Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Watches in 2006
Blizzard Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blizzard watch at Dec 29, 2006, 4:31 AM MST for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 29, 2006, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2006, 4:31 AM MST (11:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2006, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2006, 3:29 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 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 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 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 291131 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN COLORADO... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WERE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW AND TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND THEN PUSH INTO TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY AND THEN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATER SUNDAY. THIS INTENSE WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOWFALL...SOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY INTO SUNDAY. COZ058-060-061-063-065>068-291245- /O.CAN.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061229T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...BONANZA...NORTH PASS... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS DECREASED IN BOTH INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...THEREFORE THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ059-062-064-291245- /O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-061229T1500Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS DECREASED IN BOTH INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER THE LEADVILLE AREA AND CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING BUENA VISTA AND SALIDA...AND FOR A PORTION OF SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET... INCLUDING THE SARGENTS AREA...THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ072>080-083-291745- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061229T1900Z/ 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- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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...CANON CITY...PENROSE 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES BY NOON TODAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. 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. 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. $$ COZ087-088-291745- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061229T1900Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FEET...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES BY NOON TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. 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. 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. $$ COZ084-291745- /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.A.0003.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061229T1900Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WATCH IS FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ABOVE 7500 FEET...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE AREAS OF 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. 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. $$ COZ081-082-291745- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061229T1900Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR TELLER COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE AREAS OF 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. 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. $$ COZ089-093>099-291745- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ 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...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SNOW TO DIMINISH LATER TODAY...HOWEVER...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF EIGHT TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ALSO...NORTH WINDS BLOWING AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOWFALL AND WIND WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO 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. $$ COZ086-291745- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061229T1900Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO EIGHT INCHES EXPECTED BY NOON TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ COZ085-291745- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061229T1900Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 431 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE NOTED...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 291707 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST COLORADO...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO LATE THIS MORNING. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WERE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW AND TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND THEN PUSH INTO TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY AND THEN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATER SUNDAY. THIS INTENSE WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOWFALL...SOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY INTO SUNDAY. COZ072>080-083-292315- /O.EXT.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ 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- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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...CANON CITY...PENROSE 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ COZ087-088-292315- /O.EXT.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FEET...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ COZ084-292315- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0003.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WATCH IS FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ABOVE 7500 FEET. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ081-082-292315- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR TELLER COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MORE HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ COZ089-093>099-292315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. FOR TODAY...EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 TO 10 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. THINGS WILL ONLY GET WORSE TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE HEAVY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1 TO 2 FEET. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ086-292315- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO EIGHT INCHES EXPECTED TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ085-292315- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 1007 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE NOTED...