Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 26, 2007, 10:05 PM MST for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 27, 2007, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 15 hr. 8 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
- Dec 26, 2007, 10:05 PM MST (05:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2007, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2007, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 15 hr
- 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 05:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 4 | La Veta, CO | STORM TOTAL. 2 INCHES UP TILL 10 AM...ANOTHER 2 INCHES 10 AM TO 330 PM. TOTAL PRECIPITATI0N 0.11 |
| Dec 27, 4:57 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 1 Sw Walsh, CO | SNOW BEGAN AT 830 AM...ENDED AROUND 5 PM. |
| Dec 27, 5:20 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Sheridan Lake, CO | ESTIMATED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 27, 5:25 PM MST | SNOW 3.9 | 4 N Trinidad, CO | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 27, 5:56 PM MST | SNOW 3 | N Lamar, CO | |
| Dec 27, 5:58 PM MST | SNOW 3 | N Lamar, CO | |
| Dec 27, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Lamar, CO | |
| Dec 27, 6:08 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ene Monument, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 270505 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A FAVORABLE SCENARIO FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...INITIALLY ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURDAY. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072>075-079>082-084-087-088-271115- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.071227T1200Z-071228T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0014.071227T1200Z-071228T0100Z/ 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- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 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...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND RATON MESA INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ COZ089-093>099-271115- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.071227T1200Z-071228T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0014.071227T1200Z-071228T0600Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BENT...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ077-078-083-085-086-271115- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.071227T1200Z-071228T0100Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BELOW 7400 FEET...PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ COZ060-061-066-068-271115- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071228T0100Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET....INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS... MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND CUMBRES PASS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 271056 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY...AND WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072>075-079>082-084-087>089-093-094-271700- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0014.071227T1200Z-071228T0300Z/ 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- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM 356 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND RATON MESA INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD...AND THE PLAINS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 INCLUDING OTERO...CROWLEY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ COZ095>099-271700- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0014.071227T1500Z-071228T0600Z/ WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 356 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... INCLUDING...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ060-061-066-068-271700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071228T0100Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 356 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET....INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS... MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND CUMBRES PASS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES 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. $$ COZ077-078-083-085-086-271700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.071227T1200Z-071228T0100Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 356 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BELOW 7400 FEET...PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ ROSE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 271617 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 917 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IS PROJECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND THEN INTO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS BY TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY...AND WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072>075-079>082-084-087>089-093-094-272330- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ 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- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM 917 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND RATON MESA INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD... AND THE PLAINS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 INCLUDING OTERO...CROWLEY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...SHOULD BE NOTED OVER THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA FROM TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 2 TO 8 INCHES PROJECTED ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE NOTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ COZ095>099-272330- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0600Z/ WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 917 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... INCLUDING...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...SHOULD BE NOTED OVER THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA FROM TODAY INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE NOTED. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ060-061-066-068-077-078-083-085-086-272330- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071228T0100Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS... COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 917 AM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BELOW 7400 FEET...PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA FROM TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE NOTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 272138 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 238 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM BRINGS MORE SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO IS PROJECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY FAR EASTERN SECTIONS. THE SNOW IS PROJECTED TO COME TO AN END THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ060-061-066-068-077-078-083-085-086-272245- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071228T0100Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS... COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 238 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW IS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ072>075-079>082-084-087>089-093-094-280300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ 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- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM 238 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND RATON MESA INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD... AND THE PLAINS EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 INCLUDING OTERO...CROWLEY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...SHOULD BE NOTED OVER THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 2 TO 8 INCHES PROJECTED ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE NOTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ COZ095>099-280315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0600Z/ WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 238 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... INCLUDING...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE NOTED. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 280048 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 548 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO. .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO IS PROJECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE OVER FAR NORTH EL PASO COUNTY...AND CROWLEY...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND FAR EASTERN BACA COUNTY. COZ072>075-079>082-087-088-093-094-280200- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ 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- 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM 548 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO...ALONG WITH TELLER COUNTY...