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Winter Weather Advisory 31, NWS Pueblo, CO

December 17, 201213 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 17, 2012, 8:52 PM MST for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 18, 2012, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2012, 8:52 PM MST (03:52 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2012, 2:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 19, 2012, 7:44 PM MST
In force: 30 hr
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, Kiowa County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 3:35 PM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:35 PM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 3:38 PM MST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 8:52 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	42 hr
Dec 18, 4:58 AM MST	Blizzard Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more	10 hr
Dec 18, 3:18 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.