Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2009, 2:43 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 12, 2009, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 31 hr. 10 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
- Dec 12, 2009, 2:43 PM MST (21:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2009, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2009, 6:00 AM MST
- In force
- 31 hr
- 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
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 7:11 AM MST | SNOW 14 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 13, 7:20 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Monarch Pass, CO | PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 13, 3:11 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | FELL SINCE 11 PM LAST NIGHT. 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES SINCE NOON. |
| Dec 13, 3:15 PM MST | SNOW 5.6 | 2 Ne Leadville, CO | SINCE MIDNIGHT. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT 0.35. |
| Dec 13, 3:37 PM MST | SNOW 2.7 | Maysville, CO | STORM TOTAL. 2.5 INCHES FELL SINCE 200 PM MST. SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 13, 3:37 PM MST | SNOW 2.7 | N Maysville, CO | STORM TOTAL. 2.5 INCHES FELL SINCE 200 PM MST. SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 13, 4:30 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Monte Vista, CO | |
| Dec 14, 12:10 AM MST | SNOW 9.3 | 2 Ne Leadville, CO | .57 INCHES LIQUID. |
| Dec 14, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | Maysville, CO | STORM TOTAL. 1.5 INCHES IN PAST 13 HOURS. |
| Dec 14, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 13 | Climax, CO | PAST 24 HOURS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 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 122143 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 243 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 COZ060-068-130345- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0017.091213T0700Z-091214T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0018.091213T0600Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 243 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. 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. && $$ COZ058-059-061-066-130345- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0017.091213T0700Z-091214T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.091213T0600Z-091214T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...NORTH PASS 243 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY CAUSING AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ067-130345- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.091213T0600Z-091214T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 243 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 130237 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 737 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 COZ060-068-131200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.091213T0600Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 737 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-059-061-066-067-131200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.091213T0600Z-091214T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 737 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET... AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY CAUSING AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 131213 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 513 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ060-068-131815- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 513 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-059-061-066-067-131815- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 513 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET... AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY CAUSING AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 131747 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1047 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ060-068-140000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1047 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASS LEVELS. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL OCCUR ACROSS MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-059-061-066-067-140000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1047 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET... THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 132153 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 253 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ060-140400- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 253 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASS LEVELS. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MONARCH PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ068-140400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 253 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASS LEVELS. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT WOLF CREEK PASS THROUGH THE EVENING. 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. && $$ COZ058-059-061-140400- /O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE 253 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAVORED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOSQUITO RANGE. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ066-067-140400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 253 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE LA GARITAS. * WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH PASS. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 140320 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 820 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ068-140600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 820 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. * WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASS LEVELS...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT WOLF CREEK PASS THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-140930- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 820 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASS LEVELS. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MONARCH PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ058-059-061-140930- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE 820 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAVORED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOSQUITO RANGE. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ066-067-140600- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 820 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY... AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE LA GARITAS. * WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH PASS. