Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 16, 2008, 11:59 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 16, 2008, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 17 hr. 19 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
- Mar 16, 2008, 11:59 AM MDT (17:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2008, 4:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2008, 8:50 AM MDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- 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, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:48 PM MDT | SNOW 1.3 | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Mar 16, 6:16 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | 9 Wsw Fountain, CO | |
| Mar 16, 6:21 PM MDT | SNOW 1 | 2 N Black Forest, CO | |
| Mar 16, 6:29 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Pueblo West, CO | |
| Mar 16, 7:05 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | 3 N Pueblo Reservoir, CO | |
| Mar 16, 7:17 PM MDT | SNOW 2.8 | 4 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Mar 16, 7:38 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Sw Pueblo West, CO | 3 MILES VISIBILITY. |
| Mar 16, 8:00 PM MDT | SNOW 3.2 | Pueblo West, CO | |
| Mar 16, 9:01 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Buena Vista, CO | |
| Mar 16, 10:13 PM MDT | SNOW 7 | 1 S Beulah, CO | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 16, 10:22 PM MDT | SNOW 4 | 2 Wsw Pueblo West, CO | |
| Mar 17, 5:45 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | Cuchara, CO | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. SNOW STARTED AROUND 2 PM SUNDAY. |
| Mar 17, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | ADDITIONAL 1.8 SNOW OVERNIGHT |
| Mar 17, 7:45 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 3 N Pueblo Reservoir, CO | PRECIPITATION 0.63 |
| Mar 17, 7:45 AM MDT | SNOW 6.3 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | STORM TOTAL SINCE 4 PM SUNDAY |
| Mar 17, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Ene Monument, CO | |
| Mar 17, 8:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | Colorado City, CO | SNOW BEGAN 345 PM 3/16. INTERMITTENT SNOW CONTINUING. |
| Mar 17, 8:45 AM MDT | SNOW 8 | 3 Nne San Isabel, CO | |
| Mar 17, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 2 N Black Forest, 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 161759 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO ON MONDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO...INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS... TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ079>082-084-170000- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0012.080317T0600Z-080318T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0011.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY... THEZING RAIN OR RAIN...BUT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. TWO PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST PERIOD WILL BE FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY LET UP LATER TONIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. RUSH HOUR TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS AREA WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE HEAVY BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...UP TO A FOOT ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...AND 5 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC STORM SYSTEM. YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. 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. $$ COZ072-073-076>078-083-170000- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0011.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AS FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN...BUT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. TWO PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST PERIOD WILL BE FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY LET UP LATER TONIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 10 INCHES. THE NORTHERN SANGRE DR CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 16 INCHES. 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. $$ COZ074-075-085>087-170000- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 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- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-170000- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.080316T1800Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1159 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 161827 CCA WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1217 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO ON MONDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO...INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS... TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ079>082-084-170045- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0012.080317T0600Z-080318T0000Z/ /O.COR.KPUB.WS.W.0011.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1217 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AS FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN...BUT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. TWO PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST PERIOD WILL BE FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY LET UP LATER TONIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. RUSH HOUR TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE HEAVY BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...UP TO A FOOT ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...AND 5 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC STORM SYSTEM. YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. 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. $$ COZ072-073-076>078-083-170045- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0011.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE 1217 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AS FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN...BUT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. TWO PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST PERIOD WILL BE FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY LET UP LATER TONIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 10 INCHES. THE NORTHERN SANGRE DR CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 16 INCHES. 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. $$ COZ074-075-085>087-170045- /O.COR.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 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- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 1217 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OR POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW DOWN TO ABOUT 5000 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGING 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-170045- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1217 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH/KT
000 WWUS45 KPUB 162112 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 312 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A VERY DYNAMIC WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MANY REGIONS THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072-073-076>084-170315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 312 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SOME AREAS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AS FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN...BUT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. TWO PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENT. THE FIRST PERIOD WILL BE FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME VERY HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY LET UP LATER TONIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA... NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...5 TO 10 INCHES... TELLER COUNTY...UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW... FREMONT COUNTY...4 TO 10 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...6 TO 14 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AROUND 6 INCHES. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS SUNRISE. 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-170315- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 312 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ074-075-085>087-170315- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.080316T2200Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 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- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 312 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL CONTINUE AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN FOR PARTS OF THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SWITCH OVER TO SNOW DOWN TO ABOUT 5000 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGING 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS... WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO....WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 170219 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 819 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A LATE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGIONS THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072-073-076>084-170830- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 819 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. BANDS OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW MAY INCREASE OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA... NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...5 TO 10 INCHES... TELLER COUNTY...UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW OVER EASTERN SECTIONS AND NEAR PIKES PEAK...3 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. FREMONT COUNTY...5 TO 9 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...6 TO 14 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AROUND 6 INCHES. