Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2010
High Wind Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 18, 2010, 3:01 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 19, 2010, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2010, 3:01 PM MST (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2010, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2010, 4:31 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WWUS75 KPUB 182201 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 COZ072>075-079>088-190415- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 301 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BE PASSING OVER THE AREA. * WIND...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...AND POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE PLAINS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
676 WWUS75 KPUB 190410 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 910 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 COZ072>075-079>088-191200- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 910 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF I-25...THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. * WIND...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 T0 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND TO NEAR 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
177 WWUS75 KPUB 190414 CCA NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 914 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 COZ072>075-079>088-191215- /O.COR.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 914 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF I-25...THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. * WIND...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND TO NEAR 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
599 WWUS75 KPUB 190829 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 129 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010 COZ083-085-086-191430- /O.NEW.KPUB.FG.Y.0005.101219T0829Z-101219T1400Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 129 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...FOR DENSE FOG...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING CANYON CITY...PUEBLO AND AREAS SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN ALONG I-25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...FOR DENSE FOG...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLED OVER THE REGION WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN 1/4 OF A MILE. * IMPACT...FOR DENSE FOG...REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 50 FROM CANYON CITY TO PUEBLO...AND ON I-25 FROM PUEBLO TO FOUNTAIN. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. * LOCATION...FOR HIGH WINDS...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...FOR HIGH WINDS...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. * WIND...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND TO NEAR 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE BELOW 1/4 MILE AND SURFACES WILL BECOME WET. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...SLOW DOWN AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS OR FOG LAMPS. && $$ COZ072>075-079>082-084-087-088-191430- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ 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- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 129 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. * WIND...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND TO NEAR 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
222 WWUS75 KPUB 191131 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 431 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010 COZ083-085-086-191745- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0011.101220T0600Z-101220T2100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101219T1400Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO 431 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...FOR DENSE FOG...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING CANYON CITY... PUEBLO AND AREAS SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN ALONG I-25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...FOR DENSE FOG...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLED OVER THE REGION WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO LESS THAN 1/4 OF A MILE. * IMPACT...FOR DENSE FOG...REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 50 FROM CANYON CITY TO PUEBLO...AND ON I-25 FROM PUEBLO TO FOUNTAIN. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. * LOCATION...FOR HIGH WINDS...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...FOR HIGH WINDS...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND TO NEAR 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WIND PRONE AREAS...WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE BELOW 1/4 MILE AND SURFACES WILL BECOME WET. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...SLOW DOWN AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS OR FOG LAMPS. && $$ COZ072>075-079>082-084-087-088-191745- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0004.101220T0000Z-101221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0011.101220T0600Z-101220T2100Z/ 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- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 431 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND TO NEAR 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WIND PRONE AREAS...WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...POSSIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. NORTH TO SOUTH RUNNING HIGHWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS...DUE TO THE STRONG CROSSWIND COMPONENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 18, 4:58 AM MST, 10 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 4:58 AM MST, 10 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 AM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...SNOW AND WIND OVER THE DIVIDE TODAY... CURRENTLY...IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWS A WIDE SWATH OF MOISTURE MOVING INTO WRN CO AS A STRONG WRLY JET MOVES ONSHORE OVR THE W COAST. HAS BEEN SNOWING MODERATELY ALL NIGHT AT WOLF CREEK PASS...AND WITH WINDS IN THE 25-30 MPH RANGE...THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY OVR THE HIGHER ELEVS ABOVE 12000 FEET. PIKES PEAK HAS BEEN REPORTING WINDS IN THE 50-60 MPH RANGE CONSISTENTLY THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH. SO...HIGHEST ELEVS LOOK VERY WINDY AS MID LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. COUPLED WITH TEMPS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS...SOME DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS WELL FOR THE SUMMITS AND EXPOSED RIDGES. SINCE STRONGEST WINDS APPEAR TO BE CONFINED TO EXPOSED AREAS OVR THE HIGHEST ELEVS...WILL NOT ISSUE ANY HIGHLITES AT THIS TIME BUT WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING-TONITE AS THE MID LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN. OROGRAPHIC SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THRU TODAY AND INTO THIS EVE...AND CURRENTLY ADVISORY LOOKS ON TRACK WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY TONIGHT OVR THE DVD. TEMPS OVR THE PLAINS ARE CURRENTLY A LOT HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED...AS THICK LLVL CLOUD DECK AND DE POINTS IN THE 20S HAVE NOT ALLOWED FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT COOLING. PATCHY FREEZING FOG IS A CONCERN FOR THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE...PARTICULARLY OVR THE PALMER DVD AND ALSO IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SHOULD STILL END UP A CHILLY DAY WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S OVR THE PLAINS. THE MORNING LOOKS MOSTLY CLOUDY...BUT STILL EXPECT SOME PARTIAL CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THE LOWER ARKANSAS VALLEY WILL BE SLOW TO MIX OUT. POPS LOOK VIRTUALLY NIL E OF THE DVD...