Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2017
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 10, 2017, 3:11 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for 27 hr. 3 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
- Jan 10, 2017, 3:11 PM MST (22:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2017, 9:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2017, 12:00 AM MST
- In force
- 27 hr
- 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 22:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 5:04 AM MST | SNOW 1.2 | Maysville, CO | FELL OVERNIGHT. |
| Jan 11, 7:06 AM MST | SNOW 26 | 1 Nnw Monarch Pass, CO | STORM TOTAL REPORTED BY MONARCH SKI PATROL OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS. 6 INCHES FELL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 11, 9:42 AM MST | SNOW 24 | 1 Se Wolf Creek Pass, CO | STORM TOTAL REPORTED BY WOLF CREEK SKI PATROL. 4 INCHES FELL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 120 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
532 WWUS45 KPUB 102211 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 311 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 COZ058>061-110700- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0003.170111T0400Z-170112T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE... ST ELMO 311 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE...FREMONT PASS AND MONARCH PASS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...WESTERLY 20 TO 35 GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL...FLASHLIGHT A PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$ COZ066-068-110700- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0003.170111T1300Z-170112T0700Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 311 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...WESTERLY 20 TO 35 GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL...FLASHLIGHT A PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$
5 follow-up statements
103 WWUS45 KPUB 110512 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1012 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 COZ058>061-111315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170112T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE... ST ELMO 1012 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE...FREMONT PASS AND MONARCH PASS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...WESTERLY 20 TO 35 GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT A PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$ COZ066-068-111315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.170111T1300Z-170112T0700Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1012 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...WESTERLY 20 TO 35 GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT A PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$
116 WWUS45 KPUB 111120 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 420 AM MST WED JAN 11 2017 COZ058>061-111930- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170112T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE... ST ELMO 420 AM MST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE...FREMONT PASS AND MONARCH PASS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH, ESPECIALLY AT AND ABOVE PASS LEVEL. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT A PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$ COZ066-068-111930- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.170111T1300Z-170112T0700Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 420 AM MST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY AT AND ABOVE PASS LEVEL. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT A PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$
264 WWUS45 KPUB 111805 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1105 AM MST WED JAN 11 2017 COZ058>061-066-068-120400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170112T0700Z/ 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- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE... ST ELMO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1105 AM MST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...ALL OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO...INCLUDING FREMONT...TENNESSEE...MONARCH...NORTH COCHETOPA...WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES AND LA MANGA PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL... FLASHLIGHT...PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$
787 WWUS45 KPUB 112242 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 342 PM MST WED JAN 11 2017 COZ058>061-066-068-120700- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170112T0700Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE... ST ELMO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 342 PM MST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... * LOCATION...ALL OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO...INCLUDING FREMONT...TENNESSEE...MONARCH... NORTH COCHETOPA...WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES AND LA MANGA PASSES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POSTPONE OR REROUTE TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...LEAVE EARLY...TRAVEL SLOWLY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AROUND YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. CARRY WINTER SURVIVAL GEAR SUCH AS FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHES...A SHOVEL...FLASHLIGHT... PHONE AND PORTABLE CHARGER. && $$
852 WWUS45 KPUB 120647 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1147 PM MST WED JAN 11 2017 COZ058>061-066-068-120800- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170112T0700Z/ 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- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE... ST ELMO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1147 PM MST WED JAN 11 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT FOR LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:27 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:39 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2017Every winter storm warning in 2017
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.