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Winter Storm Watch 20, NWS Pueblo, CO

December 12, 20086 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Dec 12, 2008, 4:48 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2008, 4:48 AM MST (11:48 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2008, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 12, 2008, 3:24 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

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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 Dec 11, 2:46 PM MST, 14 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 2:46 PM MST, 14 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 6:51 AM MST, 21 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 3:24 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	48 hr
Dec 12, 3:24 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	48 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.