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND OTERO COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND PARTS OF THE PLAINS. $$ COZ084-089-280300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS 548 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND CROWLEY COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND NORTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ095>099-280600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0600Z/ WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 548 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... INCLUDING...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND EASTERN BACA COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 280251 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 751 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO. .THE WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT SNOW TO MOST OF THE AREA DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. ANY REMAINING SNOW SHOULD END AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. COZ084-089-280400- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS 751 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EL PASO AND CROWLEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. $$ COZ095>099-280400- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 751 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE ACROSS KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND EASTERN BACA COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 280254 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 754 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF AREA... .THE WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT SNOW TO MOST OF THE AREA DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. ANY REMAINING SNOW SHOULD END AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. COZ084-089-095>099-280400- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-071228T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 754 PM MST THU DEC 27 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... HE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES WILL BE CANCELLED AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE ACROSS KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND EASTERN BACA COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ HODANISH
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 Dec 26, 2:56 PM MST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 2:56 PM MST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 256 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) NEXT METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEM TO IMPACT CWFA DURING FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. CWFA CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...UNSEASONABLY COOL LATE DECEMBER TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. NEXT IN THE RECENT SERIES OF DECEMBER WEATHER SYSTEMS TO INFLUENCE REGION FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LATEST SHORT TERM MODELS...SATELLITE IMAGERY...FORECAST SOUNDING AND DATA PLOTS SUGGEST THAT UPPER LOW WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER UTAH TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN CLOSING OFF OVER THE 4-CORNERS REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE PUSHING OFF INTO FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BY 00Z FRIDAY. MOST FAVORABLE QG ASCENT EXPECTED FROM LATER THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING AND IS PROJECTED TO COMBINE WITH ADEQUATE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AS WELL AS MOIST NORTHERLY TO NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER HAVE REPLACED THE INHERITED WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONES 60/66 AND 68 WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 01Z THURSDAY TO 01Z FRIDAY. I HAVE ALSO ADDED ZONE 61 TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW SHOULD BE NOTED THURSDAY AND COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS TO MAKE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WITH MAJORITY OF POTENTIAL ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY(MY SECOND PERIOD) FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA...I HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONES 081/082/084/095/096/098 AND 099 FROM 12Z THURSDAY TO 06Z FRIDAY. I HAVE ALSO ADDED ZONES 72/73/74/75/79/80 AND 89 TO THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE 12Z THURSDAY TO 06Z FRIDAY TIME-FRAME. THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WINTER STORM WATCH ZONES WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE SNOW WARNING CRITERIA DURING THIS TIME-FRAME. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON ZONES 83/85/86/87/88 AND 89 FOR AT LEAST SNOW ADVISORY AMOUNTS FROM THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING AND POSSIBLY MORE IF SYSTEM WINDS UP MORE THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW POTENTIAL OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SECTIONS...NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. ALL IN ALL...ANOTHER ACTIVE DECEMBER DAY ANTICIPATED ON THURSDAY. FINALLY...BELOW SEASONAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NOTED TONIGHT WITH 10F TO 17F READINGS NOTED OVER EASTERN SECTIONS WITH 10F TO -15F READINGS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY SHOULD RUN IN THE 20S OVER EASTERN SECTIONS WITH 0F TO 20F READINGS ANTICIPATED ELSEWHERE. .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) THU EVENING THE UPR SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN OPEN WAVE OVR SERN CO/SWRN NM AND MOVE E OF THE AREA. SNOW WL CONTINUE THRU THE EVENING HOURS...MOSTLY OVR THE SERN PLAINS...AND ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVR THE FAR SERN PLAINS. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE UPR TROF AND SFC LOW WL MOVE FAR ENOUGH E OF THE AREA FOR PCPN TO COME TO AN END BY FRI MORNING...WITH DRY WEA THEN ACRS THE AREA INTO AFTERNOON. TEMPS WL STILL BE COLD ON FRI. BY LATE AFTERNOON A NEW SHRTWV TROF IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO ERN UT/WRN CO...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BRING INCREASING MSTR TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND SOME SNOW...WHICH WL CONTINUE THRU FRI NIGHT AS THAT SHRTWV TROF MOVES ACRS THE AREA. COOL AND UNSETTLED NW FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVR THE AREA INTO EARLY MON...CONTINUING TO BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. MON A RIDGE BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND WL MOVE OVR THE STATE FOR TUE AND WED...THIS SHOULD RESULT IN DRY WEA AND WARMING TEMPS. && .AVIATION... DETERIORATING CEILINGS AS WELL AS INCREASING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE NOTED ESPECIALLY AT THE COS SITE THURSDAY MORNING AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM COMBINES WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COZ072>075-079>082-084-089-095-096-098-099. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ060-061-066-068. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 6:51 AM MST, 15 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 651 AM MST WED DEC 26 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-271400- 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- 651 AM MST WED DEC 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DOWN ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS TONIGHT. THIS PATH IS FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS ALL OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING...WITH THE FOCUS AREAS BEING THE HIGHEST WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTH OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...HELPING SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...AND THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES FOR THE PLAINS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS AROUND 25 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE WINTER STORM WILL INTENSIFY OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. SNOW WILL BE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THE PALMER DIVIDE...RAMPART RANGE...AND WET MOUNTAINS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL BY THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD TO THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS BY LATE THURSDAY...AND EASTERN PROWERS AND KIOWA COUNTIES COULD PICK UP SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND CLEARING OCCURS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...AND OVER ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY MORNING.
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.