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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

February 5, 201014 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Feb 5, 2010, 3:46 PM MST for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 6, 2010, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2010, 3:46 PM MST (22:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2010, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 6, 2010, 2:00 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Feb 5, 3:36 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:36 PM MST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 6:04 AM MST, 9 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
604 AM MST FRI FEB 5 2010

COZ058>089-093>099-061315-
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-
604 AM MST FRI FEB 5 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN
INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND
MOSQUITO RANGES...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

LIGHT SNOW WILL BE ONGOING OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL IMPACT
SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY
OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD
EASTWARD INTO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE ON SUNDAY. MEANWHILE A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ON SUNDAY SPREADING SNOW OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO FEET...WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN...CENTRAL AND SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON
RIDGE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH
SNOW ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT.

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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.