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 291901 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST COLORADO... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WERE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW AND TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND THEN PUSH INTO TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY AND THEN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATER SUNDAY. THIS INTENSE WEATHER SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOWFALL...SOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY INTO SUNDAY. COZ089-093>099-300115- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0003.061229T1901Z-061231T1300Z/ 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...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WARNING INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. A DANGEROUS BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 INCHES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. VISIBILITIES WERE DOWN TO 1/4 OF A MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS AND WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH. REPORTS FROM THE EMERGENCY OFFICIAL INDICATE SNOW DRIFTS WERE IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET ACROSS KIOWA AND BACA COUNTIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE RUNNING ABOUT 12 INCHES. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GET WORSE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 45 TO 55 MPH. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. 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. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. IF YOU DO TRY TO GO OUT...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. $$ COZ072>080-083-300115- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ 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- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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...CANON CITY...PENROSE 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ COZ087-088-300115- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FEET...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ COZ084-300115- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0003.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WATCH IS FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THIS FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ABOVE 7500 FEET. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ081-082-300115- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR TELLER COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MORE HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. $$ COZ086-300115- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO EIGHT INCHES EXPECTED TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ085-300115- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 1201 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE NOTED...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 292229 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST COLORADO ESPECIALLY OVER THE PLAINS... .A STRONG WINTER STORM OVER NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AND BE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TOMORROW. THIS STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE PLAINS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. COZ084-300430- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.BZ.A.0003.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 4O MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. 8 TO 12 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. $$ COZ081-082-300430- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ COZ083-300430- /O.CAN.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.061229T2229Z-061231T1300Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ087-088-300430- /O.CAN.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.061229T2229Z-061231T1300Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE RATON MESA REGION THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO 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. $$ COZ085-300430- /O.UPG.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.061229T2229Z-061231T1300Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOUR TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH AND WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL PASO COUNTY. HEAVIER SNOW AND STRONGER WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS ELLICOTT...YODER AND TRUCKTON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ086-300430- /O.UPG.KPUB.SB.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-061230T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.061229T2229Z-061231T1300Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 14 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...WHILE NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO...WILL RECEIVE THE LOWER AMOUNTS. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO 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. $$ COZ072>080-300430- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0015.061230T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE...COTOPAXI... HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND ADJACENT VALLEYS...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ089-093>099-300430- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1300Z/ 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...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 329 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. A DANGEROUS BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 TO 30 INCHES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES WERE DOWN TO 1/4 OF A MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS AND WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 35 TO 50 MPH. REPORTS FROM THE EMERGENCY OFFICIAL INDICATE SNOW DRIFTS WERE IN EXCESS OF 4 TO 8 FEET ACROSS KIOWA AND BACA COUNTIES. HIGHWAYS 50 AND 287 ARE CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. 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. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. IF YOU DO TRY TO GO OUT...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. $$ HODANISH
