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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2008, 5:51 PM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 5 hr. 12 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
- Jan 7, 2008, 5:51 PM MST (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 11:13 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:07 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 6 W Westcliffe, CO | |
| Jan 7, 6:13 PM MST | SNOW 3 | La Veta, CO | 0.20 WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 7, 6:45 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 6 W Pueblo West, CO | |
| Jan 7, 8:20 PM MST | SNOW 7.7 | 1 Ssw Rye, CO | |
| Jan 7, 8:23 PM MST | SNOW 7.5 | Beulah, CO | |
| Jan 7, 8:28 PM MST | SNOW 8 | N Rosita, CO | |
| Jan 7, 8:35 PM MST | SNOW 5 | N La Veta, CO | |
| Jan 7, 8:58 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wsw Pueblo West, CO | |
| Jan 7, 9:02 PM MST | SNOW 6 | Cuchara, CO | |
| Jan 7, 9:06 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nnw Aguilar, CO | |
| Jan 7, 9:35 PM MST | SNOW 3.2 | 6 W Pueblo West, CO | |
| Jan 7, 11:11 PM MST | SNOW 8 | La Veta, 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 080051 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TONIGHT... .A SECOND STRONG PIECE OF JET STREAM ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THIS EVENING. THIS SECOND PIECE OF ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO BOTH THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO. COZ058-060-066-068-080200- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING EAST OF THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO INCHES. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-080200- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING EAST OF THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO INCHES. $$ COZ079-080-087-080700- /O.UPG.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0002.080108T0051Z-080108T0800Z/ WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND HUERFANO COUNTY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. 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. $$ COZ073-075-080700- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL ENDING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 6 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-074-076>078-081>086-088-080700- /O.EXT.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...TRINIDAD 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY. THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM THE PIKES PEAK REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THIS ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND ALL OF FREMONT COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAFFIC ALONG THE I- 25 CORRIDOR IN PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. 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. $$ ROSE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS45 KPUB 080613 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1113 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER WINDING DOWN OVER EASTERN COLORADO... .THE WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE EASTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS IS NOW MOVING WESTWARD INTO KANSAS. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY MORNING. COZ079-080-087-080715- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 1113 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH EARLY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ COZ073-075-080715- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 1113 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH EARLY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ COZ072-074-076>078-081>086-088-080715- /O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...TRINIDAD 1113 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR THROUGH EARLY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ ROSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:50 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 31 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
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.