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Winter Storm Watch 16, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 14, 20156 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at May 14, 2015, 3:41 AM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 15, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2015, 3:41 AM MDT (09:41 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 15, 2015, 4:32 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 May 13, 11:13 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 11:13 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 8:25 PM MDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	38 min
May 14, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	23 min
May 14, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	30 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2015 Every winter storm watch in 2015

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.