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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

December 7, 200713 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 7, 2007, 3:38 PM MST for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 7, 2007, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2007, 3:38 PM MST (22:38 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2007, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 9, 2007, 3:47 AM MST
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent 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, Teller County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 7, 3:25 PM MST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:25 PM MST, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 6:34 AM MST, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
634 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007

COZ058>089-093>099-081345-
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-
634 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO
MOUNTAIN RANGES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ABOVE 9000 FEET. BRISK TO
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE RIO
GRANDE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS TELLER COUNTY
AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING.

A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG...AND FLURRIES
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO LA JUNTA TO LAMAR AND
NORTHWARD LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE ON SATURDAY...AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
ROCKIES. UP TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH PASSES. OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...SPOTTY
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY IN
THE MORNING. BY SATURDAY EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
EASTERN COLORADO AND BRING THE CHANCE FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS...WITH GREATER
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

ANOTHER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS ALL MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ALSO...WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS
WILL BE LIKELY FOR EL PASO...OTERO...CROWLEY...BENT...PROWERS... AND
KIOWA COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 7, 10:21 AM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 7, 11:07 AM MST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 7, 11:55 AM MST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 7, 12:25 PM MST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 7, 1:52 PM MST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 7, 1:57 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 6:57 AM MSTHeavy Snow WarningPUBChaffee10 hr
Dec 7, 6:57 AM MSTSnow AdvisoryPUBChaffee10 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Colorado, 2007Every winter weather advisory 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.