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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 9, 20064 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 9, 2006, 4:12 AM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 9, 2006, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2006, 4:12 AM MST (11:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2006, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 3:27 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 9, 3:58 AM MST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:58 AM MST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 7:05 AM MST, 21 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
705 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

COZ058>089-093>099-091415-
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-
705 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND FOR ALL OF LAKE COUNTY
AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 12
INCHES.

RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE GREATER
PIKES PEAK AND PALMER DIVIDE REGIONS LATER THIS MORNING. THIS
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL
BECOME HEAVY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW WILL LAST INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. BY MID AFTERNOON A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST
SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH
AT 20 TO 40 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE TO
REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 1/4 OF MILE. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE
COLORADO SPRINGS REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT
DUE THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
TELLER COUNTY REGION WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES. ACROSS
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6
INCHES...AND ACROSS COLORADO SPRINGS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...AND I-25 CORRIDOR FROM
PUEBLO SOUTH TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RATON MESA REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN
ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE IMMEDIATE PUEBLO REGION.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF
THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
NEAR THE COLORADO KANSAS BORDER...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2
INCH IN DIAMETER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO
RANGES AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH
THIS PERIOD.

ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...IT
WILL BE BREEZY AND MILD WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS OFF AND ON THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY COME SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:27 PM MSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPUBMineral, Rio Grande, Saguache23 hr
Mar 9, 3:27 PM MSTSnow AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Lake, Saguache23 hr
Mar 9, 3:27 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache3 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2006Every winter storm watch in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.