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Winter Storm Watch 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

November 28, 20089 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Nov 28, 2008, 3:28 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 28, 2008, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2008, 3:28 AM MST (10:28 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 28, 2008, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 28, 2008, 1:04 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Nov 27, 3:09 PM MST, 12 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 3:09 PM MST, 12 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 7:04 AM MST, 20 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
704 AM MST THU NOV 27 2008

COZ058>089-093>099-281415-
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-
704 AM MST THU NOV 27 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS
TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVEN TO
THIRTEEN INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS. THE LA GARITA AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY
SEE TWO TO SIX INCHES...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TWO TO FOUR INCHES.
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO
TO LOCALLY FIVE INCHES. THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS
SHOULD SEE GENERALLY NO MORE THAN FOUR INCHES. TONIGHT THERE MAY ALSO
BE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGH VALLEYS...THE MOUNTAINS AND THE
IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS
SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW MAY ALSO
BE NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY.

FINALLY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TODAY
AND TONIGHT...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 1:04 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more15 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2008Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.