Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blizzard warning at Feb 16, 2011, 4:43 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2011, 4:43 AM MST (11:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 4:35 AM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
492 WWUS45 KPUB 161143 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 443 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 COZ060-066-068-161745- /O.UPG.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.110217T0100Z-110218T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 443 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...OVER THE SAN JUANS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY. OVER THE LA GARITAS AND SAWATCH...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ058-161745- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 443 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONGER WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
410 WWUS45 KPUB 161740 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1040 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 COZ060-066-068-162345- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1040 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...OVER THE SAN JUANS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY. OVER THE LA GARITAS AND SAWATCH...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ058-162345- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 1040 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONGER WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
295 WWUS45 KPUB 162158 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 COZ060-066-068-170400- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 258 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...OVER THE SAN JUANS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY. OVER THE LA GARITAS AND SAWATCH...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ058-170400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 258 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONGER WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ SR
712 WWUS45 KPUB 170332 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 832 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 COZ060-066-068-171200- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 832 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...OVER THE SAN JUANS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY. OVER THE LA GARITAS AND SAWATCH...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ058-171200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.110217T0700Z-110218T0400Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 832 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONGER WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
498 WWUS45 KPUB 171135 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 435 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 COZ060-068-171745- /O.CAN.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110218T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0006.110217T1135Z-110218T0400Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 435 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...OVER THE SAN JUANS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY. OVER THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST FROM 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ COZ066-171745- /O.CAN.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110218T0400Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110218T0400Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 435 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITAS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONGER WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF A MILE AT TIMES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ058-171745- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110218T0400Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 435 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL FALL BY THIS EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONGER WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF A MILE AT TIMES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:43 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:44 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:08 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:15 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
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.