Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 15, 2007, 8:40 PM MST for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 16, 2007, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 23 hr. 2 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 15, 2007, 8:40 PM MST (03:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2007, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2007, 4:04 AM MST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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 16, 8:20 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Leadville, CO | 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FROM 0720 TO 0820 AM |
| Feb 16, 12:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 2 S Leadville, CO | 3.8 INCHES SINCE 820 AM... LIGHT SNOW... 0.29 INCHES WATER CONTENT... |
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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 160340 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 840 PM MST THU FEB 15 2007 ...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FRIDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. COZ058-060-161200- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0002.070216T1300Z-070217T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0003.070216T1200Z-070217T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 840 PM MST THU FEB 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...AND INDEPENDENCE PASS. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES...GENERALLY NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. 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. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 161148 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 447 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE WINDS AND SNOW TAPER OFF BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. COZ058-060-161800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.070216T1200Z-070217T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 447 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING CLIMAX... MOSQUITO PASS...AND INDEPENDENCE PASS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES...GENERALLY NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 161732 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1032 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE WINDS AND SNOW TAPER OFF BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. COZ058-060-170000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070217T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1032 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING CLIMAX... FREMONT PASS...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND TENNESSEE PASS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES...GENERALLY NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. 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. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 162229 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 329 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE WINDS AND SNOW TAPER OFF BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. COZ058-060-170430- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070217T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 329 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING CLIMAX... FREMONT PASS...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND TENNESSEE PASS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES...GENERALLY NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 170400 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 900 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TONIGHT...BEFORE THE WINDS AND SNOW BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. COZ058-060-171200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070217T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 900 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING CLIMAX... FREMONT PASS...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND TENNESSEE PASS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH...WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES...GENERALLY NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 171104 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 404 AM MST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...SNOW ENDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... .DRIER AIR HAS MOVED IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT SNOW AND WIND TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES BEFORE ENDING BY THIS AFTERNOON. COZ058-060-171215- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070217T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 404 AM MST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 9:51 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Custer, El Paso, Huerfano, Lake, Saguache | 5 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every winter storm warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.