Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at May 18, 2015, 4:17 AM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 18, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 18 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2015, 4:17 AM MDT (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2015, 12:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 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, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:40 AM MDT | SNOW 4.4 | Maysville, CO | 0.89 INCH RAIN BEFORE TURNING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. |
| May 19, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Poncha Springs, CO | SINCE 2 AM |
| May 19, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4.4 | 1 Sw Leadville, CO | 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0.65 PRECIPITATION. |
| May 19, 8:31 AM MDT | SNOW 3.8 | 4 N Florissant, CO | 0.77 INCHES TOTAL PRECIPITATION |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 2212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845 WWUS45 KPUB 181017 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 COZ076-081-181130- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.A.0017.150519T0000Z-150520T0000Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK 417 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH DURING THIS TIME. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 9000 FEET...BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET. $$ COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082-181830- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0017.150519T0000Z-150520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0027.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS... GREENHORN MTN...PIKES PEAK 417 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...PIKES PEAK...AND THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG...MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...ONE TO TWO FEET. FOR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AS THE RESULT OF HEAVY...WET SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ059-061-066-068-181830- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0017.150519T0000Z-150520T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0051.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 417 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITAS AND EASTERN SAN JUANS...AND LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES BELOW 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG...MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DUE ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AS THE RESULT OF HEAVY...WET SNOW. 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. && $$ SR
5 follow-up statements
766 WWUS45 KPUB 181727 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1127 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0027.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS... GREENHORN MTN...PIKES PEAK 1127 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK AND THE WET...SANGRE DE CRISTO...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES...1 TO 2 FEET. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOW 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. && $$ COZ059-061-066-068-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0051.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 1127 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
229 WWUS45 KPUB 182100 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082-190500- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0027.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS... GREENHORN MTN...PIKES PEAK 300 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK AND THE WET...SANGRE DE CRISTO... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES...1 TO 2 FEET. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOW 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. && $$ COZ059-061-066-068-190500- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0051.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 300 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
044 WWUS45 KPUB 182346 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 546 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082-191115- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0027.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS... GREENHORN MTN...PIKES PEAK 546 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK..THE WET...SANGRE DE CRISTO... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES...1 TO 2 FEET. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ059-061-066-068-191115- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0051.150519T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 546 PM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
647 WWUS45 KPUB 190955 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082-191800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS... GREENHORN MTN...PIKES PEAK 355 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK..THE WET...SANGRE DE CRISTO...SAWATCH... AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES...GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES...1 TO 2 FEET. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ059-061-066-068-191800- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 355 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND TREE DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
534 WWUS45 KPUB 191751 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1151 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082-191900- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS... GREENHORN MTN...PIKES PEAK 1151 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST PEAKS. $$ COZ059-061-066-068-191900- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-150519T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 1151 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST PEAKS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at May 18, 4:03 AM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 4:03 AM MDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 403 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW LIKELY TONIGHT... CURRENTLY...A BACKDOOR FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH NE CO...WITH NE WINDS SPREADING SWD TOWARDS THE NM BORDER. ISOLD-SCT SHOWERS PERSIST OVER THE ERN MTS AND SURROUNDING AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WETS AND RAMPARTS. