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Winter Weather Advisory 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

December 13, 20129 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 13, 2012, 3:25 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 14, 2012, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2012, 3:25 AM MST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2012, 2:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 14, 2012, 11:51 PM MST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 12, 3:58 PM MST, 11 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:58 PM MST, 11 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 10:36 AM MST, 16 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1036 AM MST WED DEC 12 2012

COZ058>089-093>099-131745-
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-
1036 AM MST WED DEC 12 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION ALONG THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...WHILE HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
REGION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. OVER ONE FOOT OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD.

SNOW WILL ALSO AFFECT THE OTHER MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN COLORADO
DURING THE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY TIME FRAME...BUT SNOWFALL TOTALS
WILL BE MUCH LESS. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WITH LOCAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

44/50

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 3:25 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUBConejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache44 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Colorado, 2012Every winter weather advisory in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.