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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 2, 20145 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze watch at Oct 2, 2014, 4:26 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 3, 2014, 2:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2014, 4:26 AM MDT (10:26 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2014, 2:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 2, 2014, 2:52 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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 freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Oct 2, 3:50 AM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 3:50 AM MDT, 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 2:52 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUBEl Paso18 hr
Oct 2, 2:52 PM MDTFreeze WarningPUBAlamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Colorado, 2014Every freeze watch in 2014

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.