Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Dec 20, 2011, 2:58 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 21, 2011, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2011, 2:58 PM MST (21:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2011, 3:44 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
983 WWUS45 KPUB 202158 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 COZ081-082-084-210400- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.111222T0000Z-111223T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 258 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY AFERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-210400- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.111222T0400Z-111223T0500Z/ 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- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 258 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY AFERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER AREAS. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
379 WWUS45 KPUB 210341 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 841 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 COZ081-082-084-211200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.111222T0000Z-111223T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 841 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SENDING ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER SHOT OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-211200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.111222T0400Z-111223T0500Z/ 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- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 841 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SENDING ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER SHOT OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER AREAS. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$
731 WWUS45 KPUB 211044 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 344 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011 COZ081-082-084-211645- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.111222T0000Z-111223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0044.111222T0000Z-111223T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 344 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 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 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND PALMER DIVIDE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. HIGHWAY 24 FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO WOODLAND PARK AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO DENVER WILL LIKELY BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY DURING RUSH HOUR THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-211645- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.111222T0400Z-111223T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0044.111222T0500Z-111223T0500Z/ 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- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 344 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 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 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AND ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ COZ076-077-211645- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0044.111222T0500Z-111223T0500Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK 344 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 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 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN AND CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL OVER THE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. 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. && $$ COZ058-060-061-063-211645- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0044.111222T0500Z-111223T0500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE 344 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES IN CENTRAL COLORADO. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL OVER THE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2011Every winter storm watch 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.