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS SUNRISE. 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-170830- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 819 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$ COZ074-075-085>087-170830- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 819 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGING 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS... WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO....WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ ROSE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 170526 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1126 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A LATE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGIONS THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ072-073-076>084-171130- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1126 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. BANDS OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW MAY INCREASE OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE AS A STRONG NORTHERLY SURGE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA... NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...5 TO 10 INCHES... TELLER COUNTY...UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW OVER EASTERN SECTIONS AND NEAR PIKES PEAK...2 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. FREMONT COUNTY...5 TO 9 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...8 TO 14 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AROUND 6 INCHES. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS SUNRISE. 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-171130- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1126 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ074-075-085>087-171130- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 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- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 1126 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGING 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS... WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO....WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 171041 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 441 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A LATE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING. AS DEEP NORTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS BEHIND THE STORM...HEAVIER SNOW MAY REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. COZ072-073-076>084-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 441 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA... NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...3 TO 5 INCHES... TELLER COUNTY...3 TO 6 INCHES. FREMONT COUNTY...UP TO 3 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS 2 TO 6 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...2 TO 5 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP CREATING AREAS OF 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 441 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$ COZ074-075-085>087-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 441 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 171344 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 744 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A LATE WINTER STORM IS MOVING OUT OF THE REGION. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED OVER TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES. THE THREAT FOR PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE MORNING OVER THE REMAINING EASTERN MOUNTAINS...INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. COZ081-082-084-171445- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 744 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. $$ COZ085-171445- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS 744 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. $$ COZ072-073-076>080-083-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- 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- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY... PENROSE 744 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE AREA... FREMONT COUNTY...UP TO 3 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS 1 TO 5 INCHES... FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...2 TO 4 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP CREATING AREAS SOME AREAS OF 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. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 744 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS EVENING OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ074-075-086-087-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 744 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 171450 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 850 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... .A LATE WINTER STORM IS MOVING OUT OF THE REGION. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW IS GRADUALLY ENDING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE THREAT FOR MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE MORNING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. COZ072-073-076>080-171800- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 850 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY AND HUERFANO COUNTY. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCAL AREAS BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATER THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LA VETA. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$ COZ083-171600- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE 850 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ086-171600- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO 850 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ058>060-066-068-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 850 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR LAKE COUNTY...THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES IN LOCAL AREAS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED 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. $$ COZ074-075-087-171800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-080317T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... WALSENBURG 850 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY HUERFANO COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
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 Mar 16, 10:43 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 10:43 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1043 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 .UPDATE... HEADS UP WE WILL BE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FCST SHORTLY. IN A NUSTSHELL...ITS GONNA GET HERE ALOT QUICKER THAN EARLIER THOUGHTS SO WE WILL BE ISSUING WARNINGS FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW FOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION DOWN INTO THE WET MTNS AND MAYBE FARTHER SOUTH. IN MATTER OF FACT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR THIS EVENING VS TOMORROW ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE S MTN AREAS. WE MAY GET DRY SLOTTED TOMORROW. NOTE THAT THE HILITES BELOW WILL CHANGE. WE HOPE TO HAVE THEM TO YOU BY NOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ079>082-084. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM MDT MONDAY FOR COZ058>060-066-068. && 34/31
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 6:40 AM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 640 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-171245- 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- 640 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAKS REGION...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS...MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MONUMENT HILL. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY OVER BACA COUNTY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WIND AND SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO ON MONDAY. AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT APPEARS THAT NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS WILL BE THE AREAS MOST HEAVILY IMPACTED. THESE AREAS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT WIND AND SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING. THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL ALSO SEE SNOW ON MONDAY...BUT IN GENERAL...THE MAIN FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION WILL RUN FROM EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES SOUTH TO THE WET MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE PALMER DIVIDE. EVEN PUEBLO COUNTY COULD BE IMPACTED FOR BRIEF PERIOD MONDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO...PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TO BE MORE SCATTERED ON MONDAY. THE HIGH VALLEYS COULD SEE LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES. ACROSS THE PLAINS...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT THE REGION NEXT FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PREDICT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND BACA COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:59 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 30 hr |
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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.