Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2015
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blizzard warning at Dec 13, 2015, 2:23 PM MST for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2015, 2:23 PM MST (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2015, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772 WWUS45 KPUB 132123 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 223 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 COZ099-140100- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0004.151213T2123Z-151214T0100Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 223 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAUSING AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES...POWER OUTAGES AND COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ COZ094-096-098-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR 223 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND DEEPER DRIFTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ093-095-097-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS...LAS ANIMAS 223 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OTERO...WESTERN KIOWA AND BENT COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES RESULTING IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
3 follow-up statements
552 WWUS45 KPUB 132224 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 324 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 COZ093-095-132330- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS 324 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. CONSEQUENTLY...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ099-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 324 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES CAUSING AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES... POWER OUTAGES AND COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ COZ094-096-098-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR 324 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND DEEPER DRIFTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ097-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAS ANIMAS 324 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BENT COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES RESULTING IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ058-060-066-068-140630- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0024.151214T1900Z-151215T1900Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 324 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 INCHES OR MORE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
294 WWUS45 KPUB 132352 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 452 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 COZ094-096-140100- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SHERIDAN LAKE 452 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. SNOW HAS ENDED IN THESE LOCATIONS. EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL LIKELY STILL HAVE POOR ROAD CONDITIONS TONIGHT...AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL SHOULD BE EXPECTED. $$ COZ097-140100- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAS ANIMAS 452 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENT COUNTY. $$ COZ099-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 452 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BACA COUNTY...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD. * CAUSE AND TIMING...STRONG WINTER STORM IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND DRIFTS TO SEVERAL FEET POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 25 TO 45 MPH...CAUSING AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ COZ098-140100- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAMAR 452 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PROWERS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING AWAY FROM THE ARE THIS EVENING...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AND DEEPER DRIFTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF PROWERS COUNTY. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-060-066-068-140800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0024.151214T1900Z-151215T1900Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 452 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 INCHES OR MORE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$
069 WWUS45 KPUB 140052 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 COZ099-140200- /O.EXP.KPUB.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 552 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BACA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF BACA COUNTY AND ANY LINGERING SNOW NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER WILL BE ENDING SOON. THE WINDS ACROSS BACA COUNTY HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NO LONGER CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. POOR ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE NIGHT IN BACA COUNTY...WITH SOME ROAD CLOSURES STILL POSSIBLE. $$ COZ098-140200- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-151214T0100Z/ LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAMAR 552 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF PROWERS COUNTY AND ANY LINGERING SNOW NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER WILL BE ENDING SOON. WITH THE WINDS DECREASING THIS EVENING...BLOWING SNOW SHOULD NOT BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM. HOWEVER...POOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS OF PROWERS COUNTY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ALONG WITH SOME ROAD CLOSURES. $$ COZ058-060-066-068-140900- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0024.151214T1900Z-151215T1900Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 552 PM MST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 INCHES OR MORE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 3:24 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 12 hr |
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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.