Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 17, 2006, 5:22 AM MST for Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 24 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2006, 5:22 AM MST (12:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2006, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2006, 5:31 AM MST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | 16 Nw Wolf Creek Pass, CO | MIDDLE CREEK SNOTEL. DEPTH MEASURED BY AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC SOUNDER. 0.70 INCHES OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 18, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.7 | 16 Se Wolf Creek Pass, CO | LILY POND SNOTEL. DEPTH MEASURED BY AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC SOUNDER. 0.80 INCHES OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 18, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.8 | 14 E Wolf Creek Pass, CO | GRAYBACK SNOTEL. DEPTH MEASURED BY AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC SOUNDER. 1.10 INCHES OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 18, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.7 | Wolf Creek Pass, CO | WOLF CREEK PASS SNOTEL. DEPTH MEASURED BY AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC SOUNDER. 1.20 INCHES OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 18, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.4 | Cumbres Pass, CO | CUMBRES PASS SNOTEL. DEPTH MEASURED BY AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC SOUNDER. 1.60 INCHES OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 2612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 469 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 171222 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 522 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM HEADED INTO SOUTHWEST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-172030- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0005.060217T1300Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 522 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-172030- /O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.060217T1300Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 522 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ LW
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 171433 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 733 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM HEADED INTO SOUTHWEST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-172245- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 733 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES... WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-172245- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 733 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES... WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 171703 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1003 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... .A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-180115- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1003 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-180115- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1003 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 172055 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 155 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-180500- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 155 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-180500- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 155 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 172234 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 334 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-180645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 334 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-180645- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 334 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 180127 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 627 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-180930- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 627 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-180930- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 627 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 180515 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1015 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS... .A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ068-181315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1015 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 35 MPH... GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ066-067-181315- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1015 PM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... INCLUDING NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY NOON ON SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 181231 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 531 AM MST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA... .THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS YESTERDAY...HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. WHILE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THE STORM DROPPED 13 INCHES OF SNOW AT BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WITH 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW COMMON ELSEWHERE. WINDS OVER WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM YESTERDAY WERE CLOCKED AT OVER 50 MPH...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ068-181345- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 531 AM MST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ066-067-181345- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T1900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 531 AM MST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 190406 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 906 PM MST SAT MAR 18 2006 ...LATE WINTER STORM HEADING INTO EASTERN COLORADO... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY AND INTO KANSAS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR IN CANADA AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ON THE HIGH PLAINS...TO POTENTIALLY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072>088-191300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.060320T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ 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 906 PM MST SAT MAR 18 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA...BUT THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE HEAVY SNOW IS THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL SOUTH TO THE WET MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING BOTH COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO...AND THE ADJACENT MOUNTAIN RANGES. 