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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 24, 200921 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 24, 2009, 3:37 PM MDT for 21 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2009, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 26, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired: Mar 26, 2009, 5:31 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

All 21 counties

Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 24, 1:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 1:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.