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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 7, 20075 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze watch at Jun 7, 2007, 4:17 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 8, 2007, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2007, 4:17 AM MDT (10:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 8, 2007, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 10:58 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Jun 6, 2:52 PM MDT, 13 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:52 PM MDT, 13 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 6:11 AM MDT, 22 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
611 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007

COZ058>089-093>099-071215-
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-
611 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS MORNING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET
MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND
ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35
TO 45 MPH...WITH WINDS GUSTS UP TO 55 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING.  HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT
ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY...AS
CONDITIONS BECOME FAVORABLE FOR PULSING WIND BURSTS TO DROP DOWN THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65
MPH...LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.  AS COOLER AIR
MOVES IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 9000 FEET OVERNIGHT.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 11000 FEET ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND
MOSQUITO RANGES.  SNOWFALL MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVER
THE HIGHER PASSES...WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES
IN LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW.  SNOW SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING OVER TELLER COUNTY AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 65
MPH.

OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY OVER THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO. THEN FOR
MONDAY AND TUESDAY THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:58 AM MDTFreeze WarningPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache21 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Colorado, 2007Every freeze watch in 2007

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.