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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 5, 2014, 2:52 PM MST for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 5, 2014, 7:00 PM MST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2014, 2:52 PM MST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2014, 7:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2014, 10:00 AM MST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WWUS45 KPUB 052152 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 252 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 COZ068-052300- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.A.0003.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 252 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CAN CELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. AT THIS TIME...ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...GENERALLY UNDER THREE INCHES. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE PASSES. $$ COZ058-060-060400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0003.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 252 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 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. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE. 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. && $$ COZ084>089-093>099-060400- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.140206T0200Z-140206T1700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS... LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE... LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 252 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND/OR LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ SR
6 follow-up statements
466 WWUS45 KPUB 060225 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 725 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 COZ058-060-061030- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 725 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ084>089-093>099-061030- /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS... LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE... LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 725 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OUTSIDE. && $$
613 WWUS45 KPUB 060256 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 756 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 COZ077-078-083-060900- /O.EXA.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE 756 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FEET AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OUTSIDE. && $$ COZ058-060-060900- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 756 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ084>089-093>099-060900- /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS... LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE... LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 756 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OUTSIDE. && $$
839 WWUS45 KPUB 060303 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 803 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 COZ058-060-060915- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 803 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ077-078-083>089-093>099-060915- /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 803 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FEET AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OUTSIDE. && $$
769 WWUS45 KPUB 060601 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1101 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 COZ058-060-061200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.140206T0700Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1101 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ077-078-083>089-093>099-061200- /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1101 PM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FEET AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OUTSIDE. && $$
640 WWUS45 KPUB 061032 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 332 AM MST THU FEB 6 2014 COZ058-060-061645- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 332 AM MST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ077-078-083>089-093>099-061645- /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 332 AM MST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FEET AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET. * WIND CHILL VALUE...FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...THESE WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA WITHIN 30 MINUTES IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. DO NOT LEAVE PETS OUTSIDE. && $$ HODANISH
773 WWUS45 KPUB 061647 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 947 AM MST THU FEB 6 2014 COZ077-078-083>089-093>099-061800- /O.EXP.KPUB.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140206T1700Z/ WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS... LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 947 AM MST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. $$ COZ058-060-062300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 947 AM MST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SERIES OF MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES...WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ON FRIDAY...WHEN AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...INCREASING WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 5, 11:17 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 11:17 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1117 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1113 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ALLOWED WIND CHILL ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. STILL BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS BUT GENERALLY OUT OF ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ALSO BROUGHT IN FRESH OBSERVATIONAL DATA. UPDATE ISSUED AT 551 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS UNTIL 18Z THIS MORNING. ALSO ADJUSTED GRIDS/ZONES WHERE NEEDED. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 406 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES INCLUDE COLD SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES AT TIMES...POPS...FOG AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. COLD EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES NOTED OVER THE FORECAST DISTRICT WITH 4 AM TEMPERATURE READINGS OF -9F AT PUEBLO...-11F AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND -15F AT MONUMENT HILL. THANKFULLY SURFACE WINDS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LOW...ALLOWING LOWER ELEVATION WIND CHILL READING VALUES TO RUN BASICALLY IN THE -5F TO -17F RANGE THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW -18F HAVE BEEN NOTED. COLD TO VERY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE FORECAST DISTRICT TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY EASTERN SECTIONS...WHERE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO EXCEED 6F OVER MANY LOCATIONS. BY TONIGHT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE PROJECTED TO DROP TO WELL BELOW ZERO OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT AND PROBABILITIES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD LOWER ELEVATION WIND CHILL VALUES RUNNING BELOW -18F MAY BE REALIZED. WFO PUEBLO WILL MONITOR CLOSELY AND IF LATEST TRENDS CONTINUE...POTENTIALLY ISSUE A WIND CHILL HIGHLIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT FOR TONIGHT BY LATER TODAY. SPEAKING OF WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS...HAVE ISSUED A LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WATCH BEGINNING AT 07Z THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST 00Z SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. FOR NOW...HAVE PAINTED INITIAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE OVER THESE LOCATIONS FROM 07Z TO 12Z THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS TO FOLLOW...PLEASE SEE LONGER TERM DISCUSSION BELOW. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW ACTIVITY SHOULD BE NOTED AT TIMES FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH AREAS OF FOG. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 406 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 ...NEARLY CONTINUOUS SNOW FOR THE CONTDVD...WHILE PLAINS WILL SEE LITTLE IF ANY SIGNIFICANT PRECIP... OVERALL TRENDS IN THE LONG RANGE GUIDANCE INDICATE MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS LONG TERM FCST PERIOD WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW. THE MAIN CHANGE THAT I SEE IN THE GUIDANCE EARLY THIS MORNING AS COMPARED TO YDAY MORNING IS THAT THE DISTURBANCES ARE FCST TO BE LESS AMPLIFIED. THIS DE-AMPLIFICATION WILL DECREASE THE CHANCE OF ANY SIGNIF PRECIP FOR THE PLAINS. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...WE WILL LIKELY SEE A NEARLY CONTINUOUS THREAT OF NEEDED SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. FOR THE PLAINS...THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN WITH US FOR FRIDAY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...I DO EXPECT THE MAX TEMPS TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...PRECIP CHANCES HAVE DECREASED AND HAVE REMOVED THE CHANCES OF PRECIP FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FOR MOST DAYS (THE FCST THAT I INHERITED HAD THE MENTION OF SLIGHT POPS NEARLY EVERY DAY). THE ONLY DAYS IN WHICH I HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE IS THURSDAY MORNING AND NEXT MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. I SHOULD NOTE LATEST HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS HAS THE SE COLORADO PLAINS NEARLY DRY. THE MTNS ON THE OTHER HAND WILL SEE NEARLY CONTINUOUS SNOW THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS A MOIST MODERATE TO STRONG WNW FLOW CONTINUES. THE OVERALL BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY WIND DRIVEN SNOW WILL BE DURING THE FRI-SAT TIME FRAME AS THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCUR OVER THE STATE. A LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTDVD HAS BEEN ISSUED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO LATE FRIDAY. THIS WINTER WX HILITE WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE UPGRADED AND EXTENDED BY LATER SHIFTS. OVERALL I EXPECT WE WILL SEE ANOTHER 1-2+ FEET OF SNOW FOR THE CONTDVD DURING THE THU-TUE TIME PD. WITH THE STRONG FLOW OVER THE STATE...WIND DRIVEN SNOW IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND THE AVALANCHE THREAT WILL BE HIGH. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. \/HODANISH && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1034 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR FG AND PRECIP THROUGH THU MORNING. EXPECT KALS TO SEE SOME FG OR BR AFTER 00Z THIS EVENING...MOST LIKELY AFTER 05-06Z AND PERSISTING THROUGH THU MORNING. PRECIP CHANCES AT KALS LOOK LOW THROUGH TOMORROW. BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIP AT KPUB AND ESPECIALLY KCOS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECIP AMTS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT...GENERALLY UNDER ONE INCH AT THE TERMINALS. WILL SEE THE CHANCE OF PRECIP DIMINISH AFTER 06 TONIGHT...BUT CIGS AND/OR VIS LIKELY TO REMAIN IFR THROUGH AT LEAST THE THU MORNING HOURS. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ058-060-068. && UPDATE...LW AVIATION...ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 11:22 AM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1122 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-061830- 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- 1122 AM MST WED FEB 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THESE LOCATIONS THROUGH SUNRISE THURSDAY WILL GENERALLY BE ONE TO TWO INCHES. ELSEWHERE OVER PRIMARILY HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EVERY DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HEAVIER SNOW WILL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. OVER THE PLAINS...SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...AND MONDAY NIGHT. IT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE QUITE COLD ACROSS THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE TEENS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TODAY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. 44/44
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 5, 10:11 AM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1011 AM MST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 AM SNOW 5 WSW WALSENBURG 37.59N 104.87W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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PPLocal storm report, Feb 5, 10:18 AM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1018 AM MST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 AM SNOW 5 WSW WALSENBURG 37.59N 104.87W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0847 AM SNOW 2 WNW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.85N 104.85W
02/05/2014 M3.6 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0836 AM SNOW FOWLER 38.13N 104.02W
02/05/2014 M1.0 INCH OTERO CO COCORAHS
0727 AM SNOW 1 NNW MONARCH PASS 38.51N 106.33W
02/05/2014 M5.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 24HRS
0726 AM SNOW 1 SSE WOLF CREEK PASS 37.47N 106.79W
02/05/2014 M9.0 INCH MINERAL CO TRAINED SPOTTER
PAST 24HRS
0845 PM SNOW 4 SW PUEBLO 38.24N 104.67W
02/04/2014 M3.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
0829 PM SNOW 1 S BEULAH 38.07N 104.98W
02/04/2014 M6.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW BEGAN 1045 PM ON 2/3/14
0804 PM SNOW 3 N PUEBLO RESERVOIR 38.30N 104.75W
02/04/2014 M3.9 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
0629 PM SNOW 4 SW PUEBLO 38.24N 104.67W
02/04/2014 M2.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
0545 PM SNOW 3 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.80N 104.84W
02/04/2014 M5.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL....REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL 1.9 INCHES SINCE
0115 PM MST.
0514 PM SNOW 2 ENE MONUMENT 39.11N 104.84W
02/04/2014 M2.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0504 PM SNOW 1 NE LA JUNTA 37.99N 103.53W
02/04/2014 E4.0 INCH OTERO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0502 PM SNOW 2 WNW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.85N 104.85W
02/04/2014 M2.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0140 PM SNOW 9 WSW FOUNTAIN 38.66N 104.87W
02/04/2014 M2.5 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0140 PM SNOW 4 S AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.93N 104.85W
02/04/2014 M1.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0130 PM SNOW 6 E MONUMENT 39.10N 104.76W
02/04/2014 M3.8 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 2.8 INCHES SINCE 0930 AM.
0130 PM SNOW 2 ENE MONUMENT 39.11N 104.84W
02/04/2014 M1.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
STARTED 730 AM
0115 PM SNOW 3 SSW COLORADO SPRINGS 38.80N 104.84W
02/04/2014 M3.1 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1230 PM SNOW 1 SSE PUEBLO 38.26N 104.61W
02/04/2014 M1.0 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1130 AM SNOW 4 ESE SPRINGFIELD 37.38N 102.55W
02/04/2014 E3.0 INCH BACA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
BEGAN LAST NIGHT
1022 AM SNOW 3 N PUEBLO RESERVOIR 38.30N 104.75W
02/04/2014 M2.1 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0945 AM SNOW 1 SSE CRESTONE 37.98N 105.69W
02/04/2014 M2.1 INCH SAGUACHE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DEPTH 15
0942 AM SNOW 4 NW PETERSON AFB 38.88N 104.74W
02/04/2014 M1.8 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0916 AM SNOW 2 WSW ROSITA 38.09N 105.36W
02/04/2014 M1.0 INCH CUSTER CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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PPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:56 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:37 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:52 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 5 days |
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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.