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 Dec 28, 8:06 PM MST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 8:06 PM MST, 8 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 806 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .UPDATE... EXTREMELY CHALLENGING WEATHER SYSTEM OCCURRING AND IN THE MAKING. REGIONAL RADAR DATA SHOWED THE PRECIPITATION HAD DIMINISHED QUICKLY...EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF AREAS IN FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES...ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CO. MIDLEVEL DRY SLOT MOVED INTO SOUTHERN CO...PER IR SATELLITE IMAGERY...AND KILL ALL PRECIPITATION INTENSITY AND SEEDER FEEDER FOR HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL. LIKE WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG...THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL LIKELY COME IN WAVES. WAVE 2 OF PRECIPITATION IS NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NM IN RESPONSE TO A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER EASTERN NM AND ROTATING AROUND THE PARENT LOW STILL OVER SOUTHEAST AZ AND SOUTHWEST NM PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSES. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CO LATER TONIGHT. THE 00Z/29 WRF12 IS LEANING TOWARDS THIS SCENARIO ALONG WITH THE RUC. SO...WE SHOULD SEE PRECIPITATION PICKUP AGAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CO... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A POTENTIAL FOR INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN/SLEET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS TONIGHT...TOO. IT STILL APPEARS THE PRECIPITATION WILL SHUTDOWN AGAIN DURING FRI. HOWEVER...IT WILL PICKUP AGAIN LATE FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS...WHICH WILL BE WAVE 3 OF THE PRECIPITATION EVENTS. 00Z/29 WRF12 IS FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH THE H7 AND H5 LOW TRACK ACROSS EASTERN NM INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES BY SAT/SAT NIGHT. DEFORMATION CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION SHIELD SHOULD BE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CO PLAINS AS NICE TROUGH OF WARM AIR ALOFT(TROWAL) DEVELOPS OVERHEAD. HEAVY SNOW COULD RETURN TO SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. ALSO...PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PICK UP ACROSS EASTERN CO FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. THERE COULD BE 1-2 FEET OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS FROM FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. SURFACE WINDS 15-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WOULD CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CO PLAINS IF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EVOLVES LIKE THE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING. SO...PLAN TO UPGRADE WINTER STORM WATCH ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. AGAIN...THE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL PROBABLY COME IN WAVES FROM THE SAME STORM...SO JUST RAN THE WARNING FOR 54 HOURS CONSIDER THE SLOW NATURE OF THE STORM AND TRIED NOT TO GET CUTE WITH IT. NOW...HOW FAR WEST WILL THE 3RD WAVE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORM GET TOWARDS THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND EASTERN CO MOUNTAINS IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. RIGHT NOW...WILL NOT ISSUE ANY HEADLINES FOR I-25 CORRIDOR AND OUR EASTERN CO MOUNTAINS FOR FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION AND WILL MAINTAIN AROUND 50 PERCENT POPS...HOWEVER...SOMETHING TO WATCH. (METZE) && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ089-093>099. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ059-062-064. HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ058-060-061-063- 065>068-072>080-083-087-088. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ085- 086. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ081-082-084. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 8:50 PM MST, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 850 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-291400- 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- 850 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY FOR CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS...AND ALL OF FREMONT COUNTY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... ...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY FOR FREMONT COUNTY...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND PUEBLO COUNTY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...6 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND THE RATON MESA...AND 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ANTICIPATED BY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO PICKUP AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 24 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT. METZE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 28, 11:17 PM MST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1117 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0942 PM SNOW 6 E MONUMENT 39.07N 104.75W
12/28/2006 M9.8 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0847 PM SNOW 1 S RYE 37.91N 104.93W
12/28/2006 M11.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
0725 PM SNOW 9 S COLORADO SPRINGS 38.70N 104.82W
12/28/2006 M3.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0605 PM SNOW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.83N 104.82W
12/28/2006 M7.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0545 PM SNOW WOODLAND PARK 38.99N 105.05W
12/28/2006 M12.0 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0540 PM SNOW 2 WSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.85N 104.79W
12/28/2006 M9.0 INCH EL PASO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
0535 PM SNOW SALIDA 38.53N 106.00W
12/28/2006 M4.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO CO-OP OBSERVER
0519 PM SNOW BLACK FOREST 39.05N 104.67W
12/28/2006 M6.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0517 PM SNOW 5 SW NATHROP 38.68N 106.15W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0517 PM SNOW CANON CITY 38.44N 105.23W
12/28/2006 M4.0 INCH FREMONT CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0508 PM SNOW 9 NNE WOLF CREEK PASS 37.59N 106.74W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH MINERAL CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0455 PM SNOW CUCHARA 37.38N 105.10W
12/28/2006 M13.0 INCH HUERFANO CO AIRPLANE PILOT
0440 PM SNOW ALAMOSA 37.47N 105.87W
12/28/2006 M3.0 INCH ALAMOSA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0440 PM SNOW MONUMENT 39.07N 104.86W
12/28/2006 M7.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0440 PM SNOW PUEBLO WEST 38.35N 104.72W
12/28/2006 M2.5 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0431 PM SNOW TRINIDAD 37.17N 104.51W
12/28/2006 M3.8 INCH LAS ANIMAS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0430 PM SNOW COLORADO CITY 37.94N 104.85W
12/28/2006 M8.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0425 PM SNOW MAYSVILLE 38.52N 106.22W
