Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2016
Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Dec 9, 2016, 3:03 PM MST for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 10, 2016, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2016, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2016, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2016, 4:00 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
114 WWUS45 KPUB 092203 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 303 PM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 COZ058-060-100615- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0013.161210T2100Z-161212T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...BONANZA 303 PM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY LOW VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE. ROADS OVER HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING FREMONT PASS...MONARCH PASS AND TENNESSEE PASS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND HAZARDOUS...WITH VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
977 WWUS45 KPUB 100146 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 PM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 COZ058-060-101200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0013.161210T2100Z-161212T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...BONANZA 646 PM MST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING FREMONT AND MONARCH PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY BLOWING SNOW FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
513 WWUS45 KPUB 101100 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 400 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 COZ058-060-101900- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.161210T2100Z-161212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0012.161210T2100Z-161211T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...BONANZA 400 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING FREMONT AND MONARCH PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 40 OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS ROADS BECOME SNOWPACKED AND VISIBILITIES DROP TO UNDER 1/2 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ059-061-101900- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.161210T2100Z-161211T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...ALPINE...GRANITE...ST ELMO 400 AM MST SAT DEC 10 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...THE SAWATCH RANGE BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT DUE TO A COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:06 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 9 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.