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. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 191201 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 501 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADING INTO EASTERN COLORADO... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY AND INTO KANSAS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. VERY COLD CANADIAN AIR MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WILL COLLIDE WITH WARM MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072>088-192015- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.060320T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0007.060320T0000Z-060320T1800Z/ 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 501 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD DURING THE EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL TO THE WET MOUNTAINS. 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. $$ ROSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 17, 4:58 AM MST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 4:58 AM MST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...HEAVY SNOW IN THE SAN JUANS AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ELSEWHERE NEXT 24 HOURS... HAD TO SCRAMBLE A BIT THIS MORNING...AS THE MODELS ALL SHOWED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING. APPEARS NOW THAT A SUBTROPICAL JET WILL MAKE A BRIEF CONNECTION WITH THE SAN JUANS TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING EASTWARD. SO... THIS BOOSTS THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL IN THE EASTERN SAN JUANS PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY NEXT 24 HRS. ENOUGH SO THAT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR 12+ INCHES BY NOON SATURDAY...MOST OF IT FALLING TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...A SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW UP FOR THE ZONES ADJACENT TO THE SAN JUANS...WHICH INCLUDES THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUANS AND ALSO THE LA GARITAS. THE BIG INSTIGATOR IN THIS CHANGE IS THE BRIEF SUBTROPICAL TAP THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD BE FARTHER EAST IN PREVIOUS RUNS. NOW...IT BLASTS RIGHT INTO THE EASTERN SAN JUANS. ACCORDING TO THE RUC...H5 DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OVER ARIZONA AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO ARE ALREADY COMING WAY DOWN. IF THE RUC IS CORRECT (HARD TO TELL FOR SURE WITHOUT A RAOB)...THE H5 TEMP/DEWPOINT DEPRESSION AT FLAGSTAFF HAS DROPPED FROM AROUND 30C AT 00Z FRIDAY TO 2C BY NOW. ALSO...THE RUC INDICATES THIS AREA OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO SOUTHWEST COLORADO ATTM. KABQ RADAR HAS SHOWN INCREASING RADAR ECHOES ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE NIGHT...NOW REACHING THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO BORDER. THUS FAR...THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIP AMOUNTS REPORTED AT THE SURFACE ACROSS AZ/NM. THE DEEPER MOISTURE MAY BE A WAYS OFF YET...BUT WITH THE 130-140KT JETSTREAM VISIBLE IN SATELLITE PICTURES STREAMING IN FROM THE SUBTROPICS ACROSS BAJA AND AZ...IT CAN GET HERE PRETTY QUICK. ELSEWHERE...WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER NIGHT OF LIGHT SNOWS ALONG THE I- 25 CORRIDOR FROM PUEBLO TO SPRINGS. WATCHING SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR LOOPS...IT APPEARS THAT A BRISK UPSLOPE IS COMBINING WITH JUST ENOUGH SEEDING/FORCING FROM THE INCOMING SUBTROPICAL ENERGY TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION. THE COLD AIRMASS HELPS THIS PROCESS ALONG BY FACILITATING DENDRITE GROWTH. WOULD EXPECT THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE OFF-AND-ON TODAY AS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM OVERHEAD. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE PRETTY LIGHT ALL-IN-ALL...BUT WITH THE VERY COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE...EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW TURNS THE ROADS WHITE AND CAUSES HAVOC. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL NOT WARM VERY MUCH. TOO MANY CLOUDS...AND TOO MUCH COLD AIR. SO...HAVE LOWERED TEMPS A LITTLE WITH GENERALLY ONLY 20S ON THE PLAINS TODAY. TONIGHT MAY BRING THE BEST SHOT AT SNOW TO THE EASTERN PLAINS. HAVE BOOSTED POPS TO THE LIKELY CATEGORY ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR. A COMBINATION OF OVERRUNNING SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE...COLD SURFACE AIR AND UPSLOPE...SHOULD RESULT IN A FAIRLY BROAD AREA OF LIGHT SNOW OVER THE PLAINS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...ACCUMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE REAL GREAT...GENERALLY ONLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. TEMPS TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE QUITE COLD...WITH GENERALLY SINGLE DIGITS EVERYWHERE. LW .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN THE LONG TERM APPEAR TO BE POPS...ESPECIALLY FROM SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY AND TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM. LATEST LONGER TERM MODELS INDICATE THAT SOUTHWEST TO ZONAL UPPER FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE UPPER FLOW SHIFTS TO THE NORTHWEST FROM TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE IS PROJECTED TO IMPACT REGION FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS THIS TIME-FRAME. THEN...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...A TENDENCY TOWARDS A DRYING TREND IS INDICATED FROM TUESDAY INTO NEXT THURSDAY. COOL AIRMASS/BELOW TO MUCH BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM SATURDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...BEFORE MORE AGGRESSIVE WARMING ATTEMPTS TO TAKE HOLD BY NEXT THURSDAY. THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR COORDINATION/COLLABORATION. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ068. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ066-COZ067. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 7:15 AM MST, 22 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 715 AM MST THU FEB 16 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-171415- 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- 715 AM MST THU FEB 16 2006 ...A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS UNTIL NOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO ROCKIES THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BY NOON. ADDITIONALLY...WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO...SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY WITH BETTER CHANCES OF SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS APPEARS TO BE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 5:22 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.