

Shelters Open: (Total capacity stands at 780)

• Broomfield Senior Center , 280 Lamar, (on standby)
• Calvary Chapel East Side, 5070 Edison, Colorado Springs,
• Elizabeth High School , 34500 County Road 13, Elizabeth (From SR86 , ½ mile South on CR 13),
• Falcon Middle School , 11990 Swingline Road, El Paso County,
• Fort Morgan High School , 719 E. Riverview Avenue, Ft Morgan (Stand-by),
• Silverthorne Recreation Center ,
• Singing Hills Elementary, 41012 Madrid Drive, Parker (1/2 mile east of Delbert Rd on Singing Hills Rd. (CR 166),
• St. Paul Lutheran Church , 1450 5 th Street, Calhan,
• World Prayer Center, 11020 Voyager Parker, Colorado Springs City,

Several other shelters are being established in stand-by mode. An updated list is in WebEOC.

Weather Report: A strong winter storm will impact northeast and north central Colorado with heavy snow tonight and possibly continuing well into the weekend. Another major winter storm will move very slowly eastward across Arizona and New Mexico tonight. This will bring heavy snow to the Front Range mountains, foothills and urban corridor tonight. The snow will also spread eastward across the plains, but will not be as heavy farther east. For Friday through the weekend, there are many more uncertainties regarding the eventual track of the storm system. However, it does appear that the storm will intensify as it moves very slowly eastward into the southern high plains. This would produce another round of heavy snow and stronger winds with blizzard conditions possibly developing over the eastern plains of Colorado Friday night into Sunday. At this time, the highest threat of significant additional snow accumulations over the weekend would be east of I-25. Since there is considerable uncertainty regarding this storm track over the weekend, a winter storm watch is in effect for the northeastern plains and Front Range for Friday through Sunday.

Agencies Involved: Adams County EOC, American Red Cross, Arapahoe County EOC, Arvada OEM, Brighton OEM, Broomfield EOC, Boulder EOC, Clear Creek EOC, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Division of Emergency Management, Colorado Division of Fire Safety,

Colorado Springs EOC, Colorado State Patrol, Denver EOC, Douglas County EOC, El Paso Count y EOC, Elbert county EOC, Jefferson County EOC, Lakewood OEM, Salvation Army, Westminster OEM.

Misc. Info: CDOT has a website where they post the up-to-the-minute road conditions. http:// www.cotrip.org, the upper left hand field is Travel Information, select the 1st entry, “Road Conditions.” This page has a scroll down bar, Select a Report to View, which will give you a more customized report tailored to your Regions.

DEM Communications officer will be monitoring DTRS (800MHz) MAC 1 and MAC 21.

WebEOC information: http://www.dem.state.co.us/eoc6/ Incident name Winter Storm Dec 28.