Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Nov 3, 2011, 2:38 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 4, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2011, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2011, 8:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 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 20:43 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 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616 WWUS45 KPUB 032038 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 238 PM MDT THU NOV 3 2011 COZ058-060-066-068-040245- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0013.111105T0300Z-111106T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 238 PM MDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY EVENING BRINGING A PERIOD OF SNOW AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. * IMPACT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POTENTIAL TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
1 follow-up statement
069 WWUS45 KPUB 040240 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 840 PM MDT THU NOV 3 2011 COZ068-040845- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.111105T0300Z-111106T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.111105T0600Z-111106T0300Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 840 PM MDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING...BRINGING A PERIOD OF SNOW AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. * IMPACT...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POTENTIAL TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-060-066-040845- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.111105T0300Z-111106T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0035.111105T0600Z-111106T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS 840 PM MDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING...BRINGING A PERIOD OF SNOW AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. * IMPACT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POTENTIAL TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. 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. && $$ ROSE
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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.