Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Weather Advisories in 2011
Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter weather advisory at Apr 13, 2011, 4:14 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 13, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2011, 4:14 AM MDT (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 3:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 3939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671 WWUS45 KPUB 131014 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 AM MDT WED APR 13 2011 COZ058-060-131615- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.110414T0300Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 414 AM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
463 WWUS45 KPUB 131521 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 921 AM MDT WED APR 13 2011 COZ058-060-132200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.110414T0300Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 921 AM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACT...A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
409 WWUS45 KPUB 132120 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 320 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 COZ058-060-140330- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.110414T0300Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 320 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACT...A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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. && $$
765 WWUS45 KPUB 140251 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 851 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 COZ058-060-141030- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.110414T0300Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 851 PM MDT WED APR 13 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE OVER THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO COLORADO THURSDAY MORNING. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW... MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. * IMPACT...A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
895 WWUS45 KPUB 140933 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 333 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ058-060-141630- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 333 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO THIS MORNING. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY. 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. && $$
089 WWUS45 KPUB 141621 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1021 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ058-060-142230- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1021 AM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO THIS MORNING. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
107 WWUS45 KPUB 141844 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1244 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ058-060-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1244 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO THIS MORNING. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY. 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. && $$
474 WWUS45 KPUB 142101 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 COZ058-060-142215- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110415T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- 301 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:26 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:49 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in Colorado, 2011Every winter weather advisory 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.