A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Thursday at 1:43 p.m. for snow showers until 2:15 p.m. for Jefferson and West Douglas counties above 6,000 feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park counties below 9,000 feet, North Douglas County below 6,000 feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe counties/East Broomfield County and Elbert/central and east Douglas counties above 6,000 feet.

“At 1:43 p.m., Doppler radar tracked heavy snow showers along a line from near Parker to 6 miles southwest of Sedalia, or along a line from 15 miles southeast of Denver to 25 miles south of Denver, moving southeast at 20 mph,” says the NWS.

Locations impacted by the alert include Far Southern Aurora, southern Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Elbert, Lone Tree, Roxborough Park, Elizabeth, Larkspur, Franktown, The Pinery, Castle Pines, Ponderosa Park, Greenland, Sedalia, Perry Park, Louviers, Devil’s Head and Castlewood Canyon. This includes Interstate 25 between mile markers 164 and 195.

The NWS states, “Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Road conditions may quickly become snow and slush covered, and combine with limited visibility for hazardous travel conditions.”

Source: The National Weather Service