Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2008
Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Dec 14, 2008, 4:28 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 15, 2008, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2008, 4:28 AM MST (11:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2008, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2008, 3:53 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 nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 141128 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDOW FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE CREST OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A COUPLE MORE FEET OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WOLF CREEK...WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY....AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THIS AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ065-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141702 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDOW FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE CREST OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WOLF CREEK...WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY....AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THIS AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ065-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 142253 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-150500- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0019.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO 3 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ059-061-067-150500- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0019.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY....AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO 3 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ062>064-150500- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0011.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...AND SARGENTS....AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...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. && $$ COZ065-150500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0019.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BONANZA. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:53 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 4 days |
| Dec 14, 3:53 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.