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 140556 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1056 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 COZ068-140700- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1056 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. $$ COZ066-067-140700- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1056 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. $$ COZ060-141300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1056 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASS LEVELS. * WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MONARCH PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-059-061-141300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE 1056 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT. AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAVORED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOSQUITO RANGE. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FREMONT PASS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141234 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 534 AM MST MON DEC 14 2009 COZ060-141345- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 534 AM MST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ COZ058-059-061-141345- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091214T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE 534 AM MST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$
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 Dec 12, 4:03 AM MST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 4:03 AM MST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 403 AM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...THE WEST WINDS BLOW... CURRENTLY... THE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE REGION IS MAKING ITS PRESENCE FELT AS TEMPS THIS MORNING ARE MUCH WARMER THAN THE LAST MANY NIGHTS. AREAS EAST OF THE S MTNS ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING AT THIS HOUR (3AM). ADDITIONALLY...AREAS EAST OF THE SAWATCH RANGE ARE ALSO QUITE WARM AND WINDY WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 20S AND L30S. AREAS WHERE THE WEST WIND IS NOT BEING FELT...I.E. LOWER ARK RIVER VALLEY FROM KPUB EAST TO KS IS QUITE COOL...WITH TEMPS IN THE TEENS AND 20S. THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND UPPER RIO GRAND ARE ALSO QUITE COLD WITH SINGLE DIGIT READINGS. TODAY... TEMPS WILL BE NOTICEABLY WARMER TODAY WHERE THE WEST WINDS BLOW. I ANTICIPATE READINGS IN THE UPPER ARK RIVER VALLEY TO BE IN THE 50S ALONG WITH AREAS EAST OF THE S MTNS. SOME AREAS TODAY WILL LIKELY PUSH 60F. THE LOWER ARK RIVER VALLEY E OF KPUB WILL BE MORE PROBLEMATIC. I DO NOT THINK IT WILL MIX OUT AND TEMPS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL...ALTHOUGH I THINK THEY WILL GET INTO THE U30S TO L40S. AS FOR SENSIBLE WX...VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS WILL DOMINATE THE AREA AS WEAK SHORT WAVES ARE EMBEDDED IN THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER THE CONT DVD AND A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ON FAVORED WEST SLOPES. TONIGHT... A MORE STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION...ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BRING INCREASING SNOW TO THE CONTDVD AND THE CURRENT WATCH THAT IS IN PLACE WILL REMAIN. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST IN THE MTNS AND EXPECT GUSTS IN THE 40-50 MPH RANGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MTNS AND SANGRES. OTHERWISE...TEMPS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS MORNING AS AREAS EAST OF THE S MTNS WILL CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE. I HAVE TEMPS IN THE U20 BUT THIS MAY BE TOO COOL AND MAY BE ADJUSTED UPWARDS BY LATER SHIFTS. /HODANISH .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR THE DIVIDE ON SUNDAY... MAIN STORY IN THE EXTENDED IS ANOTHER SNOWSTORM AFFECTING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON SUNDAY. A FAIRLY STRONG JET WILL MOVE OVER SRN CO...BRINGING CONSIDERABLE PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE WRN PART OF THE STATE. SWRLY WINDS IN THE 50 KT RANGE AT H7 WILL MEAN ANOTHER GOOD SNOWFALL FOR THE ERN SAN JUANS...AND WOLF CREEK AREA SHOULD PICK UP AT LEAST ANOTHER FOOT OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM. HIGHER ELEVS OF THE CONTDVD SHOULD ALSO FARE WELL. LEADVILLE AREA A BIT MORE UNCERTAIN SINCE THERE SHOULD BE A FAIRLY SHARP GRADIENT ACROSS THE UPPER ARK VALLEY...WITH AREAS TO THE S AND E NOT GETTING AS MUCH SNOWFALL. E OF THE DVD...ONLY LIGHT OT MODT SNOW FOR THE ERN RANGES. APPRECIABLE SNOWFALL E OF THE SANGRES LOOKS FAIRLY UNLIKELY...SINCE THIS SYSTEM REMAINS UNAMPLIFIED AND ZONAL FLOW WILL BE DOWNSLOPE OVR THE PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL GLANCE THE ERN PLAINS ON MON AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH COLD AIR WILL MAKE IT INTO ERN CO...SO WILL KEEP SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR THE PLAINS...WITH COLDER AIR FOR THE NERN ZONES. A RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ON TUE AND SHOULD LAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH ONLY MINOR DISTURBANCES TO THE NORTH BRINGING SOME CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT PRECIP TO THE NRN MTS. NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SHOULD HOLD OFF TIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. ROSE && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE OBSERVED AT ALL 3 SITES...KCOS...KPUB AND KALS THE NEXT 24H. WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY. WE WILL LIKELY NOT SEE TYPICAL DIURNAL WINDS AT KCOS OR KPUB AS A WESTERLY GUSTY WIND WILL DOMINATE. KALS WILL BE GUSTY FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. /HODANISH && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR COZ058>061-066-068. && 34/44
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 6:34 AM MST, 8 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-131345- 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- 634 AM MST SAT DEC 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. LATER TONIGHT HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAME REGION. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHILE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WIND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH COLORADO ON SUNDAY...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE SAWATCH RANGE...WHERE OVER A FOOT OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED DUE TO GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY EAST OF THE DIVIDE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION. 34/44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2:43 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 39 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.