Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 22, 2009, 4:08 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 22, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 34 hr. 1 report 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
- Mar 22, 2009, 4:08 AM MDT (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2009, 3:40 AM MDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:59 AM MDT | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO |
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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 4855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 221008 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 COZ058-060-221615- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0003.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0007.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY 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. && $$ COZ066-068-221615- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0003.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 408 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 221556 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 956 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 COZ058-060-230000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 956 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY 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. && $$ COZ066-068-230000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 956 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 222057 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 257 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 COZ058-060-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 257 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY 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. && $$ COZ066-068-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.090323T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 257 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 230253 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 853 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 COZ058-060-231100- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 853 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-231100- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 853 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 230932 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 332 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 COZ058-060-231545- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 332 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-231545- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 332 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 231518 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 918 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 COZ058-060-232130- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 918 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-232130- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 918 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 231959 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 159 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 COZ058-060-240200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 159 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-240000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 159 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 232337 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 537 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 COZ066-068-240045- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 537 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BUT HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. $$ COZ058-060-240545- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 537 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ SR
000 WWUS45 KPUB 240526 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1126 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 COZ058-060-241130- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1126 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ SR
000 WWUS45 KPUB 240940 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 COZ058-060-241045- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- 340 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND THE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. $$
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 Mar 21, 8:41 PM MDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 8:41 PM MDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 841 PM MDT SAT MAR 21 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO REMOVE THUNDERSTORMS AND BRING GRIDS INTO ALIGNMENT WITH OBSERVATIONS. && .SHORT TERM... THUNDERSTORM THREAT LOOKS TO BE OVER FOR THIS EVENING. ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS MOVED EAST OF AREA AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 30S OR LOWER ALL AREAS. REMOVED THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER CHANCES FROM FORECAST. ALSO...REINITIALIZED GRIDS WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. .LONG TERM... NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM MDT SAT MAR 21 2009/ SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) MAIN CONCERN THIS FCST PERIOD IS FIRE WX. CURRENTLY...ACROSS THE REGION...ITS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE SPRING AS A LINE OF VERY WEAK CONVECTION IS MOVING OFF THE MTNS. A FEW CG STRIKES ARE NOTED JUST EAST OF THE MTNS AS OF 130 PM. OTHERWISE...LLVL MSTR HAS RETURNED TO THE PLAINS AS DWPTS WERE IN THE MID 40S MAINLY FROM KLHX EASTWARD. THE MAIN JET WHICH WILL DEVELOP INTO A DEEP TROUGH THAT WILL AFFECT OUR AREA WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE ONSHORE THE PAC W COAST ACROSS S CALIF. FOR TONIGHT...A RATHER WARM NIGHT IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE PLAINS AS S WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNABATED MAINLY FROM KLHX EASTWARD. BUFFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE LLVLS SHOULD REMAIN RATHER DRY SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY LOW CLOUDS OVER THE FAR E PLAINS TONIGHT. ANY TSRA THIS EARLY EVENING OVER THE REGION (PLAINS AND MTNS) SHOULD DISSIPATE RATHER QUICKLY...SO DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP TONIGHT. FOR SUNDAY...AS POWERFUL JET APPROACHES THE REGION SFC WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SW AND BEGIN TO INCREASE. THESE INCREASING SW WINDS SHOULD SCOUR THE REMNANT LLVL MOISTURE OUT AND PUSH IT INTO KS. WITH DWPTS TANKING...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15% BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PLAINS. WITH SFC SW WINDS INCREASING AND TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 75-80F RANGE...FIRE WX CONCERNS WILL BE INCREASING. WILL LIKELY GO WITH A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE PLAINS AND LWR ELEVATIONS OF THE S MTNS FOR MAINLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. I SHOULD MENTION THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SOME ISOLD TSRA OVER THE FAR E PLAINS TOMORROW...BUT CHANCES ARE QUITE LOW. FOR THE MTNS...REALLY DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY PRECIP TOMORROW...WITH MAINLY ISOLD TSRA/TSSN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. /34 LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ACTIVE/COMPLEX METEOROLOGICAL PATTERN IN THE OFFING DURING THE LONG TERM WITH NUMEROUS CONCERNS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POPS...TEMPERATURES...WINDS AND FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. RECENT COMPUTER SIMULATIONS INDICATE THAT CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH AT 06Z MONDAY AND THEN PUSH INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO BY 18Z MONDAY BEFORE MOVING OFF INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA BY 18Z TUESDAY(THIS PATH IS A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN PREVIOUS FEW RUNS). WITH THIS TRACK...EXPECT THAT HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE SAN JUANS/SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS EXPERIENCING THE HEAVIEST SNOWS SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NOTING THE HEAVIEST SNOWS MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR ZONES 58/60/66 AND 68. HAVE BACKED OFF ON POPS OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY MONDAY DUE TO NORTHERN SHIFT OF TRACK...WITH FAR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW. OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS...ANTICIPATE MINIMAL TO NO ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WINDS A CONCERN FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE LOW RAPIDLY DEEPENS OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE PUSHING INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY MONDAY NIGHT. HAVE PAINTED HIGHER ELEVATION WIND GUSTS NEARING 70 MPH AT TIMES WITH LOWER ELEVATION WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES DURING THIS TIME- FRAME. EXPECT COOLING TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY...HOWEVER STILL AT OR ABOVE LATE MARCH CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES...ESPECIALLY EASTERN SECTIONS. ALSO...AM SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER ISSUES ON MONDAY EASTERN PORTIONS DUE TO EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS AND WINDS...HOWEVER RHS MAY BE A BIT TOO HIGH...WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY CWFA SHOULD BE INTO BETWEEN STORM SYSTEMS WITH LOW GRADE POPS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN AND ESPECIALLY CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...MAINLY OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AND BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. NEXT SYSTEM TO IMPACT REGION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER NORTHERN UTAH BY 06Z THURSDAY AND PUSH INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA BY 06Z FRIDAY BEFORE SHIFTING INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ON FRIDAY. FOR NOW...WILL PAINT THE LATE WEEK/EARLY WEEKEND GRIDS/ZONES WITH INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND COOLER TEMPERATURES... PRIMARILY FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AVIATION... THIS AVIATION AFD IS PRIMARILY FOR THE 3 TAF SITES...KCOS..KPUB AND KALS WHICH ARE IN THE NWS PUEBLO FCST AREA. VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED NEXT 24 HOURS AT ALL 3 TAF SITES. WITH THE LARGE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGIONT TOMORROW...WINDS WILL NOT BE THEIR DIURNAL PATTERN ACROSS KCOS OR KPUB. EXPECT WINDS TO BE FROM A GUSTY SW DIRECTION AT ALL 3 TAF SITES...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25KNTS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON TIME PERIODS. ISOLD TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MTNS TOMORROW. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR COZ221-222- 225>237. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ058-060-066-068. && 50/50
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 8:17 PM MDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 817 PM MDT SAT MAR 21 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-230230- 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- 817 PM MDT SAT MAR 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DUE TO A COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 35 MPH AND PERSISTENT DRY VEGETATION. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. A DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION EARLY SUNDAY MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 8 AND 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME WHICH COULD LEAD TO MORE OR LESS SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SYSTEM AS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO OTHER AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...ESPECIALLY THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE PIKES PEAK AND PALMER DIVIDE REGIONS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EASTERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 31/50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:08 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 38 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:59 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more | 13 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.