Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Oct 11, 2012, 4:09 AM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 12, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012, 4:09 AM MDT (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2012, 2:54 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 10:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 3278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WWUS45 KPUB 111009 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 409 AM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 COZ060-111615- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0013.121012T1200Z-121013T1200Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 409 AM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INITIALLY SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 12000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DROPPING TO DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-111615- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0013.121012T1200Z-121013T0300Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 409 AM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ON FRIDAY. INITIALLY SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 12000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DROPPING TO DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
2 follow-up statements
841 WWUS45 KPUB 111521 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 921 AM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 COZ060-112200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0013.121012T1200Z-121013T1200Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 921 AM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INITIALLY SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 12000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DROPPING TO DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-112200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0013.121012T1200Z-121013T0300Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 921 AM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ON FRIDAY. INITIALLY SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 12000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DROPPING TO DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
520 WWUS45 KPUB 112054 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 COZ060-120400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.121012T1200Z-121013T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0023.121012T1500Z-121013T1200Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 254 PM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM MDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INITIALLY SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 12000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DROPPING TO DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-120400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.121012T1200Z-121013T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0023.121012T1500Z-121013T0300Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 254 PM MDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES ON FRIDAY. INITIALLY SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 12000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DROPPING TO DOWN TO THE PASS LEVEL BY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS. * IMPACT...SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2:54 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 46 hr |
Nearby
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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.