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS MORNING. NEXT BIG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL CA AND WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. BROAD PRECIP SHIELD IN AN AREA OF STRONG QG ASCENT E OF THE TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE ERN MTS BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN SHIFT EWD ON THROUGH THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. EXPECT WIDESPREAD MODT TO HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT ALONG THE I- 25 CORRIDOR AND THEN THE ERN PLAINS. HEAVE INCREASED POPS THIS EVE AND OVERNIGHT TO NR CATEGORICAL FOR THESE AREAS. WIDESPREAD QPF OF .5 TO 1 INCH OR MORE WILL BE LIKELY BY MORNING. INITIAL CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE IN SPOTS. CANNOT RULE OUT A STRONG TO SVR STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE RATON MESA THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER CONCERN WILL BE FLOODING POTENTIAL. HEAVIEST QPF WILL LIKELY BE OVERNIGHT WHEN EMBEDDED CELLS SHOULD NOT BE PARTICULARLY INTENSE...SO FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL MAY BE LIMITED. MAIN CAVEAT WOULD BE IF CELLS TRAIN FROM N TO S OVER A SMALLER AREA. THIS COULD BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE BURN SCARS...PARTICULARLY SPANISH PEAKS...AND WALD CANYON AREAS. MESOSCALE MODELS ARE NOT IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE QPF MAXES...SO WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS EVOLVES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY...AND WITH INCREASING S-SW FLOW THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEY MAY ACTUALLY RISE RATHER THAN FALL WITH TIME. SO...NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS BELOW 10000 FEET...ALTHOUGH COULD SEE HEAVIER PRECIP DRIVE DOWN SNOW LEVELS LOCALLY. SINCE MUCH OF THE TELLER COUNTY AND NRN FREMONT ZONES THAT WERE IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH ARE BELOW 10000 FEET...WILL CANCEL THOSE PORTIONS OF THE WATCH. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THESE AREAS COULD SEE SOME HEAVY SNOW...BUT PROBABILITY IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A WARNING ATTM. ON THE OTHER HAND...PIKES PEAK AND THE OTHER MTN ZONES ABOVE 11000 FEET COULD SEE BIG SNOW TOTALS FROM THIS SYSTEM...POSSIBLY A FOOT OR MORE BY TUE MORNING. SO...HAVE CONVERTED THESE ZONES TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY ACTIVE AND DYNAMIC DAY OF WX AHEAD...SO PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. ROSE .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH IMPACT WEATHER CONTINUING INTO TOMORROW (TUESDAY)... TUESDAY... THE WEATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD STARTS OFF QUITE ACTIVE. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDER WILL BE OCCURRING OVER THE PLAINS TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY RAIN ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AS TOMORROW MORNING PROGRESSES...WITH THE ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE CONVECTIVE IN NATURE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE MAY SEE SOME ELEVATED STRONG TO SEVERE (HAIL) CONVECTION EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. HOWEVER...A MORE SIGNIFICANT SURFACE BASED SEVERE CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL EVOLVE ALONG THE CO/NM-OK BORDER BY AFTERNOON AS 50+ DWPTS ADVECT INTO THE REGION WITHIN A HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. AT THIS TIME THE BEST THREAT OF SFC BASED ROTATING CONVECTION WILL BE OVER E LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY....WHILE AREAS FARTHER NORTH AND WEST MAY SEE ELEVATED ROTATING CONVECTION AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. IF SFC BASED CONVECTION DEVELOPS...THEN WE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME TORNADO ACTIVITY GIVEN THE FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND VERY LOW LCLS. ATTM...SPC HAS PARTS OF THE SE PLAINS IN MARGINAL RISK FOR TUESDAY. HPC HAS ALL OF SE COLO IN SLIGHT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE BEST THREAT WILL BE DURING THE MORNING AND POSSIBLY EARLY AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINS. CONVECTIVE HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH THIS ACTIVITY DECREASING LATER IN THE MORNING. FOR WED AND THU... WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW...MARGINAL SHEAR AND WEAK CAPE WILL ALLOW FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TO FIRE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THU NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND... ANOTHER PACIFIC WX SYSTEM COMING IN ON THE SUB-TROPICAL JET WILL AFFECT THE REGION. ALL MODELS SHOW THIS FEATURE...ALBEIT SOME GUIDANCE IS SHOWING MORE OF A DRYSLOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVE THAN OTHERS. PATTERN WITH THESE SYSTEMS HAS BEEN WETTER THAN WHAT THE GUIDANCE HAS INDICATED...SO EXPECT WE WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE ACTIVE WX. A LEAD SHORT WAVE FROM THIS 2ND SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THU NIGHT/FRI AND KEPT POPS RELATIVELY HIGH THU NIGHT FOR THE AREA. WX FRIDAY THROUGH SAT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH WE GET DRY-SLOTTED. IF WE DO GET THE DRY AIR IN THEN THE PRECIP WILL BE MORE CONVECTIVE (AND POSSIBLY SEVERE...ESPECIALLY SAT) WHILE IF WE CAN KEEP SOME LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE PRECIP COULD BE MORE STRATIFORM IN NATURE. WE WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE MORE HIGH ELEVATION SNOWS WITH THIS SYSTEM. BY SUNDAY THE WAVE SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA WITH COOLER NW FLOW ALOFT AFFECTING THE REGION. \/HODANISH && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2015 MVFR CONDITIONS AT KPUB AND KCOS WILL DETERIORATE AFTER 00Z TODAY...AND EXPECT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF IFR TO OCCASIONALLY LIFR FOR THESE TAF SITES AND THE ERN CO PLAINS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED. KALS SHOULD REMAIN VFR TODAY...BUT COULD SEE PERIODS OF MVFR TO IFR TONIGHT AS A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES CO. FZG LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH...GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN AFFECT FOR THE MTS GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH AREAS OF LOW VIS THROUGH TUE MORNING. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY FOR COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY FOR COZ059-061-066-068. && SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...HODANISH AVIATION...ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 9:19 PM MDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 919 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 2015 COZ058>089-093>099-190330- 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- 919 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SIGNIFICANT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING HEAVY RAIN....HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS...AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ON THE PLAINS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. UP TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND ACROSS MOST AREAS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OR NEAR BURN SCARS...OR THOSE WHO LIVE IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SEVERE ROTATING STORMS MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH STRONG WIND SHEAR IS NEARLY CERTAIN WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...INSTABILITY MAY NOT BE ALL THAT STRONG. IF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY DOES MATERIALIZE...THEN SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION...AND THIS WEATHER SYSTEM COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW...AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 28/28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 4:17 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 32 hr |
| May 18, 12:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 26 hr |
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