Alert archive / Colorado / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze warning at Apr 30, 2011, 4:09 AM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 1, 2011, 2:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2011, 4:09 AM MDT (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2011, 2:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:46 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Wsw Walsenburg, CO | |
| May 1, 7:45 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | 2 W Rye, CO | STARTED 8 PM 4/30 AND IS STILL LIGHTLY SNOWING |
| May 1, 7:50 AM MDT | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Wsw Colorado City, CO | |
| May 1, 8:50 AM MDT | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Ssw Rye, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
635 WWUS75 KPUB 301009 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 409 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-301700- /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.110501T0800Z-110501T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 409 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MIDMORNING SUNDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
605 WWUS75 KPUB 301631 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1031 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-302245- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.110501T0800Z-110501T1500Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1031 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MIDMORNING SUNDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
051 WWUS75 KPUB 302115 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-010315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.A.0001.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.110501T0800Z-110501T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 315 PM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING SUNDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. * IMPACT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE PROJECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ONCE AGAIN BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING MONDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD ONCE AGAIN OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DEVELOP. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION...AND TO DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
151 WWUS75 KPUB 010228 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 828 PM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-011000- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.110501T0800Z-110501T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.A.0001.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 828 PM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING SUNDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. * IMPACT...FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE PROJECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ONCE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING MONDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD ONCE AGAIN OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
940 WWUS75 KPUB 010908 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 COZ083>089-093>099-011600- /O.UPG.KPUB.FZ.A.0001.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110501T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 308 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING TODAY...AND THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
265 WWUS75 KPUB 011328 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 728 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 COZ089-093>099-011930- /O.CAN.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110501T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 728 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...EADS...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING TODAY... AND THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$ COZ083>088-011930- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110501T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ 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...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 728 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. * IMPACT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING TODAY... AND THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
193 WWUS75 KPUB 011345 CCA NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 743 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 COZ089-093>099-012000- /O.CAN.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110501T1500Z/ /O.COR.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 743 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...EADS...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDMORNING MONDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$ COZ083>088-012000- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110501T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ 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...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 743 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...CANON CITY... WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. * IMPACT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID-MORNING TODAY... AND THEN AGAIN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$
149 WWUS75 KPUB 011436 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 836 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 COZ083>088-012045- /O.EXP.KPUB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110501T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 836 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE PLAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 DEGREES TONIGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$ COZ089-093>099-012045- /O.CON.KPUB.FZ.W.0002.110502T0800Z-110502T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 836 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM MDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA JUNTA...LAS ANIMAS...EADS...LAMAR AND SPRINGFIELD. * IMPACT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MID MORNING MONDAY. DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION COULD OCCUR...AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MAY FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. && $$ HODANISH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 29, 8:03 PM MDT, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 8:03 PM MDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 803 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 .UPDATE... AMMENDED FORECAST TO REMOVE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF THE REGION. COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SURGE SWD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND EXTENDED FROM CANON CITY...TO WELL SOUTH OF LA JUNTA AND INTO BACA COUNTY. IT WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT. \/HODANISH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 606 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011/ UPDATE... HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRED AT 6 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY COMPONENT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 357 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011/ SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATING MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE WITH A BROAD TROUGH AND COMPACT UPPER LOW DIGGING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN ROCKIES ATTM. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATING ASSOCIATED 110KT JET CORE TRANSLATING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN COLORADO ATTM. LOCAL RADARS INDICATING SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING JET ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPREADING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MTS ATTM. REGIONAL RADARS ALSO INDICATING SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY DIVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TO JUST NORTH OF THE PALMER DVD AT 230 PM MDT. TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT OF SECONDARY ENERGY ACROSS THE PAC NORTHWEST DIGGING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW ALLOWING FOR A BROAD ELONGATED TROUGH STRETCHING OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WITH THE STRONG 110KT JET CORE OVERHEAD ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL COLORADO. WITH RR QUAD OF JET MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN COLORADO OVERNIGHT...MODELS INDICATING A PERIOD OF GOOD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING...AND HAVE ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. MODELS INDICATING UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE THOUGH WITH CONVECTIVE NATURE COULD SEE LOCALLY MORE WITH BEST ACCUMS EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. HAVE KEPT CURRENT RED FLAG WARNING IN TACT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND FOR THE FAR SE PLAINS WITH RHS INCREASING BEHIND BOUNDARY. HAVE ALSO KEPT HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTS AND SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR THROUGH 6 PM WITH CONTINUED STRONG MIXING...THOUGH HAVE CANCELLED FOR THE WET MTS...WET MT VALLEY AND PUEBLO COUNTY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING MARKED BY GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. HOWEVER...COLD AIR LAGS WELL BEHIND THE BOUNDARY WITH MODELS INDICATING A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR DIVING ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. AS FOR PRECIP...COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH PASSING JET STREAK...THOUGH DOES NOT LOOK TO BE VERY EXTENSIVE. BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIP ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS LOOKS TO COME LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS SFC-H7 FLOW BECOMES MORE EASTERLY...AND HAVE CUT BACK POPS ACROSS THE PLAINS TO MATCH. STILL LOOKS TO BE A MUCH COLDER DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MAINLY 20S AND 30S ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY) EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT THE CONCERN...AS MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD A SLOWER/DEEPER SOLUTION. APPEARS DEEPENING/PERSISTENT UPSLOPE FLOW WILL OVERCOME THE INITIALLY DRY AIR MASS AT THE SURFACE SATURDAY EVENING...WITH FAIRLY WIDESPREAD PRECIP DEVELOPING ALONG AND WEST OF I-25 THROUGH THE NIGHT. WITH 700 MB TEMPS FALLING TOWARD MINUS 10C...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE FAIRLY LOW...LIKELY BELOW 5000 FEET AFTER SUNSET. COULD SEE A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE WETS AND SOUTHERN SANGRES BY SUN MORNING...THOUGH WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME BETTER MODEL CONSISTENCY BEFORE ISSUING ANY HIGHLIGHT. MAY ALSO NEED A FROST/FREEZE HIGHLIGHT SUNDAY MORNING...AS WE BEGIN TO ISSUE THESE STATEMENTS BEGINNING MAY 1ST OVER THE PLAINS. PRECIP CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AS LOW CLOSES OFF NEAR THE 4 CORNERS...WITH UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING TO DEEPEN. EASTERN MOUNTAINS LOOK MOST FAVORABLE FOR HEAVIEST PRECIP...THOUGH EVEN EASTERN PLAINS COULD GET MEASURABLE PRECIP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS SATURATED AIR MASS GRADUALLY SPREADS EASTWARD AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER AREA TO WATCH SUNDAY MIGHT BE THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SAN JUANS AND WESTERN SAN LUIS VALLEY...AS UPSLOPE FLOW BREAKS THROUGH THE LOWER PASSES IN THE SANGRES AND PUSHES MOISTURE WESTWARD ACROSS THE VALLEY. EXPECT TEMPS SUNDAY TO BE COLD FOR THE FIRST DAY OF MAY...WITH 50S OVER THE PLAINS BUT ONLY 30S AND 40S OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR I-25. UPPER LOW BEGINS TO SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH UPWARD MOTION AND UPSLOPE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. MAY SEE A LULL IN PRECIP FROM SUN EVENING THROUGH MON MORNING...BEFORE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS RE-FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON UNDER THE COLD POOL ALOFT. WILL SEE ONLY SOME MINOR TEMP RECOVERY MON AFTERNOON AS MID LEVEL TEMPS REMAIN FAIRLY COLD. OVERALL...WOULDN'T BE TOO SURPRISED TO SEE LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS RECEIVE 8-12 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA...THOUGH GIVEN THE WARM GROUND AND LONG DURATION OF THE EVENT...SUSPECT WE'LL ONLY SEE HALF THAT AMOUNT OR LESS ON THE GROUND AT ANY ONE TIME DUE TO MELTING. WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER THEN DEVELOPS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...THOUGH ANOTHER COLD FRONT WED NIGHT/THU WILL KEEP WARM-UP FROM PROGRESSING TOO FAR. --10 AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALS WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AT DIMINISHING BETWEEN 00Z-02Z. EXPECTING FROPA WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHERLY 20-35KTS BETWEEN 23Z-01Z AT COS AND BETWEEN 01Z-03Z AT PUB. VFR EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH PATCHY MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING AFT 08Z. A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. -MW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY FOR COZ058-060. && 34/34
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 8:20 PM MDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 820 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 COZ058>089-093>099-010230- 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- 820 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES OVERNIGHT...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTRY STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS BY 30 TO 35 DEGREES ON SATURDAY...WITH 15 TO 20 DEGREES OF COOLING NOTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS ON SATURDAY...AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE ARE STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES ON THE STORM STRENGTH AND TRACK AS IT MOVES ACROSS COLORADO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR PROLONGED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL FOR THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 6500 FEET. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 50/50
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 30, 12:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1233 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM SNOW 2 NE LEADVILLE 39.27N 106.27W
04/30/2011 M1.6 INCH LAKE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:40 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 39 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:40 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 39 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:15 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every freeze 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.