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Winter Storm Watch 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 8, 201412 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Oct 8, 2014, 2:54 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2014, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2014, 4:47 AM MDT
In force
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, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Oct 8, 11:32 AM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 11:32 AM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 6:34 AM MDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
634 AM MDT WED OCT 8 2014

COZ058>089-093>099-091245-
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-
634 AM MDT WED OCT 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD
INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS
MOISTURE FROM THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE SIMON MOVES INTO THE REGION.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL.
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS
AND ADJACENT PLAINS TOWARDS THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN COMBINATION WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM SIMON
SPREADS INTO THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY
MOIST SURFACE FLOW INTERACTS WITH THE REMNANTS OF SIMON.

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE NOTED AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. AN
ADDITIONAL STORM THREAT DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE HAZARDOUS
LIGHTNING. ALSO...THE HIGHER PEAKS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET
COULD EXPERIENCE SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
MORNING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING
SNOW...PRIMARILY ABOVE 7000 FEET.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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.