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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 18, 2006, 2:58 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 19, 2006, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2006, 2:58 PM MST (21:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2006, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2006, 5:01 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 18, 3:32 AM MST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 3:32 AM MST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 6:58 AM MST, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 658 AM MST SAT MAR 18 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-191400- 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- 658 AM MST SAT MAR 18 2006 ...VERY EARLY SPRING STORM MAY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STORM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES IS FORECAST TO GAIN SOME STRENGTH AS IT MOVES OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE DEVELOPING SPRING STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS BENT...KIOWA... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL 1/2 INCH OR LESS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL CREATE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. AS THE POTENTIAL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...INCLUDING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ACROSS PIKES PEAK...WET MOUNTAINS...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY OF THE STORM SYSTEMS STRENGTH AND TRACK. ANY CHANGE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND CONDITIONS. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE CHANCE FOR MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. PEOPLE LIVING AND PLANNING FOR TRAVEL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE LATEST FORECASTS THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ROSE/METZE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:26 AM MST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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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.