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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

November 13, 200617 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Nov 13, 2006, 3:17 PM MST for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 14, 2006, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2006, 3:17 PM MST (22:17 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 14, 2006, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 14, 2006, 4:26 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla 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, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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WWUS75 KPUB 132217
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
317 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...

.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON TUESDAY
SPREADING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION
DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE MORNING...THEN INTO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY AFTERNOON.  

COZ072>088-140430-
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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-
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...
CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
317 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. 

THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL TO THE RATON
RIDGE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...
WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD.

STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.
WEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE EAST FACING
SLOPES DURING THE MORNING...WITH SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 70 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE ADJACENT
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR DURING THE MID TO LATE
MORNING...WHERE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH
VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT
LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU
ARE PLANNING 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.

$$

COZ089-093>099-140430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1800Z-061115T0100Z/
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
317 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. 

THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO
PLAINS...INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS
ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. 

STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH
VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT
LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU
ARE PLANNING 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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
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WWUS75 KPUB 140316
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
816 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS
ON TUESDAY...

.A POWERFUL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON TUESDAY...
CAUSING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. 
WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE
MORNING. THEN...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
COLORADO IN THE AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

COZ072>088-140930-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1300Z-061115T0100Z/
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-
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...
CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
816 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MST TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MST TUESDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL TO THE RATON
RIDGE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...
WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY ON TUESDAY.
DURING THE MORNING...WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 75 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET OVER THE PIKES PEAK
REGION...WET MOUNTAINS...AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION INCLUDING LA
VETA PASS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD OVER THE ADJACENT
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY LATE MORNING.
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
ARE EXPECTED.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH
VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT
LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU
ARE PLANNING 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.

$$

COZ089-093>099-140930-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1800Z-061115T0100Z/
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
816 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...
INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...
PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH
VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT
LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU
ARE PLANNING 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.

$$
ROSE
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 140608
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1108 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...

.A POWERFUL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON TUESDAY...
CAUSING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION.
WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS DURING
THE MORNING. THEN...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
COLORADO IN THE AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

COZ072>088-141230-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1300Z-061115T0100Z/
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-
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...
CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
1108 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MST TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MST TUESDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL TO THE RATON
RIDGE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...
WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY ON TUESDAY.
DURING THE MORNING...WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 75 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...
WET MOUNTAINS...AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION INCLUDING LA VETA PASS.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD OVER THE ADJACENT LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY LATE MORNING. WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH
VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT
LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU
ARE PLANNING 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.

$$

COZ089-093>099-141230-
/O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1800Z-061115T0100Z/
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
1108 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...
INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...
PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH
VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT
LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO
MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL
HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU
ARE PLANNING 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.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KPUB 141126
NPWPUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
426 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006

...HIGH WINDS LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST
PLAINS TODAY...

.A POWERFUL JET STREAM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY...PRODUCING
STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. WESTERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE MORNING...WITH
WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND SPREADING EASTWARD OVER THE
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. 

COZ072>083-087-088-141730-
/O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1300Z-061115T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.061114T1400Z-061115T0100Z/
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-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 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...
CANON CITY...PENROSE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
426 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM COLORADO CITY TO THE
RATON MESA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY. DURING
THE MORNING...WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75
MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION... WET
MOUNTAINS...AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION INCLUDING LA VETA PASS. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD OVER THE ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATIONS
OF THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY LATE MORNING...WHERE WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. 

THESE HIGH WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE
FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. SECURE
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...AS WINDS CAN CAUSE THESE TO BECOME
DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$

COZ089-093>099-141730-
/O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1800Z-061115T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.061114T1800Z-061115T0300Z/
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
426 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...
INCLUDING CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...
PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY IN THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING
OVERNIGHT.

THESE HIGH WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE
FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. SECURE
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...AS WINDS CAN CAUSE THESE TO BECOME
DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$

COZ084>086-141730-
/O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0003.061114T1300Z-061115T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0005.061114T1800Z-061115T0300Z/
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-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...
PUEBLO
426 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL TO COLORADO CITY...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY IN THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING
OVERNIGHT. 

THESE HIGH WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE
FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. SECURE
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...AS WINDS CAN CAUSE THESE TO BECOME
DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH
CROSSWINDS.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 13, 3:01 PM MST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 3:01 PM MST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
301 PM MST MON NOV 13 2006

.SHORT TERM...

...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS...AND POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS
THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

LEADING SHORTWAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
BRINGING FIRST ROUND OF SNOW TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS.  POTENT 150+ KT UPPER JET ALREADY TRANSLATING ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NW AND NOSING INTO WRN CO.  AS STRONGER 180KT JET CORE OFF
THE WEST COAST MOVES INLAND TONIGHT...MOISTURE WILL DEEPEN ONCE
AGAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MTS.  INITIALLY LAPSE RATES
START OUT RATHER POOR...BUT AS TROF AXIS MOVES INTO THE REGION BY
LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...LAPSE RATES STEEPEN TO AROUND
6.5 TO 7C/KM...ESP ACROSS THE CEN MTS.  WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST H7
WINDS AROUND 30-40 KTS BEING DRIVEN INTO THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
CONTDVD...SHOULD SEE OROGRAPHICALLY DRIVEN SNOWS CRANK UP OVERNIGHT
NIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.  APPEARS HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
OCCUR BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z TUES MORNING IN JUXTAPOSITION OF BEST
INSTABILITY AND LIFT.  GIVEN THESE PARAMETERS...UPGRADED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING.  LXV MAY GET BLOW OVER FROM THE SAWATCH RANGE TO HELP BOOST
SNOW TOTALS THERE.  OROGRAPHICS NOT AS FAVORABLE FOR THE LA GARITAS AND
EASTERN SAN JUANS...BUT WITH MODELS CRANKING OUT AROUND 5-10 INCHES
OF SNOW...AND CONSIDERING THERE WILL BE SOME SERIOUS
BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW...OPTED TO GO OUT WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10KFT.

FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS/PLAINS...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WINDS ON
TUESDAY.  MODEL CROSS SECTIONS FROM NAM12 AND MM5 SHOW QUITE A BIT
OF FORWARD SHEAR ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN BARRIER TONIGHT AND
TUES...PROMOTING VERTICALLY PROPAGATING WAVES RATHER THAN BREAKING
WAVES.  HOWEVER H7 WINDS INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 50 TO 70 KTS BETWEEN
15Z AND 18Z AS UPPER JET TRANSLATES OVERHEAD.  THIS ALSO COINCIDES
WITH BEST DOWNWARD FORCING AS TROF AXIS MOVES ACROSS.  SURFACE LOW
SPINS UP SOMEWHERE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OR SE CO DURING THE AFTN
(DEPENDING ON MODEL)...AND AS UPPER JET PUNCHES ACROSS THE
STATE...SFC PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS CONSIDERABLY AS COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH.  MOISTURE INCREASES AND LAPSE RATES STEEPEN IN THE AFTN
SUPPORTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WHICH COULD FURTHER SUPPORT
HIGH WINDS AS THEY HELP TRANSFER HIGHER MOMENTUM AIR ALOFT TO THE
SURFACE.  THUS WILL GO WITH A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS/ADJACENT PLAINS FOR TUESDAY. THINK MAIN WINDOW FOR HIGH
WINDS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER COULDN/T RULE OUT SOME
GAP FLOW WINDS THROUGH LA VETA AND UTE PASS IN THE MORNING...SO WILL
START THE WATCH FOR THE EASTERN MTS/ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR IN THE
MORNING...THEN SPREAD IT EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS AFTER 1100 AM.
MAX TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY AS NAM/GFS SHOWING UP TO 10 DEGREE SPREAD
FOR THE SE PLAINS DUE TO DEEP MIXING.  HAVE GONE CLOSER TO THE
WARMER MET GUIDANCE FOR NOW.  THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR
COLLABORATION. -KT

.LONG TERM...

(TUES NITE TO MONDAY)

...TRANQUIL WX RETURNING TO AREA...

STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL BRING SNOWS AND WINDS TO THE AREA DURING THE
SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD (SEE ABOVE TEXT) WILL BE WINDING DOWN
ACROSS OUR REGION. BY TUESDAY EVENING...MOST OF ALL OF THE SNOW
SHOULD BE OVER WITH IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. BEST CHANCES WILL BE NW
FACING SLOPES OF C MTNS AND POSSIBLY SW MTNS. WINDS WILL STILL BE
QUITE STRONG (NW 30-40 MPH) ON PLAINS...ESPECIALLY FAR E
PLAINS...AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
EARLY EVENING AT THIS LOCATION.

FOR WED...IT WILL BE COOL ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG NW FLOW WILL
STILL DOMINATE AT MID LVLS...AND SOME OF THIS WIND WILL AFFECT THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY THE E PLAINS. TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 50S ACROSS
THE PLAINS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH (WINDS WILL BE
DECREASING ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR LATER IN THE AFTERNOON).

THU...AFTER A COOL MORNING...TEMPS WILL WARM UP RAPIDLY AS WARMER
AIR WHICH HAS BEEN MOVING OVER THE REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF THURSDAY MIXES DOWN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. WE
SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE U60 TO AROUND 70 THIS DAY.

EXCEPT FOR SATURDAY...THE REST OF THE FCST LOOKS TRANQUIL. WEAK MID
LVL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO LATE WEEK AND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND. EXPECT TEMPS IN THE 60S THOUGH THE PERIOD
WITH NO SIGNIF PRECIP ANTICIPATED. ON SAT...A WEAK IMPULSE MOVE
TRHOUGH WHICH MAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE AREA. I
HAVE INTRODUCED 10 POPS ON THIS DATE AND MORE CLOUDS. /HODANISH

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR COZ089-093>099.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY
FOR COZ058>061.

HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR COZ072>088.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MST TUESDAY FOR COZ066-068.

&&

31/34
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 11:03 AM MST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1103 AM MST MON NOV 13 2006

COZ058>089-093>099-141815-
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-
1103 AM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6
PM TUESDAY FOR WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET AND ALL OF LAKE
COUNTY...

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES
TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AS A POWERFUL UPPER
LEVEL JET STREAM MOVES IN OVERHEAD. ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW...VERY
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE
HIGHER PASSES SUCH AS MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK.

ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN PASSES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TUESDAY WILL
RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO
RANGES...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING
SLOPES. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND GUSTS OF 55 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS.
PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH
WINDS ALSO WEAKENING BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND
CHAFFEE COUNTIES...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 9:56 AM MSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache32 hr
Nov 13, 9:56 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache32 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.