Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Watches in 2006
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blizzard watch at Oct 24, 2006, 1:11 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 25, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2006, 1:11 PM MDT (19:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2006, 1:26 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KPUB 241911 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 111 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...POSSIBLE BLIZZARD HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A POWERFUL STORM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. SINCE SMALL CHANGES TO THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THE STORM WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. COZ083>089-093>099-250315- /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 111 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072>082-250315- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 111 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ACCUMULATIONS OF IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ SR/LW
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 242150 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 350 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...POSSIBLE BLIZZARD HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A POWERFUL STORM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR FROM THE NORTH AND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. SINCE SMALL CHANGES TO THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THE STORM WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. COZ083>089-093>099-250600- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 350 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072>082-250600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 350 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE FOOT ORE MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ SR/LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 250044 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 644 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...POSSIBLE BLIZZARD HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A POWERFUL STORM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR FROM THE NORTH AND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS... GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. SINCE SMALL CHANGES TO THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THE STORM WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. COZ083>089-093>099-250845- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 644 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072>082-250845- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 644 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE FOOT OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 250539 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1139 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...POSSIBLE BLIZZARD HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A POWERFUL STORM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT DIVES SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR FROM THE NORTH AND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. SINCE SMALL CHANGES TO THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THE STORM WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. COZ083>089-093>099-251345- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1139 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072>082-251345- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 1139 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE FOOT OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 251032 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...POSSIBLE BLIZZARD HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH HEAVY SNOWS ALSO EXPECTED OVER SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... .A POWERFUL STORM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND FAR NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR FROM THE NORTH AND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY. SINCE SMALL CHANGES TO THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THE STORM WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. COZ058>068-251845- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0011.061025T2300Z-061026T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK... CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 432 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ069>071-251845- /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061025T2300Z-061026T1800Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 432 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ COZ083>089-093>099-251845- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 432 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. THESE GUSTY WINDS...COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072>082-251845- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 432 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE FOOT OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 251457 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...POSSIBLE BLIZZARD HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH HEAVY SNOWS ALSO EXPECTED OVER SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... .A POWERFUL STORM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO AND FAR NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR FROM THE NORTH AND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS... GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THURSDAY. SINCE SMALL CHANGES TO THE TRACK OR STRENGTH OF THE STORM WILL HAVE LARGE IMPACTS ON EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS... STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. COZ058>068-252300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.061025T2300Z-061026T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK... CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 856 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ083>089-093>099-252300- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 856 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. THESE GUSTY WINDS...COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ069>071-252300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061025T2300Z-061026T1800Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 856 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ COZ072>082-252300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 856 AM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE FOOT OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 251926 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...POWERFUL FALL STORM TO HIT SOUTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY MORNING... .INTENSE CYCLONE IS NOW STRENGTHENING OVER NORTHERN UTAH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECIPITATION OVER THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR MAY BEGIN AS RAIN...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH WINDS TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AND DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL. ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS VERY DYNAMIC AND DETAILS CONCERNING EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS OR WIND SPEEDS ARE GOING TO EVOLVE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...SO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. COZ089-093-095>099-252030- /O.CAN.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. RAIN AND STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL STILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ COZ083>087-260330- /O.UPG.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.061026T0900Z-061027T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM HUERFANO COUNTY NORTHWARD. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THESE GUSTY WINDS...COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...PARTICULARLY THE PALMER DIVIDE...NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ088-094-260330- /O.UPG.KPUB.BZ.A.0002.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.061026T1500Z-061027T0600Z/ TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THE RATON MESA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY. THESE GUSTY WINDS...COMBINED WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE ON THURSDAY. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED. LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ072>082-260330- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061026T0300Z-061027T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0011.061026T0900Z-061027T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THURSDAY MORNING...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TWO FEET MAY OCCUR OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ069>071-260330- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0009.061025T2300Z-061026T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0011.061026T0900Z-061027T0000Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE VALLEY. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.| AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>068-260330- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0011.061025T2300Z-061027T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK... CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 126 PM MDT WED OCT 25 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH INTENSE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING 3 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ ROSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Oct 24, 4:12 AM MDT, 8 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 4:12 AM MDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 412 AM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...CALM BEFORE THE STORM... CURRENTLY...RATHER QUIET EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. IR SAT PIX SHOW AN AREA OF UPPER LVL MOISTURE MOVNIGN ACROSS THE S TIER OF THE CWA. WAT VAP SHOWS THIS MSTR IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK CUTOFF OVER THE CALIF. LOCALLY...SFC OBS SHOW WEAK TROUGH OVER THE FAR E PLAINS. TODAY...RIDGE AXIS TO OUR W WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION AS WEAK CA SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE REGION. PERIODS OF HI CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY THE S PART OF THE CWA. I DO NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIP IN THE CWA. IN THE GRIDDS...I DID COOL THE MAXES OFF A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS THE REGION. TONIGHT...CA SYSTEM MOVES OVER REGION. SYSTEM IS FCST TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST. ANY PRECIP SHOULD BE OVER THE MTNS MAINLY ALONG THE CONTDVD...AND ANY SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT (<1). WITH CLOUDS OVER THE REGION...TEMPS SHOLD BE RATHER MILD. BY LATE TONIGHT SFC PRESSURES BEGIN TO FALL OVER SE CO IN ADVANCE OF VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM MOVING TOWARDS THE REGION. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY) METEOROLOGICAL CONCERN IS AMOUNT OF IMPACT RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM WILL HAVE ON CWFA...ESPECIALLY FROM LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. LATEST COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM INITIALLY LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY TO DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL WYOMING BY SUNSET WEDNESDAY AND THEN INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE MAKING ITS PUSH INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATER THURSDAY. MAINLY DRY NORTHWEST TO ZONAL FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED OVER REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM. IMPRESSIVE QG ASCENT NOTED OVER CWFA...ESPECIALLY EASTERN SECTIONS FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE NORTHWEST TO NORTH 700 MB WINDS HOWLING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS BETWEEN 06Z THURSDAY AND 03Z FRIDAY. HAVE BEGUN TO MAKE MAJOR REVISIONS IN IMPENDING GRIDS/ZONES...ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO POPS...SNOW AMOUNTS...WINDS AND TEMPERATURES...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF INCOMING SYSTEM. IF MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE AND/OR EVEN SLOW DOWN THIS INCOMING SYSTEM...EXPECT THAT WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS WILL BECOME NECESSARY FOR THIS 4TH/5TH PERIOD METEOROLOGICAL EVENT...WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. STILL EXPECT THAT THE COOLEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OF THE LONG TERM SHOULD BE NOTED THURSDAY...WHILE WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. THANKS SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR RATHER EXTENSIVE COORDINATION/COLLABORATION. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 12:17 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1217 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-251830- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 1217 PM MDT TUE OCT 24 2006 ...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST PLAINS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PRESENT GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST ON THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...ALONG WITH AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE SYSTEM FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ON THE PLAINS. ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS. ONE LOCATION FAVORED FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH THE PROJECTED STORM PATH IS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. IF THE PROJECTED STORM PATH CONTINUES...HIGHWAY 24...INTERSTATE 25 AND HIGHWAY 94 IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY MAY BE PARTICULARLY HARD HIT BY THIS EVENT. IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...LOW LEVEL FLOW MAY TURN ENOUGH TO THE NORTHEAST TO PRODUCE SNOW. WITH THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH OF TURN OF THE WINDS TOWARDS THE EAST TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. CORRECTED SPELLING IN HEADLINE...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 1:11 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 7 more | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.