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Winter Storm Watch 20, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 7, 201712 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Oct 7, 2017, 3:05 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 9, 2017, 1:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2017, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2017, 1:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2017, 3:52 AM MDT
In force
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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Oct 7, 11:26 AM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 11:26 AM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 5:15 AM MDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
515 AM MDT Sat Oct 7 2017

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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 9000Ft-
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 Ft-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft-
Northwestern Fremont County  Above 8500Ft-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft-
Wet Mountains above 10000 Ft-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's 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 Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
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-
515 AM MDT Sat Oct 7 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Snow, wind and colder temperatures will affect southern Colorado
beginning Sunday night and continuing through Monday evening.
Moderate snow accumulations will be possible for the mountains
through this period, with light accumulations across the valleys
and portions of the southern I-25 corridor.

A cold front is expected bring strong north winds gusting up to
40 to 50 mph Sunday evening. Snow will spread into the central
mountains and Pikes Peak region through the night with snow levels
dropping to around 6000 feet by midnight across the Pikes Peak
region. Rain and snow will then spread southward into the
remainder of the mountains and adjacent plains through Monday
morning. Snow levels will drop to between 4500 to 5000 feet Monday
morning with wet accumulations of snow possible at times, mainly
on grassy surfaces across portions of the southern I-25 corridor.
The southeast plains will see mostly rain.

The storm will pull east of the area Monday night with clearing
skies leading to the first widespread freeze across most of the
southeast plains Tuesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

88/31

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.