12/28/2006 M4.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0416 PM SNOW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.78W
12/28/2006 M9.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY
0415 PM SNOW MANITOU SPRINGS 38.86N 104.91W
12/28/2006 M6.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY
0407 PM SNOW 1 S RYE 37.91N 104.93W
12/28/2006 M10.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
0405 PM SNOW 9 SW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.77N 104.88W
12/28/2006 M2.8 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0401 PM SNOW BEULAH 38.08N 104.98W
12/28/2006 M11.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0356 PM SNOW BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/28/2006 M3.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0349 PM SNOW 4 ENE RYE 37.94N 104.87W
12/28/2006 M7.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY
0347 PM SNOW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.78W
12/28/2006 M7.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0342 PM SNOW LA VETA 37.51N 105.01W
12/28/2006 M13.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0340 PM SNOW 5 WSW AGUILAR 37.38N 104.74W
12/28/2006 M8.5 INCH LAS ANIMAS CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0336 PM SNOW 15 E WESTCLIFFE 38.13N 105.19W
12/28/2006 M12.0 INCH CUSTER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0336 PM SNOW BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/28/2006 M4.5 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0327 PM SNOW 2 WSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.82N 104.86W
12/28/2006 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0323 PM SNOW ROSITA 38.10N 105.33W
12/28/2006 M5.0 INCH CUSTER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0317 PM SNOW BLACK FOREST 39.05N 104.67W
12/28/2006 M4.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0250 PM SNOW 6 NE SAN ISABEL 38.04N 104.97W
12/28/2006 M9.5 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0236 PM SNOW LA VETA 37.51N 105.01W
12/28/2006 M9.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0226 PM SNOW CANON CITY 38.46N 105.24W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH FREMONT CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0132 PM SNOW COLORADO CITY 37.94N 104.85W
12/28/2006 M5.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0125 PM SNOW BLACK FOREST 39.05N 104.67W
12/28/2006 M3.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0118 PM SNOW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.78W
12/28/2006 M4.5 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0115 PM SNOW 5 WNW AGUILAR 37.43N 104.74W
12/28/2006 M6.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0109 PM SNOW 5 NE COLORADO SPRINGS 38.88N 104.76W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0100 PM SNOW 1 NNE MONUMENT 39.08N 104.85W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1244 PM SNOW PUEBLO WEST 38.32N 104.76W
12/28/2006 M1.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
1225 PM SNOW 9 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.71N 104.89W
12/28/2006 M1.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1215 PM SNOW LA VETA 37.51N 105.01W
12/28/2006 M4.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1200 PM SNOW DIVIDE 38.94N 105.16W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH TELLER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1145 AM SNOW BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/28/2006 M1.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1115 AM SNOW 3 SW WALSENBURG 37.60N 104.82W
12/28/2006 M3.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1110 AM SNOW 1 S MANITOU SPRINGS 38.84N 104.91W
12/28/2006 M2.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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13.00 LA VETA CO HUERFANO 0342 PM
13.00 CUCHARA CO HUERFANO 0455 PM
12.00 15 E WESTCLIFFE CO CUSTER 0336 PM
12.00 WOODLAND PARK CO TELLER 0545 PM
11.00 BEULAH CO PUEBLO 0401 PM
11.00 1 S RYE CO PUEBLO 0847 PM
10.00 1 S RYE CO PUEBLO 0407 PM
9.80 6 E MONUMENT CO EL PASO 0942 PM
9.50 6 NE SAN ISABEL CO PUEBLO 0250 PM
9.00 LA VETA CO HUERFANO 0236 PM
9.00 WALSENBURG CO HUERFANO 0416 PM
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY
9.00 2 WSW COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0540 PM
8.50 5 WSW AGUILAR CO LAS ANIMAS 0340 PM
8.00 COLORADO CITY CO PUEBLO 0430 PM
7.50 MONUMENT CO EL PASO 0440 PM
7.00 WALSENBURG CO HUERFANO 0347 PM
7.00 4 ENE RYE CO PUEBLO 0349 PM
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY
7.00 COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0605 PM
6.00 5 WNW AGUILAR CO HUERFANO 0115 PM
6.00 MANITOU SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0415 PM
STILL SNOWING HEAVILY
6.00 BLACK FOREST CO EL PASO 0519 PM
5.00 COLORADO CITY CO PUEBLO 0132 PM
5.00 ROSITA CO CUSTER 0323 PM
4.50 WALSENBURG CO HUERFANO 0118 PM
4.50 BUENA VISTA CO CHAFFEE 0336 PM
4.00 LA VETA CO HUERFANO 1215 PM
4.00 BLACK FOREST CO EL PASO 0317 PM
4.00 2 WSW COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0327 PM
4.00 MAYSVILLE CO CHAFFEE 0425 PM
4.00 CANON CITY CO FREMONT 0517 PM
4.00 SALIDA CO CHAFFEE 0535 PM
3.80 TRINIDAD CO LAS ANIMAS 0431 PM
3.00 3 SW WALSENBURG CO HUERFANO 1115 AM
3.00 BLACK FOREST CO EL PASO 0125 PM
3.00 BUENA VISTA CO CHAFFEE 0356 PM
3.00 ALAMOSA CO ALAMOSA 0440 PM
3.00 9 S COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0725 PM
2.80 9 SW COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0405 PM
2.50 PUEBLO WEST CO PUEBLO 0440 PM
2.00 1 S MANITOU SPRINGS CO EL PASO 1110 AM
2.00 DIVIDE CO TELLER 1200 PM
2.00 1 NNE MONUMENT CO EL PASO 0100 PM
2.00 5 NE COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 0109 PM
2.00 CANON CITY CO FREMONT 0226 PM
2.00 9 NNE WOLF CREEK PASS CO MINERAL 0508 PM
2.00 5 SW NATHROP CO CHAFFEE 0517 PM
1.50 9 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS CO EL PASO 1225 PM
1.00 BUENA VISTA CO CHAFFEE 1145 AM
1.00 PUEBLO WEST CO PUEBLO 1244 PM
METZELocal storm report, Dec 29, 12:28 AM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1228 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM SNOW 2 W RYE 37.92N 104.97W
12/29/2006 M13.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
12.6 INCHES OF SNOW FROM APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON THE 28TH
TO 11 PM ON THE 28TH WITH VERY LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING WITH
A TEMPERATURE OF 25F. 8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS NOTED BY 2 PM
ON THE 28TH.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 4:31 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:01 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:29 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo and 1 more | 27 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.