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME ISOLD TO SCT SHWRS OVR THE ERN RANGES. ROSE .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ...SNOW CONTINUES UP ON THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... ...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING... LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL REMAIN ANCHORED THERE SENDING SEVERAL DISTURBANCES INTO THE ROCKIES. FLAT RIDGING WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY AS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES BEGINS TO EJECT OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN. SNOW WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EARLY SUNDAY AND IS FORECAST TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE INCREASES AND THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS SEVERAL MORE IMPULSES TRACK ACROSS THE ROCKIES. SNOWFALL TOTALS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY WILL LIKELY RANGE IN THE 1 TO 3 FEET RANGE ABOVE 10 KFT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHILE SNOW WILL BE CONTINUOUS ALONG THE DIVIDE...THERE WILL BE HEAVIER PERIODS OF SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND WILL ALSO BE OF CONCERN ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT MOVE ACROSS COLORADO. CURRENT JET ANALYSIS INDICATES A 160 KT JET WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND PRODUCING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS MONDAY MORNING FOR THE LEE SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE OVER TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES. NAM CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS INDICATES A REVERSE SHEAR PROFILE WITH 50 KT PLUS WINDS DUCTING DOWN AROUND 12Z MONDAY. GIVEN THE PROFILE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WINDS TO EXCEED 60 KTS ALONG THE LEE SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE FROM ROUGHLY 09Z THROUGH 18Z MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ARE ALSO LIKELY FURTHER SOUTH...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNSLOPE IS LESS AND BRUTE FORCE WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WEST OF I-25. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. THE PATTERN BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED BY MIDWEEK AS STORM SYSTEM OFF THE WEST COAST DIGS ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND BUILDS A RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. EXPECT SNOW TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WITH LIGHT SNOW PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EJECT ACROSS THE ROCKIES ON THURSDAY ONCE AGAIN BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW FOR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY OVER THE PLAINS FOR SNOW ON THURSDAY AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE PROGGED TO REMAIN NORTHERLY WITH LITTLE UPSLOPE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME WHICH WOULD LIMIT ANY SNOW THAT DEVELOPS TO THE PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON RIDGE. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS BY FRIDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE ROCKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY MILD ACROSS THE PLAINS FOR LATE DECEMBER THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S FOR THE PLAINS...WITH 60S POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. MOZLEY && .AVIATION... MAIN CONCERN WILL CONTINUE TO BE MVFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT PATCHY FG AND LOW CLOUDS SHOULD MIX OUT SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...BUT SOME BR OR LOW CIGS COULD PERSIST OVR THE VALLEY SPOTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...AS A STRONG JET STREAM BEGINS MOVING INTO CO. ALONG WITH THE WINDS...MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVR THE CONTDVD OVR THE NEXT 24 H AND BEYOND...WHICH WILL LEAD TO PERSISTENT MTN OBSCURATION. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ058>060-066-068. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR COZ058-060-066-068. && 44/88
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 11:06 AM MST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1106 AM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-191815- 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- 1106 AM MST SAT DEC 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE DIVIDE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET. STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING AT TIMES TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY ABOVE 13000 FEET...STRONG TO DAMAGING WEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT LOCALIZED GUSTS OVER 70 MPH FOR EXPOSED LOCATIONS...LIKE THE SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL BE ONGOING SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH TUESDAY WHERE 1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10000 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...WILL ALSO IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING PRODUCING REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE DIVIDE. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE ROCKIES ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. THE STRONGEST WINDS CURRENTLY LOOK TO OCCUR OVER TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. 44/88
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 18, 2:05 PM MST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
205 PM MST SAT DEC 18 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 AM SNOW WOLF CREEK PASS 37.48N 106.80W
12/18/2010 M12.0 INCH MINERAL CO PUBLIC
NEW SNOW IN LAST 24 HOURS REPORTED BY WOLF CREEK SKI AREA
1224 PM SNOW MONARCH PASS 38.50N 106.33W
12/18/2010 M5.5 INCH GUNNISON CO PUBLIC
NEW SNOW IN LAST 24 HOURS REPORTED BY MONARCH SKI AREA
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LWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 4:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.