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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 9, 201012 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 9, 2010, 3:55 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 9, 2010, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2010, 3:55 AM MST (10:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2010, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Mar 9, 2010, 12:08 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano 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), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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 8, 8:27 PM MST, 7 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 8:27 PM MST, 7 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 11:11 PM MST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:57 PM MST, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 8, 11:15 PM MST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 12:08 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Fremont and 6 more	39 hr
Mar 9, 12:08 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Mineral, Rio Grande	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.